Sandu beat Dodon in the Moldovan elections

The Central Electoral Commission of Moldova recognized the validity of the presidential elections, as the turnout exceeded the required 33.3%.

Former Moldovan Prime Minister Maia Sandu took the lead in the country’s presidential elections. He surpassed the incumbent of state Igor Dodon in the first round of the presidential elections after counting 98.04% of the protocols of the polling stations. This was announced on Monday, November 2 by TASS, citing data from the CEC of Moldova.

Sandu is reported to have won 34.39% of the vote to Dodon’s 34.11%.

The Central Election Commission has already processed all the protocols of the country’s polling stations, data is expected from the United States and Canada, where voting is still ongoing in the polling stations.

According to data at 02:00 local time, Dodon and Sandu are followed by the candidate of Our Party, Renato Usatii (16.9%), followed by Violetta Ivanova of the Shor party (6.75%), president of the Platforma movement. Dignity and truth “” Andrei Năstase (3.24%).

The elections have already been declared valid as the participation threshold exceeded the required 33.3%.

The winner of the elections will be determined in the second round, which will take place on November 15. To be successful, experts say, Dodon and Sandu must mobilize their constituencies within two weeks, as well as win the support of those who voted for the losers.

As a reminder, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Ukraine and Moldova agreed to resume bilateral consultations to resolve problematic issues between the two countries.

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