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Local elections were held in Moldova on 20 October 2019, with a runoff for mayors held two weeks later. [1]
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Local elections were held in Moldova on 20 October 2019, with a runoff for mayors held two weeks later. [1]
According to Article 119 of the "Electoral Code" of Moldova, local elected representatives are elected "for a four year term, which begins from the date of conducting local general elections". [1] The previous local election was held in 2015. The next local elections will be held in 2023.
| # | Administrative- territorial unit | PSRM | ACUM | PDM | ȘOR | PN | PLDM | PCRM | PL | PUN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mun. Chișinău | 37.60% | 33.30% | 3.97% | 3.85% | 1.28% | 0.85% | 1.69% | 6.35% | 2.78% | |||
| 2 | Mun. Bălți | 16.21% | 9.08% | 2.27% | 4.54% | 52.37% | – | 1.85% | – | 3.19% | |||
| 3 | Anenii Noi | 27.66% | 22.88% | 23.57% | 5.47% | 2.53% | 7.70% | 4.14% | – | – | |||
| 4 | Basarabeasca | 23.47% | 14.60% | 11.10% | 4.06% | 3.14% | 8.65% | 2.70% | – | – | |||
| 5 | Briceni | 48.53% | 8.74% | 19.00% | 5.30% | 3.88% | – | 5.87% | 0.87% | – | |||
| 6 | Cahul | 24.97% | 33.86% | 19.38% | 3.37% | 3.10% | 3.72% | 3.87% | 1.02% | – | |||
| 7 | Cantemir | 27.75% | 31.20% | 16.06% | 3.68% | 6.67% | 5.46% | 2.58% | 3.04% | – | |||
| 8 | Călărași | 23.63% | 27.00% | 15.69% | 5.72% | – | 5.19% | 1.72% | – | 4.39% | |||
| 9 | Căușeni | 18.59% | 17.92% | 20.31% | 4.02% | 0.66% | 15.61% | 10.13% | 1.02% | – | |||
| 10 | Cimișlia | 17.08% | 25.71% | 18.04% | 5.99% | 1.09% | 5.31% | 3.75% | – | – | |||
| 11 | Criuleni | 16.66% | 29.37% | 16.14% | 4.18% | – | 7.94% | 5.94% | 1.47% | 6.52% | |||
| 12 | Dondușeni | 53.68% | 12.04% | 10.75% | 4.82% | 8.72% | 7.40% | – | – | – | |||
| 13 | Drochia | 28.66% | 16.88% | 13.06% | 5.91% | 11.92% | 2.76% | 6.55% | 0.88% | 0.93% | |||
| 14 | Dubăsari | 36.28% | 15.98% | 14.00% | 5.17% | – | 2.72% | 6.68% | 1.36% | – | |||
| 15 | Edineț | 35.22% | 11.74% | 19.88% | 7.34% | 5.74% | 12.00% | 3.96% | – | 1.07% | |||
| 16 | Fălești | 25.34% | 17.82% | 19.64% | 5.71% | 15.21% | 3.43% | 4.96% | 1.13% | – | |||
| 17 | Florești | 28.70% | 15.58% | 33.59% | 4.82% | 2.52% | 3.23% | 4.31% | – | – | |||
| 18 | Glodeni | 21.29% | 14.29% | 28.27% | 9.69% | 15.52% | 5.79% | 3.29% | 1.86% | – | |||
| 19 | Hîncești | 17.83% | 29.61% | 25.37% | 2.95% | – | 4.44% | – | 1.98% | – | |||
| 20 | Ialoveni | 9.58% | 40.51% | 21.78% | 2.62% | – | 7.95% | 2.98% | 1.86% | 2.05% | |||
| 21 | Leova | 22.16% | 24.27% | 26.09% | 4.80% | 5.84% | 13.20% | 3.64% | – | – | |||
| 22 | Nisporeni | 7.88% | 22.72% | 49.91% | – | – | 3.73% | 2.91% | 0.89% | 3.06% | |||
| 23 | Ocnița | 52.09% | 14.68% | 9.55% | 6.12% | 3.78% | 2.10% | 11.67% | – | – | |||
| 24 | Orhei | 8.33% | 13.50% | 8.01% | 52.01% | 1.05% | 2.35% | 1.12% | 1.79% | 1.06% | |||
| 25 | Rezina | 23.76% | 25.69% | 20.31% | 5.97% | 1.75% | 4.73% | 5.61% | – | – | |||
| 26 | Rîșcani | 34.30% | 14.36% | 22.02% | 4.50% | 9.16% | 4.76% | 4.32% | 1.50% | 1.43% | |||
| 27 | Sîngerei | 28.00% | 18.63% | 17.58% | 6.37% | – | 10.62% | 5.46% | – | 3.32% | |||
| 28 | Soroca | 31.96% | 14.05% | 24.72% | 3.67% | 1.23% | 7.32% | 5.71% | – | – | |||
| 29 | Strășeni | 11.42% | 27.95% | 23.02% | 3.09% | 1.15% | 19.83% | 4.70% | 2.48% | 3.11% | |||
| 30 | Șoldănești | 19.13% | 18.19% | 37.53% | 6.80% | – | 5.22% | 4.04% | 2.60% | – | |||
| 31 | Ștefan Vodă | 23.84% | 27.48% | 22.72% | 2.87% | 2.39% | – | 3.67% | – | – | |||
| 32 | Taraclia | 57.34% | 7.71% | 6.35% | 12.17% | – | – | 11.65% | – | – | |||
| 33 | Telenești | 12.39% | 35.19% | 17.22% | 8.12% | – | 17.57% | 2.82% | 1.67% | – | |||
| 34 | Ungheni | 23.19% | 18.94% | 22.05% | 5.13% | 1.89% | 5.09% | 5.84% | – | 3.22% | |||
| Source: CEC Archived 2019-11-05 at the Wayback Machine | |||||||||||||
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