Overview

• The Central Electoral Commission said turnout reached 33% by 14:30 local time, clearing the 30% requirement for the election to be recognized as having taken place.
• Polling runs from 07:00 to 21:00 at 1,973 stations nationwide, including 12 for residents of the Transnistrian region, with 301 stations operating abroad and mail voting available in 10 countries including the United States and Canada.
• The race centers on the pro‑European PAS versus the Patriot bloc, after an appeals court suspended the Heart of Moldova party at the Justice Ministry’s request and the CEC removed it from the ballot over alleged illegal financing.
• President Maia Sandu urged voters to back pro‑European forces and alleged Russia is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to influence the vote, while Moscow says it does not interfere in other countries’ politics.
• The government’s digital chief accused Russia of a cyberattack on the election commission days before the vote, and analysts cited by local media say a coalition government is possible if PAS loses its majority.