Friday, July 31, 2009

Final election results

Turnout - 58.8%

Party of Communists: 706,732 votes (44.69%) - 48 seats
Christian Democratic People's Party: 30,236 votes (1.91%) - 0 seats
Moldova Noastra [Our Moldova] Alliance: 116,194 votes (7.35%) - 7 seats
Liberal Party: 232,108 votes (14.68%) - 15 seats
Liberal Democratic Party: 262,028 votes (16.57%) - 18 seats
Democratic Party: 198,268 votes (12.54%) - 13 seats
Social Democratic Party: 29,434 votes (1.86%) - 0 seats
Alianta Verde [Green Alliance]: 6,517 votes (0.41%) - 0 seats.

52 seats are necessary to form the Government.

61 seats are necessary to elect a President.

The four opposition parties have announced that they will be negotiating a coalition since they have 53 seats combined. It is unclear what will happen during the Presidential election since neither the Communists nor the opposition have 61 seats.