Pro-EU party in Moldova wins clear majority in snap election

PAS will get 63 seats in the 101-seat parliament for four-year terms, according to the Central Election Commission.

Moldova’s main pro-European party has won a resounding victory in parliamentary polls, results showed, strengthening the hand of President Maia Sandu as the former World Bank economist pushes to reform her ex-Soviet country. Sunday’s snap election – called by Sandu in April to shore up her position against pro-Russia forces – saw her centre-right Action and Solidarity (PAS) party take 52.80 percent of the vote. PAS will get 63 seats in the 101-seat parliament for four-year terms, the Central Election Commission said on Monday, with all votes counted.