Maia Sandu won the presidential election

UPDATE 02:04 Message from President Klaus Iohannis to Maia Sandu

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis congratulated Maia Sandu via Twitter on the result of the presidential elections.

congratulations to @sandumaiamd to win the presidential elections in # Republic of Moldova! The citizens 🇲🇩 have chosen to follow the European and democratic path, a path of progress! RO will continue with 🇲🇩 in the true efforts of modernization, democratization and rapprochement with the EU.

– Klaus Iohannis (@KlausIohannis) November 15, 2020

UPDATE 00:10 Maia Sandu has an advance of 101,856 votes in the presidential election

The candidate of the Action and Solidarity Party (PAS), Maia Sandu, is close to winning the second round of the presidential elections in the Republic of Moldova.

According to preliminary data published by the Central Electoral Commission (CEC), after counting 96.64% of the processed records, Maia Sandu leads with 101,856 votes against the opponent of the presidency of the Republic of Moldova, Igor Dodon.

The PAS leader has so far obtained 53.49% of the votes, compared to the incumbent president Igor Dodon, who was voted by 46.51% of Moldovans.

UPDATE 21:05 The first exit polls. Maia Sandu close to victory

Watch-Dog presents the first results after the survey. Maia Sandu: 54.7%, Igor Dodon – 45.3%. The poll does not include votes from the diaspora, which in the past have gone en masse to the pro-European candidate.

According to the exit poll conducted by Intellect Group ”in collaboration with the SPERO association, with data only from the Republic of Moldova, the percentages look different:

• Maia Sandu – 54.8%
• Igor Dodon – 45.2%

Statements after the polls closed

Maia Sandu: The voice of the citizens will be heard

“Our people have shown that wherever they are, they care about their home. We are sorry that many of you had to wait to vote. Unfortunately, state institutions were not up to the challenge. The CEC turned a blind eye to the challenge. organization of the transport of voters and did not want to stop bribing the voters. I urgently come to the police, to the observers, to all those who are in charge of protecting the vote. I know that in the next few hours there will be pressure for fraud. they are the ones who must respect the citizen vote. Despite this selective myopia, I believe that the voice of the citizens will be heard. They will return by vote, against those who launched. I invite all those who are responsible for protecting the vote, they must protect the citizen vote informs agora.md.

Dodon: Internal measurements and calculations show that we are leading to quite a big difference within the country, without the diaspora and the Transnistria region.

“We are receiving signs of some violations, especially in the diaspora vote. That is why I will now refrain from commenting on the development of the vote. I am quite optimistic about the results of these elections. Internal measurements and calculations show that we are leading to quite a big difference within the country, without the diaspora and the Transnistrian region. We will wait until the votes are counted and we will present additional statements. There was a lot of hatred in this campaign. There were many fights on the edge. Red lines were crossed, but the elections are over. I call on the world to calm down and calm down, we need peace in the Republic of Moldova, we do not need destabilization. Starting tomorrow, apart from someone who gets the most votes, it matters what happens next in the Republic of Moldova, “said Igor Dodon, reports zdg.md.

UPDATE 21:00 Projection of electoral results: Maia Sandu wins the presidential elections

Maia Sandu will clearly win the presidential elections in the Republic of Moldova. It is the projection made by the journalist Dumitru Ciorici from the secret polls carried out last week in Moldova, plus the estimate of the vote in the Diaspora for Maia Sandu, plus the estimate of the number of voters in favor of Igor Dodon in the Russian Federation and the Transnistrian region. According to him, Sandu would accumulate between 56-59% and Igor Dodon around 42%.

Participation at the polls in the Republic of Moldova exceeded 48%.

UPDATE ORA 19:30

Participation exceeded 47%.

UPDATE The automated CEC system has been the target of cyberattacks

The specialized services intervened and eliminated the risks in a short time. “We rejected these attacks and they did not have a significant negative impact,” said the CEC members. According to them, there were also some situations of disconnection from the internet or the CEC server, but of short duration, reports agora.md.

UPDATE Pump alert in a section

Work at a polling station in Frankfurt, Germany, was suspended for an hour. The police carried out verification operations at the police station. The voting process at the Frankfurt polling station resumed at around 5.30 pm.

UPDATE 18 Record of participation in the diaspora

The number of Moldovans who voted in the diaspora exceeded 200,000. In the first round of the presidential elections, a total of 149,178 voters from the diaspora voted.

Total attendance until 18:00 is greater than 48%

UPDATE Attendance at 15:30

The turnout at 3:30 pm is almost 40%. More than 160,000 people voted in the diaspora.

UPDATE 15:00 The Central Election Commission condemns the violence in Varniţa

The Central Election Commission (CEC) condemned the violence taking place in the town of Varniţa in the Anenii Noi district.

“We regret that access to the voting table was blocked, and for the resolution of the conflict it was necessary the intervention of the collaborators of the security forces in order to guarantee the exercise of the right to vote of the voters of the localities of the margin left of the Dniester. ” We ask for calm and tolerance and we warn that any action to restrict the freedoms and rights of others is contrary to the legislation of the Republic of Moldova. Obstruction of the right to vote can be sanctioned as a violation and criminal ”, shows the statement issued by the CEC.

14.00 UPDATE Elections Republic of Moldova

The number of people from the Republic of Moldova who voted in polling stations abroad was, at 12 noon, almost three times higher than in the first round.

More than 78,000 Moldovans voted in the 139 polling stations abroad at 12 noon, given that 28,000 people had voted in the first round at the same time, said Vladimir Şarban, vice chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC). , at a press conference.

Also in Transnistria, more people voted until 12 noon, compared to the first round. 13,000 votes, double the number two weeks ago, at the same time.

As of 12 noon, more than 655,000 people had voted, of which more than 578,000 in Moldova, according to the CEC official.

12:30 UPDATE Elections Republic of Moldova. Tense situation in the town of Varniţa

Varnita voters would be paid to come vote.

Dozens of policemen wearing bulletproof vests surrounded the conflict zone in Varnita.

12:00 UPDATE Elections Republic of Moldova

Citizens of the Republic of Moldova who vote in Italy in Milan are waiting to vote in lines on two streets. No events were logged, agora.md notes.

11:00: UPDATE Elections Republic of Moldova

Maia Sandu’s opponent, Igor Dodon, voted.

“We need qualitative changes, not shocks, not crisesThis was stated by the independent candidate, supported by the PSRM, Igor Dodon, after voting, accompanied by his wife and bodyguards.

Accompanied by fellow party members, Maia Sandu voted.

“Today, all power is in your hands. Today, you have the power to punish those who lied to you, robbed you, or kicked you out of your home. Today we decide how we will live in the next four years, how the Republic of Moldova will act in the next decade. But for that we have to go to the polls. When people join, things change. Today I voted for a change, for Moldova, in which all people look with confidence tomorrow“Maia Sandu said.

“We vote for Moldova that we will be proud of”, added the candidate in Russian.

10:40: UPDATE Elections of the Republic of Moldova

More than 3.2 million citizens entitled to vote in the Republic of Moldova are expected to go to the polls in the second round of elections for the country’s presidency.

Moldovans from abroad lined up in front of the polling stations even earlier than in the first round and queued 2-3 kilometers long to vote. At the electoral college in Frankfurt, Germany, young people brought speakers from which popular music resonates, writes agora.md.

Today, the citizens of the Republic of Moldova elect their president, in the second round of the presidential elections, in which the current head of state, the philosopher Igor Dodon, and the candidate of the pro-European opposition and former prime minister face off. , Maia Sandu.

The candidate of the Action and Solidarity Party (PAS), Maia Sandu, will have a counter-candidate to the current president, Igor Dodon, who registered in the electoral contest as an independent, with the support of the Socialist Party of the Republic of Moldova.

In the first round, held on November 1, Maia Sandu obtained 36.16% of the votes and Igor Dodon 32.61%.

In 2016, Igor Dodon won the elections with 52% of the votes, while Sandu won 48%. Basically, the difference between the two was 69,750 votes.