Moldovan communists win local elections but at lowest percentage

The Communist Party in the Moldovan Republic remained ahead of all other political groups in the preferences of Moldovan voters at the May 3 local elections but their win was 13% lower than the previous elections in 2003. With 91% of the votes counted, the governing party received 35% of the votes in these elections, followed by Our Moldova Alliance-AMN with 16.7%.

The Democratic Party-PD received 11% of the votes, 3% higher than in 2003, while the Christian Democratic Popular Party received 8.4% of the votes, almost double than four years ago.