Parliamentary elections were held in Moldova on 24 February 2019 in order to elect the 101 members of the Parliament of Moldova. The Constitution holds that elections are to be held no later than four years and three months from the date of inauguration of the previous legislature. The elections were held under a parallel voting system, replacing the closed-list proportional system used in Moldova at all previous parliamentary elections since the independence. The electoral campaign period began in November 2018 and continued up until the election day. Candidates from four parties were elected to the Parliament, more specifically the Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova (PSRM), the Democratic Party of Moldova (PDM), the ACUM electoral alliance composed of the DA and the PAS, and the Șor Party. The Party of Communists (PCRM) failed to obtain any seats for the first time since the independence of the Republic of Moldova. The results were subsequently confirmed and validated by Moldova's Constitutional Court on 9 March 2019. Furthermore, the results triggered a constitutional crisis in June.

Background

Electoral system The 101 seats in the Parliament were elected using a parallel voting system introduced in 2017; 50 MPs were elected by proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency, with the other 51 elected from single-member constituencies.

For the nationwide constituency, the electoral threshold varies depending on the type of list; for single parties or organisations it was 6%; for alliances of two parties it was 9%, and for alliances of three or more parties it was 11%. For independent candidates the threshold was 2%. Turnout must be at least 33% to validate the results.Electoral system IPU There is still controversy against the new election system and a referendum in 2018 against it was considered possible.

Parties and coalitions Below is a list of the main parties and electoral blocs which contested the election:

Party or coalition Lead candidate Main ideology Last election Government Vote % Seats PSRM Zinaida Greceanîi Democratic socialismSocial conservatism 20.5% 25 PCRM Vladimir Voronin Communism 17.5% 21 PDM Vladimir Plahotniuc Social Democracy 15.8% 19 PL Dorin Chirtoacă Conservative liberalism 9.7% 13 ACUM PAS Maia Sandu Liberalism rowspan="2" colspan="2" PPDA ȘOR Ilan Shor National conservatismPopulism colspan="2"

Competing electoral lists # Name Ideology Leadingcandidate(s) 1 PDM Democratic Party of Moldova Social democracy Vladimir Plahotniuc 2 ACUM DA Dignity and Truth Platform Liberalism Andrei Năstase PAS Party of Action and Solidarity Liberalism Maia Sandu PLDM Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova Liberal conservatism Tudor Deliu 3 PCRM Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova Communism Vladimir Voronin 4 PSRM Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova Democratic socialism Zinaida Greceanîi 5 ȘOR Șor Party National conservatism Ilan Șor 6 MPA Anti-Mafia Popular Movement Populism Sergiu Mocanu 7 PPPN Our Party Social conservatism Ilian Cașu 8 PNL National Liberal Party National liberalism Vitalia Pavlicenco 9 PPVP People's Will Neoconservatism Ștefan Urâtu 10 PRM Party of Regions of Moldova Regionalism Pavel Kalinin 11 PPDA Democracy at Home Party Unionism Ion Leașcenco 12 MPSN Movement of Professionals "Hope" Populism Andrei Donică 13 PPP Motherland Conservatism Sergiu Biriucov 14 PPPVE Ecologist Green Party Green politics Anatolie Prohnițchi 15 PL Liberal Party Conservative liberalism Dorin Chirtoacă

Opinion polls

Poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first, and using the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. If such date is unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the two parties with the highest figures. When a specific poll does not show a data figure for a party, the party's cell corresponding to that poll is shown empty. The threshold for a party to elect members is 6%. Date Polling firm/source PSRM PLDM PCRM PDM PL PPPN PPEM ACUM Șor PUN Others Lead Decided DA PAS20193–16 FebruaryIMAS33.8ACUM4.825.21.72.321.89.8 0.78.6 76.919–31 JanuaryIMAS34.8ACUM6.822.51.71.623.48.2 1.211.4 81.919–31 JanuaryCBS-AXA42.8ACUM2.419.30.92.825.15.8 1.017.7 –17–26 JanuaryiData41.0ACUM3.820.6<1.01.925.65.4 1.420.478.04–19 JanuaryASDM49.2ACUM3.519.3<1.02.819.14.4 1.729.982.45 December 2018 – 16 January 2019IRI43.32.23.315.51.12.210.014.45.62.227.889.0201811–23 December 2018IMAS35.61.26.520.71.62.50.711.011.06.31.10.614.981.128 November–10 December 2018ASDM48.43.017.92.39.412.84.22.030.482.21-20 November 2018ASDM44.12.615.53.113.514.53.92.829.5 -9-23 November 2018BOP45.51.03.415.01.62.40.29.914.65.90.20.430.5 -20 October–9 November 2018IMAS36.01.77.720.92.03.71.69.48.56.60.71.115.1 75.211 September–16 October 2018IRI36.5<1.04.613.71.12.3<1.013.713.74.61.122.887.61-12 September 2018ASDM47.32.714.52.113.715.41.62.731.9 - 26 June–7 July 2018 ASDM49.7 2.8 13.5 2.5 15.9 11.1 1.2 3.333.8 74.9 15–28 March 2018 ASDM50.5 2.9 10.7 0.8 2.6 1.8 8.9 19.3 0.8 0.7 1.131.2 73.1 7 February–7 March 2018 IRI43.9 4.9 9.8 2.4 2.4 2.4 4.9 24.4 1.2 2.421.5 83.0 16 February–6 March 2018 IMAS38.9 0.8 7.9 16.2 2.0 3.4 3.2 7.3 16.4 3.2 0.5 0.222.5 - 2–18 January 2018 ASD50.4 2.3 10.6 1.0 2.0 1.6 5.4 24.1 1.1 0.7 0.726.3 -2017 18 November–5 December 2017 BOP47.6 1.1 4.5 5.1 2.7 4.4 1.4 6.2 22.5 2.9 0.7 0.525.1 - 20 November–2 December 2017ASDM51.21.02.36.91.22.01.94.825.90.71.925.3 64.37–29 October 2017Ziarul Timpul FOP50.31.53.76.21.73.21.84.125.91.6 -24.4 88.4IRI34.0<1.04.09.01.02.02.04.023.01.50.511.0 81.09–20 September 2017CBS-Axa51.14.56.01.23.91.35.824.12.127.0 50.822 June–9 July 2017IMAS42.31.06.411.72.25.22.27.519.21.31.023.1 50.87–25 April 2017CBS-Axa52.73.73.51.13.71.36.026.61.00.426.1 60.323 March–17 April 2017BOP43.60.24.34.91.04.11.76.032.21.01.011.4 7510–19 March 2017Ziarul Timpul FOP54.20.62.64.30.62.51.45.628.2 -26.0 89.313 February–7 March 2017IRI36.0<1.04.04.0<1.06.01.05.029.0 4.07.0 87 18–27 January 2017 CBS-AXA 51.2 4.2 4.3 0.5 3.2 0.9 5.8 28.5 1.5 22.7 63.3 2–10 January 2017 ASDM 49.0 1.0 3.5 9.5 1.5 8.0 2.0 12.0 11.0 2.5 37.0 77201613 November 2016Igor Dodon (PSRM) is elected President of Moldova 6–16 October 2016 IPP 39.0 1.0 4.0 11.5 1.5 11.5 2.5 13.0 14.0 2.0 25.0 67 29 September–9 October 2016 Intellect Grup 32.0 1.0 6.5 16.5 2.0 9.0 3.5 13.0 15.5 1.0 15.5 79 28 September–5 October 2016 ASDM 34.4 1.9 6.5 11.4 4.0 9.3 5.6 14.3 12.6 - 20.1 - 21 September–8 October 2016 CCSM 32.2 1.5 3.2 15.8 2.8 7.9 5.1 11.6 19.8 - 12.4 78.319–28 September 2016Intellect Grup 30.6 1.4 7.2 14.4 4.1 10.1 4.2 13.2 15.0 - 15.6 83.514–25 September 2016CBS-AXA 35.6 0.7 7.3 13.5 3.2 13.3 3.9 12.7 9.9 - 12.1 82.2 1–23 September 2016 IRI 29.0 5.0 12.0 1.0 8.0 3.0 13.0 14.0 1.0 15.0 862–10 September 2016ASDM 27.7 2.7 8.7 11.9 5.5 11.5 7.9 10.3 13.8 - 13.8 92.611–24 June 2016Intellect Grup 23.0 1.7 11.6 10.9 4.4 15.9 4.9 10.9 16.9 - 6.1 76.921 May–15 June 2016FOP 28.7 1.5 8.6 8.0 3.3 13.6 7.2 12.4 16.7 - 12.0 91.5May 2016NDI 21.0 <1.0 12.0 8.0 5.0 13.0 5.0 18.0 16.0 - 3.0 76 16–23 April 2016 IPP 28.0 0.5 8.0 5.0 2.5 19.0 5.0 14.0 17.5 0.5 9.0 64 1–10 April 2016 ASDM 21.0 3.5 7.5 7.5 6.0 14.5 6.5 16.0 9.0 8.5 5.0 84 11–25 March 2016 IRI 20.0 2.0 6.0 7.0 2.0 21.0 4.0 12.0 12.0 2.0 1.0 88 11–20 March 2016 FOP 24.5 0.5 10.0 7.0 3.0 18.0 7.0 15.0 14.5 0.5 6.5 88 10–21 February 2016 ASDM 22.0 3.0 8.0 8.5 7.5 16.5 8.5 17.5 8.5 5.5 78 5–13 February 2016 CBS-AXA 21.5 1.0 5.0 7.0 2.0 33.0 6.0 14.0 10.5 - 11.5 60 8–16 January 2016 ASDM 23.5 3.0 7.0 9.0 8.0 20.5 9.0 12.5 7.5 3.0 722015 11–30 November 2015 NDI 21.0 3.0 12.5 5.5 7.0 22.5 10.0 17.0 1.5 1.5 71 8 November–1 December 2015 IPP 15.0 2.0 11.0 9.0 7.0 24.0 18.0 10.0 4.0 6.0 67 10–18 November 2015 ASDM 22.5 3.5 7.5 9.5 8.0 21.0 9.5 8.5 10.0 1.5 72 29 September–21 October 2015 IRI 15.0 3.0 7.0 5.0 5.0 20.0 12.0 7.0 2.0 7.0 76 10–18 September 2015 CBS-AXA 20.0 7.5 10.0 6.5 9.5 23.0 10.0 7.0 6.5 3.0 56 14 June 2015 Local elections 16.6 18.3 10.2 17.6 12.6 11.1 7.6 0.3 6.0 0.7 49 6–18 May 2015 CBS-AXA 28.6 8.7 15.5 6.8 11.7 14.8 14.0 - 13.1 60 1–12 April 2015 ASDM 25.5 14.0 15.5 11.5 15.0 8.5 7.5 2.5 10.0 - 1–26 March 2015 NDI 17.0 10.0 15.0 11.0 13.0 18.0 17.0 7.0 - 1.0 72 22 February–4 March 2015 CBS-AXA 20.8 15.9 20.5 8.2 20.8 9.3 4.4 - 0.0 61 January 2015 CBS-AXA 23.3 21.3 22.8 14.6 18.0 - 0.5 60 30 November 2014Parliamentary elections 20.5 20.2 17.5 15.8 9.7 16.3 0.3 57

Results

Results by constituency Results by constituency

Results by administrative-territorial unit No.Administrative-territorial unitTurnoutPSRMACUMPDMȘORPCRMPNPL1Chișinău 49.71%34.79%37.73%13.37%5.62%2.69%1.60%2.14%2Bălți 45.08%36.75%14.04%10.67%6.42%2.59%27.25%0.59%3Anenii Noi 46.27%28.74%23.04%33.81%6.09%4.70%0.92%0.86%4Basarabeasca 40.56%39.42%18.79%23.65%5.61%3.69%5.96%0.32%5Briceni 46.78%45.26%9.39%30.63%6.71%3.97%2.35%0.37%6Cahul 42.07%33.37%24.81%25.35%5.61%4.33%2.13%1.92%7Cantemir 38.52%24.64%24.45%31.93%7.21%3.95%3.36%1.54%8Călărași 42.75%16.54%34.90%31.66%9.96%3.54%0.53%1.14%9Căușeni 43.99%25.63%22.91%33.36%6.87%6.85%0.69%0.71%10Cimișlia 39.56%23.12%26.96%33.60%7.52%4.15%1.67%0.75%11Criuleni 50.32%16.91%38.95%26.73%8.05%4.47%0.77%2.11%12Dondușeni 52.47%43.82%10.87%26.58%9.05%4.38%3.30%0.48%13Drochia 47.14%34.54%15.93%27.42%7.82%5.17%6.54%0.74%14Dubăsari 44.00%34.17%19.18%17.22%17.02%7.66%1.12%0.88%15Edineț 50.41%36.61%10.54%35.15%9.85%3.84%2.46%0.43%16Fălești 48.89%34.19%14.12%29.17%6.53%4.97%8.98%0.51%17Florești 47.87%30.25%14.14%38.80%6.80%5.55%2.36%0.57%18Glodeni 46.41%31.48%12.03%31.67%11.91%3.58%6.46%1.05%19Hîncești 41.12%14.93%34.70%39.73%3.84%3.00%0.71%1.12%20Ialoveni 49.36%10.66%47.34%30.79%3.50%3.77%0.69%1.22%21Leova 41.87%24.84%23.32%31.58%9.53%4.53%3.21%0.96%22Nisporeni 47.07%6.15%17.91%72.26%0.18%1.88%0.17%0.47%23Ocnița 52.55%55.77%6.70%20.87%7.92%4.93%2.39%0.29%24Orhei 50.64%6.79%19.05%14.56%55.12%1.64%0.32%1.18%25Rezina 50.91%20.38%20.88%36.29%14.39%4.52%1.02%0.73%26Rîșcani 49.48%41.66%11.08%28.98%7.05%3.68%5.20%0.74%27Sîngerei 45.06%29.50%19.81%26.42%12.30%4.76%4.73%0.59%28Soroca 47.87%37.95%16.43%28.39%6.62%5.87%1.80%0.88%29Strășeni 47.05%13.37%33.37%41.51%4.38%3.67%0.61%1.25%30Șoldănești 51.38%17.88%16.77%42.36%14.87%4.42%0.81%1.00%31Ștefan Vodă 44.79%30.96%29.62%27.00%4.27%4.23%0.90%0.66%32Taraclia 50.45%80.34%1.10%6.64%6.86%2.89%0.90%0.39%33Telenești 46.38%11.90%36.93%29.14%14.91%3.62%0.44%1.44%34Ungheni 48.14%27.48%25.12%31.77%6.39%5.18%1.38%0.93%35U.T.A. Găgăuzia 45.78%83.36%0.54%6.20%3.91%2.39%2.44%0.06%36 Diplomatic missions (Moldovan diaspora) N/A8.52%73.09%4.81%2.48%1.56%2.82%2.77%Total49.22%31.15%26.84%23.62%8.32%3.75%2.95%1.25%Source: CEC

Voter turnout Election yearTime9:3012:3015:3018:3021:0020144.20%20.98%39.21%51.01%55.79%20195.80%24.00%37.41%45.65%49.24% Source: alegeri.md

Coalition talks Following the elections, both the Socialist Party and Democratic Party proposed forming a coalition with ACUM, with the PDM also proposing that the post of Prime Minister would go to an ACUM member, despite PDM being the larger party. However, following the promises made during the campaign, ACUM refused both offers.Moldova's Democratic Party invites pro-EU ACUM bloc to form govt coalition See News, 14 May 2019

On 8 April, ACUM announced that they would reverse their decision about rejecting coalition negotiations with PSRM.

After the decision, party leaders, Maia Sandu and Andrei Năstase of ACUM, officially invited PSRM to start coalition negotiations. Maia Sandu and Andrei Năstase said that they still rejected coalition negotiations with PDM, but they were willing to negotiate a deal with PSRM.