(UPDATE 23:20) 99.35% of the protocols have been processes:

PSRM, Ion Ceban - 47,42%

PPDA, Andrei Năstase - 52,58%

(UPDATE 22:50) 96.73% of the protocols have been processed:

PSRM, Ion Ceban - 47,96%

PPDA, Andrei Năstase - 52,04%

(UPDATE 22:40)  94.12% of the protocols have been processed:

PSRM, Ion Ceban - 48,03%

PPDA, Andrei Năstase - 51,97%

(UPDATE 22:30) 91.83% of the protocols have been processed:

PSRM, Ion Ceban - 47,93%

PPDA, Andrei Năstase - 52,07%

(UPDATE 22:20) 84.97% of the protocols have been processed:

PSRM, Ion Ceban - 48,2%

PPDA, Andrei Năstase - 51,8%

(UPDATE 22:10) 77.52% of the protocols were processed:

PSRM, Ion Ceban - 48,28%

PPDA, Andrei Năstase - 51,72%

(UPDATE 22:00) 60.78% of the protocols have been processed:

PSRM, Ion Ceban - 48,1%

PPDA, Andrei Năstase - 51,9%

(UPDATE 21:55) 51,96% of the protocols have been processed.

PSRM, Ion Ceban - 48,01%

PPDA, Andrei Năstase - 51,86 %

(UPDATE 21:47) 31.37% of the protocols have been processed.

PSRM, Ion Ceban - 46,39%

PPDA, Andrei Năstase - 53,61 %

The Capital residents decided the future of their country today. All the voting polls closed at 9 PM.

People had to decide between Ion Ceban, the socialist party leader and Andrei Nastase, the PPDA leader.

According to the CEC information, till 20:42, 246.507 (38,78%) citizens voted.  The most active there were persons aged 56-70 -  79.716 and the less active there were the ones aged 18-25 (17.007)

According to the election code, the winner will be the candidate who gained the majority of the voted.

In case they will have a peer number of votes, the winner will be the one who had more voted in the first round. 

For the second round of the Capital elections, 635 thousand ballots were printed. Of the total number, over 408 thousand ballots were in Romanian language and 227 thousand in Russian language. The ballot is 124 mm ling and 140 mm wide.

1 000 policemen provided the public order. CEC accredited over 740 national observes of five social organization and over 50 international observes of 17 foreign institutions.

PUBLIKA.MD reminds that in the first round, Ion Ceban gained  91.575 votes (40,97%), while Andrei Năstase – 71.803 votes (32,12%).

At the first round 35,42% of the citizens eligible to vote fulfilled their right.