Overview

• With roughly 80% of ballots counted, the pro‑European PAS stands at about 44% and the pro‑Russian Patriot Bloc at around 28%, leaving the parliamentary majority unresolved.
• Moldovan authorities reported large‑scale cyberattacks on election infrastructure — more than 16 million attempts overnight — alongside bomb threats targeting overseas polling sites.
• Police and officials allege extensive vote‑buying networks tied to oligarch Ilan Shor and are probing organized voter transports from Russia to Belarus, Azerbaijan and Turkey as well as from Transnistria.
• The Central Election Commission barred two pro‑Russian parties shortly before the vote over financing irregularities.
• Turnout was about 52%, higher than in 2021, with diaspora participation considered pivotal; additional parties such as Alternativa, Nostru and PPDA may clear the threshold as final results due Monday shape coalition options.