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Maia Sandu, the pro-European candidate, is preparing to win the presidential elections in the Republic of Moldova, according to partial official results, communicated by the Central Election Commission.
UPDATE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 0:30 AM The counting of the votes cast in the Republic of Moldova is coming to an end and Maia Sandu distances herself from Igor Dodon. Thus, after processing the data from the minutes from 97.39 percent of the polling stations (2087 out of 2,183), Maia Sandu approaches the percentages expressed by the exit polls: she has 54.19 percent of the votes, while Igor Dodon received 45.81 percent of the vote.
Overwhelming vote in the diaspora
Meanwhile, the overwhelming majority of votes in the diaspora have been counted, giving Maia Sandu a landslide victory: 89.09% of Moldovans abroad voted for the pro-European candidate, while Igor Dodon has only 10.91 percent. supporters.
The results are announced after counting the votes of 92 of the 139 polling stations organized abroad (66, 19 per cent), or the votes cast by 140,922 voters, about as many who voted in the first round in the diaspora.
As some polling stations are still open, Maia Sandu is expected to receive even more votes by the morning.
UPDATE 22:57. Data from the minutes of over 90% of the polling stations in the Republic of Moldova were processed. Maia Sandu has 51.48% of the votes and Igor Dodon 48.52%.
They came out after data for 1,985 polling stations was processed out of a total of 2,143, which means 92.63% of polling stations.
After processing data from over three quarters of polling stations in the Republic of Moldova, Maia Sandu has 52.12 percent of the vote, according to the first official results announced by the Central Election Commission, while Igor Dodon, the current pro-Russian president, has 47.87 percent of the vote.
However, the votes in the diaspora have not yet been counted, where elections continue in some sections and where it is estimated there will be a massive option in favor of Maia Sandu.
We remind you that in the first round of the presidential elections, the vote in the Republic of Moldova was won by Igor Dodon, but after counting the votes in the diaspora Maia Sandu ranked at the top of the ballot, with a difference of more than 3 percent by Igor Dodon.
Two polls conducted at the polls indicated, Sunday evening, a detached victory for Maia Sandu, with a difference of almost 10 percent over Igor Dodon.
Good mobilization of voters
These presidential elections were marked, despite the pandemic, by a decent mobilization of the electorate to vote, being higher than that of the first round: 48.45 percent of voters came to vote, compared to 43 percent on tour I .
The majority of voters who went to the polls on Sunday were women (54.33 percent).
Moreover, the young electorate, up to 55 years old, was more numerous than the old one.
Publisher: Luana Pavaluca
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