CEC announces final election outcome in Chisinau

The Central Election Commission (CEC) Tuesday announced the final results of the runoff mayoral elections in the municipality of Chisinau. According to CEC president Iurie Ciocan, the results obtained after processing the voting reports of the 300 polling places in the original confirm that the Liberal Party’s candidate Dorin Chirtoaca is the winner, Info-Prim Neo reports. 50.6% of the voters or 186,918 persons voted for Dorin Chirtoaca. The Communist Party’s candidate Igor Dodon polled 49.4% of the ballot, which is 182,494 votes. Towards the end of June 21, the CEC will also make public the general results in the country. “We are finishing the procedures in Hancesti, Straseni, Sangerei, Donduseni, and Cantemir. The voting reports in the other districts were processed and the results confirm the outcome announced earlier,” Iurie Ciocan said. A runoff vote on June 19 was held in 512 settlements of Moldova, including the municipality of Chisinau.