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After calculating 99.25 percent. votes, the Electoral Commission announced that Mr. Sandu had received 35.8 percent of the votes. the confidence of the population, and me. Dodon – 32.9 percent.
This result portends a very persistent fight between the two candidates on November 15. A second round of elections is needed, as no candidate received more than 50 percent. votes.
When Doton started counting, I. Dodon first outplayed M. Sandu. After calculating 80 percent. newsletters, the current leader led the way with 35 percent. votes, and his rival with 31 percent. was second. But then, Mr. Sandu unexpectedly erupted.
I. Dodon led the polls before the election. For the unexpected success in the first round, M. Sandu, according to the Electoral Commission, must first of all thank the voters who voted abroad. Most of the Moldovan emigrants chose M. Sandu, 48.
Almost one million citizens emigrated from the independence of the Republic of Moldova from the Soviet Union in 1991. Their remittances to families in their home country account for 15 percent. the GDP of a poor country.
So far, neither candidate has commented on the election results. However, the president said shortly after the polls closed that the election was “fair, free and democratic.”
I. Dodon, 45, has led Moldova since 2016. He is considered an ally of Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his hope ahead of the election that Dodon would remain in office. During the election campaign, he promised to maintain close relations with his “strategic partner” Moscow and advocated that Russian be made compulsory in schools.
Sandu was the country’s prime minister from June to November 2019, when her government was overthrown. M Sandu is for an EU friendly course. The conservative conservative has previously worked at the World Bank. In the elections four years ago, I. Dodon defeated M. Sandu.
3.5 million The country’s population has experienced several political crises in the past. The country is divided between European sympathizers and those who want to maintain close relations with Russia. Moldova is one of the poorest countries in Europe.
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