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Moldovan presidential elections and referendum conclude

Incumbent president Sandu leads 1st round of Moldovan presidential elections

21:43, 20.10.2024
  Michał Woźniak /rl;
Incumbent president Sandu leads 1st round of Moldovan presidential elections Preliminary results indicate that Moldova’s pro-European incumbent president Maia Sandu is in the lead in her bid for reelection. However, partial results also indicate that the proposition to enshrine the country’s European aspirations in Moldova’s constitution may have fallen through in a binding vote.

Preliminary results indicate that Moldova’s pro-European incumbent president Maia Sandu is in the lead in her bid for reelection. However, partial results also indicate that the proposition to enshrine the country’s European aspirations in Moldova’s constitution may have fallen through in a binding vote.

Pro-European President of Moldova Maia Sandu, October 10, 2024. On October 20, Moldova holds presidential election and a referendum on whether to enshrine in the Constitution the country's path to EU membership. Photo: PAP/EPA/DUMITRU DORU
Pro-European President of Moldova Maia Sandu, October 10, 2024. On October 20, Moldova holds presidential election and a referendum on whether to enshrine in the Constitution the country's path to EU membership. Photo: PAP/EPA/DUMITRU DORU

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Moldova’s Central Electoral Committee (CEC) announced that according to preliminary results (based on counted votes from 16% of polling stations), incumbent President Maia Sandu leads after the first round of voting, with former prosecutor general and candidate of the pro-Russian center-left populist Democratic Party, Alexandr Stoianoglo, as runner up, with 30% of the vote.

The second round of voting will take place on November 3.

Preliminary results for the concurrently held referendum that would amend the constitution, however, suggest that Moldovans have decided not to enshrine a pro-EU course in the constitution, voting down the constitutional amendment that would make EU accession a Moldova’s constitutional goal.

Preliminary results (based on counted votes from 23.4% of polling stations) indicate that Moldovans have rejected the proposition by a majority of 58% of votes, Moldovan TV8 channel’s website reported.

CEC said that the turnout in the presidential vote amounted to 54.5% of the eligible voters. The turnout for the referendum is still being calculated but the CEC announced prior to the polls closing, that the turnout met the requirement of one-third of eligible voters casting their ballots that makes the vote binding.

The latter figure is particularly crucial, as at least one-third of eligible voters must cast their vote in a referendum in order to make it valid. Some voters, especially those voting for pro-Russian candidates, opted to boycott the referendum vote in an attempt to derail it.
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