Moldova’s presidential runoff is underway on Sunday, with incumbent President Maia Sandu and former Prosecutor Common Alexandr Stoianoglo vying for the nation’s highest place within the subsequent 4 years.
Greater than 2,000 polling stations have opened to serve an estimated 2.7 million eligible voters, together with 231 stations overseas, based on the Central Electoral Fee (CEC).
The CEC mentioned over 240,000 diasporas voted, with an extra 1,447 votes submitted by mail. The postal ballots shall be counted on Sunday in any case polling stations shut within the host international locations.
Sandu, a pro-European candidate previously main the Motion and Solidarity Occasion, secured 42.49 p.c of the vote within the preliminary spherical on Oct. 20, whereas Stoianoglo, backed by the Occasion of Socialists, obtained 25.95 p.c.
Since no candidate among the many 11 contenders reached the required majority of over 50 p.c within the first spherical, the highest two candidates superior to Sunday’s runoff.
The CEC has accredited over 2,400 observers to observe the voting course of.
