Elena Lasconi Took First Place in Moldova in the Romanian Presidential Election

In the Romanian presidential election, Elena Lasconi, a candidate from the liberal Save Romania Union party, won the largest number of votes among Romanian citizens living in Moldova. She received 56.65% of the votes among those who took part in the elections. Nicolae Ciuca, the president of the National Liberal Party, who scored 20.1%, was the second TV reports 8.md. The current Prime Minister of Romania, Marcel Ciolacu from the Social Democratic Party, is in third place with 6.91%. The fourth place was taken by independent candidate Mircea Geoana, who scored 5.67%, and the fifth place went to the candidate of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) party, George Simion, who received 3.98% of the vote. In addition, independent candidate Calin Georgescu, who made it to the second round of elections, gained the support of 3.11% of voters who came to the polls in Moldova. A total of 13 candidates participated in the elections, but to win in the first round it was necessary to gain more than 50% of the votes. Recall that in Moldova, more than 80,000 citizens voted in the Romanian presidential election.