A soldier casts his vote during a parliamentary election, in Chisinau, Moldova, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
A woman walks in front of the government building, decorated with European Union and Moldovan flags, in Chisinau, Moldova, Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, ahead of parliamentary elections taking place on Sept. 28. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Feodora, 92 years old, casts her vote in a mobile ballot box during a parliamentary election, in Durlesti village, Moldova, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
A man seen inside a campaign tent of the Patriotic Electoral Bloc, in Chisinau, Moldova, Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, ahead of parliamentary elections taking place on Sept. 28. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Moldova's President Maia Sandu exits a voting station after casting her vote during a parliamentary election, in Chisinau, Moldova, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
A woman smiles as she holds Moldovan and EU flags during a pro-EU rally of the ruling Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS), in Chisinau, Moldova, Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, ahead of parliamentary elections taking place on Sept.28. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
A man casts his vote as an election official attents to a voting station during a parliamentary election, in Chisinau, Moldova, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Former Moldovan President Igor Dodon, left, and his wife Galina prepare to cast their vote during a parliamentary election, in Chisinau, Moldova, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Supporters hold flags at a rally of the Russia-friendly Patriotic Electoral Bloc in Chisinau, Moldova, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025, ahead of parliamentary elections taking place on Sept. 28. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Igor Grosu, president of Moldova's parliament and leader of the pro-EU Party of Action and Solidarity arrives to a press briefing after the polls closed for the parliamentary election, in Chisinau, Moldova, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
A man walks past a line of soldiers waiting to cast their vote outside a polling station during a parliamentary election, in Chisinau, Moldova, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
A woman holding Moldovan and EU flags adjusts her hat during a pro-EU rally of the ruling Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS), in Chisinau, Moldova, Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, ahead of parliamentary elections taking place on Sept. 28. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Moldova's Prime Minister Dorin Recean, center, stands behind supporters holding a poster that reads "What are you doing on Sunday?", during a pro-EU rally of the ruling Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS), in Chisinau, Moldova, Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, ahead of parliamentary elections taking place on Sept. 28. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
A woman walks past a statue of Lenin, with the words "Board of Honor" written in Cyrillic in Romanian and Russian in Chisinau, Moldova, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025, ahead of parliamentary elections taking place on Sept.28. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Women and children circle dance in a park in downtown Chisinau, Moldova, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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9:06 PM on Sunday, September 28
By VADIM GHIRDA
Moldova’s pro-Western ruling party has taken a decisive lead in a pivotal parliamentary election, widely seen as a choice between closer ties with the European Union or a return to Moscow’s orbit, amid allegations of Russian interference.
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