More than 90 per cent of official reports processed: Ion Ceban - 48.02 per cent, Andrei Nastase - 52.01 per cent

Chisinau, 3 June /MOLDPRES/ - The candidate of the Party of Socialists Political Party of Moldova, Ion Ceban, has picked up 48.02 per cent of the votes and the candidate on behalf of the Dignity and Truth Platform Political Party, Andrei Nastase,  got about 52.01 per cent of the suffrages, following the processing of 276 out of 306 official reports.      

According to preliminary data, as many as 248,674 voters exercised their right to vote at the 3 June polls, which accounts for 39.12 per cent.   

The general mayor elected following the runoff will exercise his powers till the local general polls due in June 2019. The Electoral Code sees that the candidate getting the largest number of votes, no matter the number of electors who took part in the polls, is considered to be elected. If the two candidates pick up an equal number of suffrages, the candidate who got more votes at the first round of the polls is regarded elected.  

(Reporter A. Zara, editor M. Jantovan)