Moldovan President Maia Sandu, who is running for a second term, supported by the pro-Western Action and Solidarity party, is leading in the second round of presidential elections with 55.04% of the vote, ex—Prosecutor General, candidate from the opposition Party of Socialists Alexander Stoyanoglo - 44.96%, the Central Election Commission reports after processing 98.92% of the protocols from the polling stations.
In the first round of elections, Sandu won 42.45% of the vote, Stoyanoglo - 25.98%.
The majority of residents of the north and south of Moldova voted for the former prosecutor General, dismissed by the Sandu regime, while the center voted mainly for the incumbent president. In particular, Stoyanoglo was supported by residents of the country's second largest city Balti, while for Sandu was voted by the majority (57.35 percent) of Chisinau residents.