If parliamentary elections were held next Sunday, most of the votes would be polled by the Party of Socialists (PSRM) – 35% - and the Party “Action and Solidarity” (PAS) – 18%, shows an opinion poll carried out by the Association of Sociologists and Demographers of Moldova, IPN reports.

The Democratic Party (PDM) would gain 5% of the vote, while the Party “Platform Dignity and Truth” (PPPDA) – 3.3%. It should be noted that the election threshold for parliamentary elections is 6%.

Of those who said they are decided to go and vote (68% of those interviewed), the electoral options are distributed as such: PSRM – 51% of the poll, PAS – 26%, PDM – 6.9% and PPPDA – 4.8%.

Asked about the politician that they trust the most, 52.2% of those surveyed mentioned Igor Dodon. 20.4% trust Maia Sandu, 4.3% - Pavel Filip, 4.2% - Andrei Nastase. These are followed by Vladimir Voronin and Vlad Plahotniuc. Speaker of Parliament Andrian Candu is trusted the least.

The poll covered 1,181 persons from 79 communities of Moldova, except for the Transnistrian region. It was conducted in November by the face-to-face interviewing method. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3%.