{ "data": { "id": "moldova-presidential-2024-r2", "country": "MD", "country_name": "Moldova", "level": "national", "subdivision": null, "subdivision_name": null, "date": "2024-11-03", "date_status": "declared", "date_window": null, "kind": "runoff", "conditional": "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).", "timezone": "Europe/Chisinau", "status": "final-expected", "last_verified_at": "2026-10-03T12:00:00Z", "stale": false, "stale_reason": null, "provenance": { "from": "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", "licence": "CC BY 4.0 (Election Index); vote counts not protected (official act, Moldovan Law no. 230/2022 on copyright, art. 8(b))" }, "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/moldova-presidential-2024-r2", "races": [ { "id": "president", "key": "moldova-presidential-2024-r2/president", "name": "President of the Republic of Moldova", "body": "head-of-state", "seats": null, "seats_provisional": false, "polls_close_utc": "2024-11-03T19:00:00Z", "authority": { "id": "md-cec", "name": "Central Electoral Commission", "name_local": "Comisia Electorală Centrală", "role": "electoral-commission", "homepage": "https://a.cec.md/", "results_index": "https://a.cec.md/alegeri-si-referendumuri-2830.html", "open_data": null }, "status": "final-expected", "expected_stage_now": "court-validation", "observed": true, "final_observed": { "at": "2024-11-09T21:59:59Z", "source": "https://a.cec.md/ro/cu-privire-la-stabilirea-rezultatelor-turului-doi-al-alegerilor-pentru-functia-d-2751_111942.html" }, "final_expected": { "from": "2024-11-05T19:00:00Z", "by": "2024-11-10T21:59:59Z", "confidence": "announced", "basis": "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." }, "last_final": { "election": "President of the Republic of Moldova 2024", "election_id": "moldova-presidential-2024", "polling_day": "2024-10-20", "final_on": "2024-10-23", "days": 3, "act": null, "source": "https://a.cec.md/ro/cu-privire-la-centralizarea-rezultatelor-votarii-la-alegerile-pentru-functia-de--2751_111792.html", "source_kind": "authority", "note": null }, "previous": { "election_id": "moldova-presidential-2024", "race_id": "president", "date": "2024-10-20", "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/moldova-presidential-2024" }, "stages": [ { "stage": "election-night", "from": "2024-11-03T19:00:00Z", "by": "2024-11-04T21:59:59Z", "replacedAt": null, "confidence": "estimate", "citation": "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.", "source": null, "observedAt": null, "observedSource": null }, { "stage": "final-result", "from": "2024-11-05T19:00:00Z", "by": "2024-11-10T21:59:59Z", "replacedAt": null, "confidence": "announced", "citation": "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.", "source": null, "observedAt": "2024-11-09T21:59:59Z", "observedSource": "https://a.cec.md/ro/cu-privire-la-stabilirea-rezultatelor-turului-doi-al-alegerilor-pentru-functia-d-2751_111942.html" }, { "stage": "court-validation", "from": "2024-11-09T22:00:00Z", "by": "2024-11-19T21:59:59Z", "replacedAt": null, "confidence": "announced", "citation": "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).", "source": null, "observedAt": "2024-11-28T21:59:59Z", "observedSource": "https://www.constcourt.md/public/ccdoc/hotariri/h_25_2024_226e_2024_rou.pdf" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://a.cec.md/ro/cu-privire-la-stabilirea-rezultatelor-turului-doi-al-alegerilor-pentru-functia-d-2751_111942.html", "role": "results-final", "kind": "race_results", "kindReason": "election code and results marker", "resolvable": true, "origin": "race", "note": "CEC Hotărârea nr. 3208 of 9 Nov 2024 'cu privire la stabilirea rezultatelor turului doi al alegerilor pentru funcția de Președinte al Republicii Moldova din 3 noiembrie 2024', with its annexed national protocol. It declares the election valid, declares Maia Sandu elected with 930,139 votes and sends the result to the Constitutional Court.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://www.constcourt.md/ccdocview.php?tip=hotariri&docid=867&l=ro", "role": "court-validation", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "no election or results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "Constitutional Court Hotărârea nr. 25 of 28 Nov 2024 (sesizarea nr. 226e/2024, lodged by the CEC on 9 Nov 2024): 'Se confirmă rezultatele alegerii Președintelui Republicii Moldova din 3 noiembrie 2024' and validates Maia Sandu's election. Judgment PDF: https://www.constcourt.md/public/ccdoc/hotariri/h_25_2024_226e_2024_rou.pdf.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://a.cec.md/rezultate-alegeri-turul-ii-18705.html", "role": "see-also", "kind": "results_index", "kindReason": "results section without an election code", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "CEC page 'Rezultate alegeri turul II': spreadsheet 'Rezultatele alegerilor turul II' with every one of the 2,219 polling stations; its national line matches the decision's protocol. Scanned protocols: a.cec.md/procese-verbale-scanate-18704.html.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://a.cec.md/ro/upload/672f714bf4079/111943/attached_files", "role": "see-also", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "election page without a results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "CEC report on the 2024 presidential election, annex to HCEC nr. 3209 of 9 Nov 2024 (PDF, 183 pages); chapter 15 repeats the round-2 protocol figures.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://www.legis.md/cautare/getResults?doc_id=155595&lang=ro", "role": "timetable", "kind": "results_index", "kindReason": "results section without an election code", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "Electoral Code no. 325/2022 on the official legislation portal. On 3 Oct 2026 legis.md answered with a bot-check page (as on 2 Oct, see moldova-presidential-2029), so the articles cited here are as read for that file: art. 75 voting 07:00-21:00; art. 84(4) district councils' protocols within 48 h of the close; art. 85(1) CEC national protocol 'in five days'; art. 86 preliminary results by polling station on CEC resources as soon as processed; arts. 145-148 round 2 two weeks after round 1, CEC declares the result, Constitutional Court confirms within 10 days of receiving the documents.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://a.cec.md/ro/cec-a-prezentat-rezultatele-preliminare-privind-totalizarea-turului-ii-al-aleger-2781_111902.html", "role": "see-also", "kind": "race_results", "kindReason": "election code and results marker", "resolvable": true, "origin": "race", "note": "CEC press release of 4 Nov 2024 on the preliminary count: the last polling stations (Sacramento, Seattle, Las Vegas, Vancouver) closed at 06:00 Moldovan time on 4 Nov; 1,699,025 voters (54.31%) by preliminary data.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Moldovan_presidential_election", "role": "see-also", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "election page without a results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "check": null }, { "url": "https://a.cec.md/alegeri-si-referendumuri-2830.html", "role": "results-index", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "no election or results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "authority", "check": null }, { "url": "https://a.cec.md/", "role": "authority-home", "kind": "emb_home", "kindReason": "site root: cannot answer a results question", "resolvable": false, "origin": "authority", "check": null } ], "page_activity": [], "government": null, "results": [ { "stage": "final-result", "published_at": "2024-11-09", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-03T12:00:00Z", "source": "https://a.cec.md/ro/cu-privire-la-stabilirea-rezultatelor-turului-doi-al-alegerilor-pentru-functia-d-2751_111942.html", "publisher": "Central Electoral Commission (Comisia Electorală Centrală), Hotărârea nr. 3208 of 9 Nov 2024, annex", "licence": "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')", "total_votes": 1680569, "electorate": 3133687, "ballots": 1701284, "turnout": 54.29, "note": "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.", "rows": [ { "candidate": "Maia Sandu", "party": "Partidul Acțiune și Solidaritate", "party_id": null, "colour": null, "votes": 930139, "share": 55.35, "seats": null, "winner": true }, { "candidate": "Alexandr Stoianoglo", "party": "Partidul Socialiştilor din Republica Moldova", "party_id": null, "colour": null, "votes": 750430, "share": 44.65, "seats": null, "winner": false } ] } ], "live_count": null, "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/moldova-presidential-2024-r2#president" } ] }, "meta": { "dataset_version": "2026-10-03.3531b9d3", "built_at": "2026-10-03T12:45:54Z", "generated_at": "2026-10-03T15:00:45.517Z", "licence": "CC BY 4.0: credit \"Global Election Index (electionindex.org)\" and link to https://electionindex.org", "docs": "https://electionindex.org/docs" } }