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Moldova runoff 2024

Polling day . Counted by Central Electoral Commission. Times are Chisinau time; hover for UTC.

Held because no candidate won at least half of the votes of the voters who took part in round 1 on 20 Oct 2024 (Constitution art. 78, Electoral Code art. 146). CEC Hotărârea nr. 3130 of 23 Oct 2024 set this second round between the two candidates with most votes, Maia Sandu (656,852) and Alexandr Stoianoglo (401,215).

Final: 9 Nov 2024

Final result declared Chisinau time, published by the authority: a.cec.md/ro/cu-privire-la-stabilirea-rezultatelor-turului-doi-al-alegerilor-pentru-functia-d-2751_111942.html. The window was 5–10 Nov 2024.

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a.cec.md/ro/cec-a-prezentat-rezultatele-preliminare-privind-totalizarea-turului-ii-al-aleger-2781_111902.html

Result and count stages

Final count

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Maia SanduPartidul Acțiune și Solidaritate930,139
Alexandr StoianogloPartidul Socialiştilor din Republica Moldova750,430
Total votes1,680,569

Turnout 54.3%: 1,701,284 ballots from 3,133,687 registered voters.

National protocol annexed to CEC Hotărârea nr. 3208 of 9 Nov 2024. Names first-name first (the protocol writes 'SANDU MAIA'); party as the protocol writes it. Maia Sandu declared elected by the decision; confirmed by Constitutional Court Hotărârea nr. 25 of 28 Nov 2024, which repeats 930,139 and 750,430. totalVotes = h) valid votes 1,680,569 (rows add up to it exactly). ballots = d) voters who took part 1,701,284 = valid votes + f) 20,715 invalid ballots. electorate = a) 2,709,867 on the basic lists + b) 423,820 on the supplementary lists. Same figures in the per-polling-station spreadsheet (a.cec.md/rezultate-alegeri-turul-ii-18705.html), the CEC's release of 9 Nov 2024 and chapter 15 of the CEC report approved by HCEC 3209. Licence: the CEC website footer says 'Reproducerea materialelor se permite doar cu permisiunea Comisiei Electorale Centrale' (reproduction only with the CEC's permission), so the counts rest not on site terms but on the copyright law: Law no. 230/2022 on copyright and related rights (in force 9 Oct 2022; it repealed Law no. 139/2010, art. 92(3)), art. 8(b), excludes 'normative acts, other administrative, political or judicial acts' from protection. The numbers are copied from the CEC decision itself (an administrative act, with its annexed protocol), not from the site's other materials. Law text read in the English translation published by AGEPI, the State Agency on Intellectual Property (https://www.agepi.md/sites/default/files/law/national/l_230-2022_en.pdf, linked from agepi.md/en/content/legea-privind-dreptul-de-autor-si-drepturile-conexe-nr-230); the Romanian original on legis.md (doc_id=149374) was behind a bot-check page on 3 Oct 2026. Published by Central Electoral Commission (Comisia Electorală Centrală), Hotărârea nr. 3208 of 9 Nov 2024, annex, 9 Nov 2024: a.cec.md/ro/cu-privire-la-stabilirea-rezultatelor-turului-doi-al-alegerilor-pentru-functia-d-2751_111942.html. Not protected: official act of a public authority (Law no. 230/2022 on copyright and related rights, art. 8(b): 'The following shall not benefit from copyright protection: ... normative acts, other administrative, political or judicial acts (laws, court decisions, etc.) and official translations thereof').

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Election-night count
3–4 NovElection-night count: Sun 3 Nov, 21:00 → Mon 4 Nov, 23:59, estimate.
Final result
5–10 NovFinal result: Tue 5 Nov, 21:00 → Sun 10 Nov, 23:59, announced. Published Sat 9 Nov, 23:59.
Court validationexpected on the live page now
10–19 NovCourt validation: Sun 10 Nov, 00:00 → Tue 19 Nov, 23:59, announced. Published Thu 28 Nov, 23:59.
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Stage windows and their sources 3 stages, each cited
  1. Election-night count
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    Electoral Code art. 75: voting 07:00-21:00 (21:00 EET = 19:00 UTC on 3 Nov 2024); art. 86(1): preliminary results by polling station on the CEC's resources as soon as processed (2024 run-off: pvt22024.cec.md, unreachable on 3 Oct 2026). CEC release of 3 Nov 2024: all stations in the country closed at 21:00, five abroad stayed open an hour longer; release of 4 Nov 2024: the last stations abroad closed at 06:00 Moldovan time. The opening is the close of polls in Moldova (announced); the closing, the end of 4 Nov 2024 (EET), is an ESTIMATE. Preliminary, not the CEC's result. Completion time of the preliminary count not recorded by the CEC.
  2. Final result
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    announced
    Electoral Code art. 84(4): district councils' protocols within 48 h of the close (5 Nov 2024, 21:00 local); art. 85(1): CEC national protocol 'in five days', to the end of day 7 (10 Nov 2024) as the CEC's calendars count it; art. 146(5): the candidate with most votes in round 2 is elected. Observed: CEC Hotărârea nr. 3208, signed 'Chișinău, 9 noiembrie 2024', approves the national protocol, declares the election valid and Maia Sandu elected; it 'intră în vigoare la data adoptării'. The decision gives only the date, so observedAt is the end of 9 Nov 2024 local time (23:59:59 EET). Confirmed by the Constitutional Court on 28 Nov 2024: see court-validation.
    Observed
  3. Court validation
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    Constitution art. 79(1); Electoral Code arts. 147(2)-149: the CEC sends its papers to the Constitutional Court within 24 h; the Court confirms or refuses to confirm the election within 10 days of receiving them, 'but not before the final resolution of complaints'. The referral was lodged on 9 Nov 2024 (Hotărârea nr. 25, §1), so the plain 10-day limit ran to 19 Nov 2024; the complaints proviso let the Court rule later. Observed: Hotărârea nr. 25, 'Chișinău, 28 noiembrie 2024' ('Deliberând la 28 noiembrie 2024'; the Court's news item of 28 Nov 2024: 'Joi, 28 noiembrie 2024, Curtea Constituțională a pronunțat Hotărârea nr. 25'): 'Se confirmă rezultatele alegerii Președintelui Republicii Moldova din 3 noiembrie 2024'; final, in force on adoption. No hour is given, so observedAt is the end of 28 Nov 2024 local time (23:59:59 EET).
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Provenance: researcher agent 2026-10-03: CEC decisions nr. 3130 of 23 Oct 2024 and nr. 3208 of 9 Nov 2024 with their annexed protocols (a.cec.md); CEC report approved by HCEC nr. 3209 of 9 Nov 2024 (ch. 15); CEC per-polling-station results files for both rounds (a.cec.md 'Rezultate alegeri'); CEC press releases of 21 and 24 Oct and 3, 4 and 9 Nov 2024; Constitutional Court Hotărârea nr. 25 of 28 Nov 2024 (constcourt.md); Law no. 230/2022 on copyright art. 8 (AGEPI English translation); Electoral Code no. 325/2022 as read for moldova-presidential-2029 (CC BY 4.0 (Election Index); vote counts not protected (official act, Moldovan Law no. 230/2022 on copyright, art. 8(b))). Last verified 2026-10-03.

Questions and answers

When is the Moldova runoff 2024?
Polling day is 2024-11-03 (officially set). Held because no candidate won at least half of the votes of the voters who took part in round 1 on 20 Oct 2024 (Constitution art. 78, Electoral Code art. 146). CEC Hotărârea nr. 3130 of 23 Oct 2024 set this second round between the two candidates with most votes, Maia Sandu (656,852) and Alexandr Stoianoglo (401,215).
When will the final result of the President of the Republic of Moldova race be official?
Expected between 2024-11-05T19:00:00Z and 2024-11-10T21:59:59Z (UTC), confidence announced. Electoral Code art. 84(4): district councils' protocols within 48 h of the close (5 Nov 2024, 21:00 local); art. 85(1): CEC national protocol 'in five days', to the end of day 7 (10 Nov 2024) as the CEC's calendars count it; art. 146(5): the candidate with most votes in round 2 is elected. Observed: CEC Hotărârea nr. 3208, signed 'Chișinău, 9 noiembrie 2024', approves the national protocol, declares the election valid and Maia Sandu elected; it 'intră în vigoare la data adoptării'. The decision gives only the date, so observedAt is the end of 9 Nov 2024 local time (23:59:59 EET). Confirmed by the Constitutional Court on 28 Nov 2024: see court-validation.
Where are the official President of the Republic of Moldova results?
https://a.cec.md/ro/cu-privire-la-stabilirea-rezultatelor-turului-doi-al-alegerilor-pentru-functia-d-2751_111942.html, https://a.cec.md/ro/cec-a-prezentat-rezultatele-preliminare-privind-totalizarea-turului-ii-al-aleger-2781_111902.html