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Moldova’s Pro-EU PAS Secures Slim Parliamentary Majority

Opposition leaders contest the result after officials said security threats were contained.

Overview

  • With near-complete results, the Central Electoral Commission reports PAS at about 50% of the vote, enough for a majority in the 101-seat parliament.
  • Igor Dodon and the pro-Russian Patriotic Bloc, trailing at roughly 24–25%, rejected the outcome and called for protests outside parliament.
  • Officials said cyberattacks on electoral infrastructure and false bomb threats targeting polling sites abroad were detected and neutralized without disrupting services.
  • Turnout was about 52% with more than 1.59 million ballots cast, including roughly 264,000 votes from polling stations abroad where support skews pro-European.
  • In the run-up to the vote, authorities conducted raids and arrests tied to alleged electoral corruption, and election officials barred two pro-Russian parties over financing irregularities as PAS prepares to form a government and press its EU agenda.