With 99.52 percent of votes counted in Moldova’s parliamentary elections, the pro-European Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) won 50.03 percent of the vote, the electoral commission reported.
That is well above the pro-Russian Patriotic Bloc, which received just over 24 percent; three other parties passed the 5 percent electoral threshold.
Opposition response and protests
One of the opposition leaders, former President Igor Dodon, called for a protest in front of the parliament building Monday afternoon.
There were a number of incidents leading up to Election Day, including bomb threats at polling stations and cyber attacks on election authorities.
Promo-LEX, an independent organization monitoring the elections, reported dozens of incidents, including unauthorized persons at polling stations.
Four years ago, Sandu’s party won 52.8 percent of the vote, giving PAS an absolute majority in parliament with 54 of the 101 seats.
The elections were dominated by whether to be pro-European or pro-Russian.
