Moldova voted for European integration, and the president will be elected in the second round
On October 20, presidential elections and a referendum on European integration took place in Moldova.
We are reporting on the preliminary results of the voting.
How Moldova Voted in the Presidential Elections and the Referendum on European Integration
Eleven candidates ran for president, five of whom received less than 1% of the vote.
There will be a second round. It will involve the incumbent President Maia Sandu, who received 42.31% of the votes in the first round, and the candidate from the Party of Socialists Alexandru Stoianoglo, who received 26.07% of the votes.
This is the data after processing 99.32% of the protocols. The turnout was 51.67% (about 1.6 million people).
As for the referendum on European integration, 50.46% of voters voted in favor, 49.54% against. This is data after processing 99.5% of the protocols.
According to the Chairperson of the Central Electoral Commission of Moldova, Angela Caraman, the difference was just over 12,000 votes. At the time of the comment, the votes of about 15,000 people had not been counted.
According to Moldovan law, for a referendum to be considered valid, one third of the citizens registered in the electoral lists must take part in it. The condition was met.
