{ "data": { "id": "moldova-presidential-2029", "country": "MD", "country_name": "Moldova", "level": "national", "subdivision": null, "subdivision_name": null, "date": "2029-02-04", "date_status": "tentative", "kind": "presidential", "conditional": null, "timezone": "Europe/Chisinau", "status": "scheduled", "last_verified_at": "2026-10-02T12:00:00Z", "stale": false, "stale_reason": null, "provenance": { "from": "researcher agent 2026-10-02: Electoral Code no. 325/2022 arts. 8, 12, 75, 84-86, 135, 145-150 (official text on legis.md doc_id=155595 is behind a bot wall; read via the Venice Commission/TEPJF VOTA unofficial English translation 'Electoral Code (amended 2025)' and the prg.kz Russian consolidation to 10.07.2025); Constitution arts. 78-80, 90 as summarised article by article on presedinte.md; Constitutional Court Hotărârea nr. 25 of 28 Nov 2024 (constcourt.md) and IPN report of 16 Sep 2024 on the Court's ruling on art. 135(2); CEC report on the 2024 presidential election (approved by HCEC 3209 of 9 Nov 2024, a.cec.md); CEC calendar for the 28 Sep 2025 parliamentary election (HCEC 3601/2025); CEC election pages on a.cec.md; Moldpres 29 Sep 2025; RFE/RL 24 Dec 2024", "licence": "CC BY 4.0 (Election Index)" }, "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/moldova-presidential-2029", "races": [ { "id": "president", "key": "moldova-presidential-2029/president", "name": "President of the Republic of Moldova", "body": "head-of-state", "seats": null, "seats_provisional": false, "polls_close_utc": "2029-02-04T19:00:00Z", "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": "scheduled", "expected_stage_now": null, "observed": false, "final_observed": null, "final_expected": { "from": "2029-02-06T19:00:00Z", "by": "2029-02-13T21:59:59Z", "confidence": "announced", "basis": "Electoral Code art. 84(4): district electoral councils send their protocol to the CEC within 48 h of the close (by 6 Feb 2029, 21:00 local); art. 85(1): the CEC draws up the national protocol 'in five days', which the CEC's own 2025 calendar counts from those protocols, i.e. by the end of day 7 (11 Feb 2029); arts. 145-147: the CEC declares a candidate elected if they won at least half of the votes of those who voted, otherwise it sets the second round for the top two; art. 146(4) requires that decision 'immediately after the processing of the first-round results' and at least 10 days before the second round, so for an 18 Feb run-off by 8 Feb. Precedent from the CEC's own report: 2024 round 1 (20 Oct) was centralised by HCEC nr. 3130 of 23 Oct 2024 (day 3), which set the run-off for 3 Nov. The opening (the 48 h deadline) is an ESTIMATED floor; the window closes at the end of day 9 (13 Feb 2029, EET), two days past the statutory limit, to err late. Art. 12: deadlines run in calendar days, holidays included." }, "last_final": null, "previous": null, "stages": [ { "stage": "election-night", "from": "2029-02-04T19:00:00Z", "by": "2029-02-05T21:59:59Z", "replacedAt": null, "confidence": "precedent", "citation": "Electoral Code art. 75: voting 07:00-21:00 (polling stations may stay open up to 2 h longer for voters already queuing, art. 78(8), per the CEC's 2025 calendar). On 4 Feb 2029 Chisinau is on EET (UTC+2), so the close is 19:00 UTC; stations abroad close at 21:00 local time, the last ones in North America hours later. Art. 86(1): preliminary results by polling station are posted on the CEC's resources as soon as they are processed. Precedent from the CEC's last national count (28 Sep 2025, Moldpres, the state news agency): 99.03% of protocols processed by 06:31 local the next morning, all of them by 15:19. The window closes at the end of the day after polling day. Preliminary, not the CEC's result.", "source": null, "observedAt": null, "observedSource": null }, { "stage": "final-result", "from": "2029-02-06T19:00:00Z", "by": "2029-02-13T21:59:59Z", "replacedAt": null, "confidence": "announced", "citation": "Electoral Code art. 84(4): district electoral councils send their protocol to the CEC within 48 h of the close (by 6 Feb 2029, 21:00 local); art. 85(1): the CEC draws up the national protocol 'in five days', which the CEC's own 2025 calendar counts from those protocols, i.e. by the end of day 7 (11 Feb 2029); arts. 145-147: the CEC declares a candidate elected if they won at least half of the votes of those who voted, otherwise it sets the second round for the top two; art. 146(4) requires that decision 'immediately after the processing of the first-round results' and at least 10 days before the second round, so for an 18 Feb run-off by 8 Feb. Precedent from the CEC's own report: 2024 round 1 (20 Oct) was centralised by HCEC nr. 3130 of 23 Oct 2024 (day 3), which set the run-off for 3 Nov. The opening (the 48 h deadline) is an ESTIMATED floor; the window closes at the end of day 9 (13 Feb 2029, EET), two days past the statutory limit, to err late. Art. 12: deadlines run in calendar days, holidays included.", "source": null, "observedAt": null, "observedSource": null }, { "stage": "court-validation", "from": "2029-02-07T22:00:00Z", "by": "2029-03-11T21:59:59Z", "replacedAt": null, "confidence": "precedent", "citation": "Only if a candidate wins outright in round 1; otherwise the Court confirms the election after round 2 (see moldova-presidential-2029-r2), as it did in 2024, when one ruling covered both rounds. Constitution art. 79(1) and Electoral Code arts. 147(2)-149: the CEC sends its papers to the Constitutional Court within 24 h of establishing the result; the Court confirms or refuses to confirm the legality of the election within 10 days of receiving them, 'but not before the final resolution of complaints', and validates the mandate. Precedent: 2024, referral lodged 9 Nov 2024, Hotărârea nr. 25 of 28 Nov 2024 (19 days later, day 25 after the run-off); 2025 parliamentary, referral 6 Oct, ruling 16 Oct 2025 (10 days). The opening is an ESTIMATE (the earliest CEC decision plus a day); the window closes at the end of day 35, past the 2024 precedent, to err late. Art. 79(2): oath at the latest 45 days after the election.", "source": null, "observedAt": null, "observedSource": null } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://pv.cec.md/preliminare", "role": "results-live", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "no election or results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "CEC preliminary-results platform ('Rezultate preliminare'); on 2 Oct 2026 it still carried the 28 Sep 2025 parliamentary election. In 2024 the presidential rounds used their own hosts instead (pvt12024.cec.md and pvt22024.cec.md/cec-presidential-results-tour2.html, linked from a.cec.md/20-octombrie-2024-18425.html), so the host for this election is not known. Preliminary, by polling station, not the CEC's result.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://a.cec.md/alegeri-si-referendumuri-2830.html", "role": "results-final", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "no election or results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "CEC index of election pages ('Alegeri și referendumuri'), the CEC's results index. Each election gets its own page with a 'Rezultate alegeri' subpage (2024: a.cec.md/20-octombrie-2024-18425.html, with rezultate-alegeri-turul-i-18700.html and rezultate-alegeri-turul-ii-18701.html). On 2 Oct 2026 it listed no presidential or parliamentary election after 2025; the page for this election does not exist yet. The CEC's centralisation decision is the official result; the Constitutional Court's confirmation follows.", "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": "Precedent: Constitutional Court Hotărârea nr. 25 of 28 Nov 2024 confirming the 2024 presidential election (both rounds) and validating the President's mandate. The CEC's referral (sesizarea nr. 226e) was lodged on 9 Nov 2024. The Court's judgments for this election will appear in its document register (constcourt.md/ccdocs.php).", "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 (the link the CEC's 'Legislație' page gives). On 2 Oct 2026 legis.md answered every request with a bot-check page, so it was read through the Venice Commission/TEPJF VOTA unofficial English translation 'MOLDOVA - Electoral Code (amended 2025)' (te.gob.mx/vota_elections) and the prg.kz Russian consolidation to 10.07.2025. Art. 75: voting 07:00-21:00; art. 84(4): district councils send their protocol to the CEC within 48 h of the close; art. 85(1): the CEC draws up the national protocol 'in five days'; art. 86: preliminary results by polling station go on CEC resources as soon as processed; arts. 146-148: second round two weeks after the first, CEC declares the result, Constitutional Court confirms within 10 days of receiving the documents.", "check": null }, { "url": "https://presedinte.md/rom/statutul-si-atributiile?print=1", "role": "timetable", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "no election or results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "Presidency page quoting the Constitution: art. 78 (direct election, majority of those voting in round 1, else a run-off between the top two), art. 79 (result validated by the Constitutional Court, oath 'cel târziu la 45 de zile după alegeri'), art. 80 (four-year mandate from the oath; the incumbent serves until the newly elected President takes the oath), art. 90 (vacancy includes expiry of the mandate; elections within 2 months of the vacancy).", "check": null }, { "url": "https://ipn.md/curtea-constitutionala-declara-inadmisibila-sesizarea-privind-termenul-de-organizare-a-prezidentialelor/", "role": "timetable", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "no election or results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "DATE (tentative, latest lawful date): the President took the oath on 24 Dec 2024 (RFE/RL Romanian service, 24 Dec 2024: 'Primul mandat ... expiră astăzi, 24 decembrie'; the Constitutional Court's Hotărârea nr. 25/2024 records that the previous four-year mandate expired on 24 Dec 2024), so under Constitution art. 80(1) the mandate expires on 24 Dec 2028. Electoral Code art. 135(2) (amended by Law no. 1 of 18 Jan 2024): the election is held 'cu cel mult 90 de zile înainte de data expirării mandatului Președintelui' (wording quoted by IPN, 16 Sep 2024, from the Constitutional Court's ruling on it), i.e. not before 25 Sep 2028, 'but not later than the term established by art. 90(4) of the Constitution': within 2 months of the vacancy, which art. 90(1) says arises on expiry of the mandate, so by 24 Feb 2029 (a Saturday). Reading that limit as covering the whole election, including the second round two weeks later (art. 146(4)), the latest pair is round 1 on Sunday 4 Feb 2029 and round 2 on Sunday 18 Feb 2029; that pair is used here. If only round 1 had to fall inside the limit, round 1 could be as late as Sunday 18 Feb 2029. Parliament sets the date by resolution at least 70 days before polling day (art. 135(1), as amended by Law no. 130 of 29 May 2025), so for 4 Feb 2029 by 26 Nov 2028. The Constitutional Court held in Sep 2024 that no constitutional rule fixes the window and that Parliament must arrange for the oath to be taken when the mandate expires or as soon as possible afterwards. Precedent: both recent regular elections were held in the autumn before expiry (1 Nov 2020; 20 Oct 2024, set by Parliament's Hotărârea nr. 122 of 16 May 2024), so an earlier date between 25 Sep and Dec 2028 is likely and equally lawful. A vacancy through resignation, dismissal or death would bring an election within 2 months (art. 135(3)).", "check": null }, { "url": "https://a.cec.md/storage/ckfinder/files/3601_Anexa%20Program%20calendaristic(1)%20(1).pdf", "role": "timetable", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "no election or results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "Precedent for how the CEC reads the counting deadlines: calendar programme for the 28 Sep 2025 parliamentary election (HCEC 3601 of 18 Jun 2025), items 112-121: voting 07:00-21:00 (art. 75), extendable by at most 2 hours for voters queuing (art. 78(8)); polling-station protocols within 18 h of the close; district-council protocols within 48 h, 'până la 30 septembrie 2025 inclusiv'; CEC national protocol 'în termen de 5 zile', 'până la 5 octombrie 2025 inclusiv' (day 7); papers to the Constitutional Court within 24 h; Court ruling within 10 days of receipt, not before complaints are finally settled.", "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", "note": "Previous election; no Wikipedia article for the next one existed on 2 Oct 2026.", "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": [], "live_count": null, "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/moldova-presidential-2029#president" } ] }, "meta": { "dataset_version": "2026-10-02.be7d6f40", "built_at": "2026-10-02T15:42:24Z", "generated_at": "2026-10-02T18:15:05.554Z", "licence": "CC BY 4.0: credit \"Global Election Index (electionindex.org)\" and link to https://electionindex.org", "docs": "https://electionindex.org/docs" } }