The president of Moldova, Maia Sandu, who is running for a second term supported by the pro-Western Action and Solidarity party, leads the second round of the elections for head of the republic with 55.04% of the votes, according to the former attorney general. , candidate of the opposition Socialist Party Alexandra Stoianoglo: 44.96%, reports the Central Electoral Commission after processing 98.92% of the electoral college records.
In the first round of the elections, Sandu received 42.45% of the votes, Stoianoglo – 25.98%.
Most residents of northern and southern Moldova voted for the former prosecutor general, dismissed by the Sandu regime, while the center mainly voted for the current president. In particular, Stoianoglo received support from residents of the country’s second largest city, Balti, while the majority (57.35 percent) of Chisinau residents voted for Sandu.
