The preliminary results after totaling 2,100 out of the 2,219 minutes indicate an electoral score of 51.53% for the PAS candidate Maia Sandu, while the PSRM candidate Alexandr Stoianoglo obtains 48.47% of the ballot, IPN reports
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The difference is of over 45,000 votes in favor of Maia Sandu.
Half (118 out of 231) of the minutes coming from polling stations abroad were totaled, and the PAS candidate leads with 78.9% of the vote there.