Moldova’s pro-EU party wins election fraught with Russian interference claims

The governing Party of Action and Solidarity looked to have secured a clear majority of legislative seats in the parliamentary poll (Vadim Ghirda/AP)

Moldova’s pro-western ruling party has decisively won a parliamentary election fraught with Russian interference claims that was widely viewed as a stark choice between East and West.

With nearly all polling station reports counted, electoral data showed the pro-EU Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) had 50.1% of the vote, while the pro-Russian Patriotic Electoral Bloc had 24.2%. The Russia-friendly Alternativa Bloc came third, followed by the populist Our Party.