Pro-EU party wins Moldova polls with over 50% of vote

By AFP 29 September 2025, 7:59 am

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A supporter of the pro-EU Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) draped in the Moldovan flag smiles as he checks partial results on a phone after the polls closed for the parliamentary election, in Chisinau, Moldova, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Moldova’s pro-EU ruling party has won key parliamentary elections with more than 50 percent of the vote, official results show.

With over 99.5 percent of ballots counted, the Party of Action and Solidarity headed by President Maia Sandu had garnered 50.03 percent of the vote, compared to 24.26 percent for the pro-Russian Patriotic Bloc, according to results published on the election commission’s website.