Moldova’s pro-European Party of Action and Solidarity, led by President Maia Sandu, has won more than 50 percent of the vote in the country’s parliamentary election.
With 99.65 percent of ballots counted, Moldova’s Central Electoral Commission reported that Sandu’s party had secured 50.06 percent.
The opposition pro-Russian Patriotic Electoral Bloc, led by former president Igor Dodon, came in second with 24.25 percent.
The moderately pro-European Alternative bloc placed third with 7.98 percent, followed by the populist Our Party with 6.21 percent.
Democracy at Home, a party that supports unification with Romania, entered parliament with 5.63 percent of the vote.
Voter turnout was 52 percent. A total of 14 parties, four blocs, and four independent candidates took part in the election.
In the previous parliamentary elections, held in 2021, Sandu’s party won 52.8 percent of the vote and secured 63 out of 101 seats, enabling it to form a government on its own.