Moldovan electoral body says presidential elections declared valid

Chisinau, 1 November /MOLDPRES/ - As many as 1,081 (50.44 per cent) official reports from the 2,143 polling stations opened at the today’s ballot have been processed so far. Thirty six per cent of the citizens voted for independent candidate Igor Dodon and another 30 per cent opted for the candidate of the Action and Solidarity Party (PAS), Maia Sandu.    

At a news briefing, the head of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC, Dorin Cimil, said that all polling stations from Moldova had been closed at 21:00 and the voting time had been extended for eight polling stations from abroad.

The preliminary results presented by CEC shows that about 16 per cent of the voters opted for the candidate of Our Party, Renato Usatii and eight per cent – for the candidate of the Shor Party, Violeta Ivanov.   

The candidate of the Dignity and Truth Platform, Andrei Nastase, picked up about three per cent of the votes and the candidate of the National Union Party, Octavian Ticu – about two per cent of the votes. One per cent of all the electors voted for Tudor Deliu, put forward by the Liberal Democratic Party and the candidate of the UNIREA (UNION) electoral bloc, Dorin Chirtoaca, each.     

CEC’s data shows that 1,214,378 citizens came to vote till 21:00, which accounts to 42.7 per cent.