Electoral record
Maia Sandu
President of Moldova, elected in 2020 and re-elected in 2024. Her second election was held on the same day as a referendum on writing EU accession into the constitution, which passed by less than one percentage point. Moldovan authorities documented a large-scale vote-buying scheme and coordinated interference in the run-up to both votes, and out-of-country ballots were decisive in the presidential result.
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Electoral record
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- 2020RecordedCandidacy
Elected president in a run-off in which out-of-country ballots were decisive.
Elections in Moldova — election observation reports — OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights - 2024RecordedCandidacy
Re-elected in a run-off held alongside the EU-accession referendum, again with a decisive contribution from diaspora voting.
Elections in Moldova — election observation reports — OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights - 2024Upheld resultAction
Both votes proceeded against a documented backdrop of organised vote-buying and coordinated online interference, which the authorities investigated and international observers reported on.
Elections in Moldova — election observation reports — OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Linked cases
Sources
- Elections in Moldova — election observation reports— OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
- Central Electoral Commission of Moldova— Comisia Electorală Centrală