Moldova is due to hold a presidential election on November 3, as no candidate received more than the required 50 percent of the vote in the first round after almost all votes were counted early Monday morning.
Under the country’s constitution, a candidate must win an absolute majority (50 percent plus one vote) to be elected president; Otherwise, the two candidates with the most votes advance to a runoff, the news agency reported.
The race will be between incumbent President Maia Sandu and former Prosecutor General Alexandru Stoanoglou, as the two are well ahead of the other 11 candidates with 37.7 percent and 28.8 percent of the vote respectively, according to the latest preliminary results. Central Election Commission (CEC) after processing 90.3 percent of votes.
According to the CEC data published after the polling stations closed, 1,559,452 voters, or 51.61 percent, participated in the election, which is more than the minimum threshold of one-third of the total number of registered voters required for the election to be valid. is more
Moldova held elections to elect a new president on Sunday, with more than 2,000 polling stations open to voters from 7am to 9pm local time.
