Alegeri parlamentare 2025

Over half million citizens voted by 11:30

Over 500,000 Moldovans have voted by 11:30, representing 18% of the total electorate. The most active voters are women aged between 56 and 65.

In Chișinău, by this time, 115,155 citizens have turned out to vote. In Bălți, 15,555 residents have already voted, and in Cahul, 14,992 citizens.

Parliamentary elections are being held in the Republic of Moldova, after which 101 deputies are to be elected in the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, 12th Legislature. The election will be declared valid if at least one-third of the voters cast their ballots. The voting process began at 07:00 and will end at 21:00.

During the election, citizens can vote in 2,274 polling stations opened across the Republic of Moldova and abroad. In total, over 24,000 election officials will operate at polling stations.

For the parliamentary elections, the CEC printed over 2,772,255 ballots, of which 2,117,039 are in Romanian, 649,573 in Russian, 3,400 in Gagauz, 1,827 in Bulgarian, and 416 in Romani.

For the polling stations organized for localities on the left bank of the Dniester, the total print run is 23,500 ballots, of which 14,500 in Romanian and 9,000 in Russian.

The elections are monitored by 3,423 observers. Of the total number, 2,496 national observers represent eight civil associations in the country. Most observers have been accredited at the request of the Promo-LEX Association and the Union of Jurists of Moldova. At the same time, the CEC accredited 912 international observers.

In the electoral race for today’s election, 23 electoral competitors have been registered out of a total of 32 applications submitted: 15 political parties, four electoral blocs, and four independent candidates.

1. Action and Solidarity Party.

2. Democracy at Home Party.

3. Coalition for Unity and Welfare.

4. Andrei Năstase, independent candidate.

5. Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.

6. Olesea Stamate, independent candidate.

7. European Social Democratic Party.

8. National Moldovan Party.

9. Patriotic Electoral Bloc of Socialists, Communists, Heart and Future of Moldova.

10. Electoral Bloc Alternative.

11. Respect Moldova Movement.

12. Together Electoral Bloc.

13. League of Cities and Communities.

14. Alliance for the Union of Romanians.

15. Victoria Sanduța.

16. Moldovans' Alliance.

17. Great Moldova Party - withdrawn.

18. Nation Union Block.

19. New Historical Option Party.

20. Liberal Party.

21. Christian-Social Union of Moldova.

22. Tatiana Crețu, independent candidate.

23. Our Party.

The Constitution of the Republic of Moldova stipulates that the Parliament is composed of 101 deputies elected by universal, equal, direct, secret, and freely expressed vote, for a term of four years. Only electoral competitors surpassing the threshold – 5% for parties, 7% for blocs, 2% for independents – are eligible for the allocation of the 101 mandates.