The Central Election Committee (CEC) has preliminary stated the election as valid. Over 1.14 million voters cast their ballots by 16:00, local time, raising the turnout to 39 % of the total registered electors.

Here is the profile of the voters having cast ballots:

9.06 % are aged 18 - 25;

24.06 % - 26-40,

26.23 %  -  41-55,

32.03 %  -  56-70 and 8.61 % are older than 71.

The district seeing the highest turnout is Ocnița (north) with 41.85 %, the lowest presence at polls being noted in the Gagauz autonomy – 30.26 %.

By 16:00 o’clock, Moldova time, the polling station in Seattle and Sacramento opened.

Till 15:30, 35,879 Moldovans voted abroad. Most active of them showed at a Moscow-based station -- 1,438, followed by Bucharest, Romania – 1,389, Padova, Italy – 1,109.

The most active Moldovabs abroad are in:

Italy -12,388 having voted at 25 polling stations;

Romania – 5,720 at 11 stations;

Russia – 3,429 at 8 stations.

The lowest turnout was remarked in China (19 people,) Lithuania (20 people) and Japan (25 people.)