Moldova’s communists contest results of parliamentary elections

The party conducted parallel vote counting and exposed numerous violations during the elections. The party claims that it lost 1round 10 percent of votes through various manipulations.

Early parliamentary elections in Moldova made little change in the political landscape in the country. According to the Central Election Commission, the Party of Communists is leading with 40.5 percent, followed by the Liberal Democratic Party with 28.7 percent, the Democratic Party with 12.9 percent, and the Liberal Party with 9.3 percent.

The Party of Communists' faction will decrease by six people to 42. Three parties that formed the Alliance for European Integration strengthened its position, having received 59 seats.

The Liberal Democratic Party received 32 seats, the Democratic Party 15 seats and the Liberal Party 12 seats.

The other parties did not overcome the election barrier of 4 percent and their mandates will be divided among the winners.

So, none of the parties will have a majority in the new parliament (61 of 101 seats) that is necessary for electing the president. They will have to form a new coalition.

Communist leader, former President Vladimir Voronin said earlier in the day that his party was ready to start forming a parliamentary coalition.

He said the party had already started negotiations with other political forces.

"The simplest and most effective solution could be an alliance of two parties," he said.

Among possible candidates he named the Democratic Party because "by the number of votes we are approaching the threshold that will allow us to elect the president and the government. Today we are short of two mandates."

At the same time, Voronin did not rule out a possible alliance with the Liberal Democratic Party. "We can make an offer, and they will have to decide. They were in alliance for two years and saw the results of their coalition," he said.

Voronin rejected the very thought of cooperating with the Liberal Party.

Liberal Democratic Party leader and Prime Minister Vlad Filat urged the parties to form a ruling coalition without communists.