PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A special verification commission on Monday recommended throwing out the disputed results of Haiti’s first-round presidential election because it appeared to be tainted by fraud.

Commission President Pierre Francois Benoit said there were far too many ‘‘zombie votes’’ and other problems in the Oct. 25 presidential balloting to be considered legitimate. He said some tally sheets from polling stations had fingerprints that appeared to be from a single person.

‘‘We recommend that the presidential election be done over,’’ Benoit said on the grounds of the National Palace, where the commissioners handed over their report to Haiti’s interim president.

The commission, which was installed a month ago by caretaker President Jocelerme Privert, said they audited a random sample of 25 percent of the roughly 13,000 tally sheets from polling stations seeking to verify the results as well as to explore allegations of fraud.

The final decision whether to redo the election will be made by a revamped Provisional Electoral Council. It had been scheduled to reveal a new date for a three-times postponed presidential runoff Tuesday. There was no immediate comment from council members.

After the commission’s announcement, Port-au-Prince’s downtown appeared calm and there were no signs of political unrest.

Associated Press