Moldova elections in line with international standards - OSCE

"The parliamentary elections were well organized and pluralistic, and in our opinion, they complied with international standards," Petros Efthymiou said.

With 98% of the vote counted in Wednesday's election, the ruling Communist Party received 45.1% of the vote (48 seats in parliament), the Liberal-Democratic Party of Moldova - 16.4% (17 seats), the Liberal Party - 14.4% (15 seats), the Democratic Party - 12.6% (13 seats) and the Our Moldova Alliance - 7.4% (eight seats).

Three parties did not reach the 5% threshold.

Efthymiou said the ballot counting was carried out accurately, but said the media was very "popularized and behaved very aggressively."

Parliament will now have to elect a president, requiring a minimum 61 votes in the 101-seat chamber, Kazinform cites RIA Novosti. See www.en.rian.ru for full version.