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The order in which the candidates appear on the ballot is as follows: Renato Usatii (Political Party “Our Party”), Andrei Nastase (Political Party “Platform of Dignity and Truth”), Tudor Deliu (Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova ), Igor Dodon (independent), Violeta Ivanov (“Şor” Political Party), Maia Sandu (Action and Solidarity Political Party), Octavian Ţîcu (“National Unity Party” Political Party) and Dorin Chirtoacă (Unirea Electoral Bloc).
For this election, the Chisinau authorities decided to establish 2,143 polling stations on the territory of the Republic of Moldova and another 139 abroad, most of them in Italy (30), the Russian Federation (17), Romania (13) and United States of America (12).
According to the Constitution, the winner is the candidate who receives the votes of 50% + 1 of the voters present at the polls. If no candidate obtains a simple majority in the first round, a second vote will be held on November 15. The term of the President of the Republic of Moldova is four years.
The validation of the elections is conditioned by the presence at the polls of at least one third of the number of registered voters on the electoral lists (3,287,140 citizens with the right to vote).
In the previous presidential elections, in 2016, the socialist Igor Dodon was appointed president, who defeated the pro-European Maia Sandu in the second round, who was running for the Action and Solidarity Party. In the first round, on October 30, 2016, Dodon obtained 47.98% of the votes, while Maia Sandu obtained 38.71% of the voters. In the second round, on November 13, Dodon had the support of 52.11% of the citizens who went to the polls, and Maia Sandu was voted by 47.89% of the voters. The turnout was 50.95% in the first round of the 2015 presidential elections and 53.45% in the second round.
Sunday’s voting takes place under special conditions, in the context of the COVID-19 epidemic, election organizers establish a set of rules that must be observed when entering polling stations. The use of a protective mask is mandatory. The masks will be made available to voters by representatives of the Central Election Commission.
What a poll said last Friday:
Igor Dodon would accumulate 23% in the presidential elections and Maia Sandu, almost 20%, according to the Public Opinion Barometer.
They would be followed by Renato Usatii – 11%, Violeta Ivanov – 5%, Octavian Ticu – 1.6%, Andrei Nastase – 1.3%, Dorin Chirtoaca – 0.9% and Tudor Deliu – 0.6%, according to a survey.
36% did not express a voting option.
The poll shows that if Igor Dodon and Maia Sandu reach the second round, the current head of state would get more votes.
The survey was conducted between October 8 and 20 on a sample of 1,124 respondents, a margin of error of 3%, according to the authors.
