Maia Sandu on track to win Moldova’s presidential runoff | Al Jazeera

Moldovan opposition candidate Maia Sandu, who favours closer ties with the European Union, looks on course to win the second round of Moldova’s presidential election, with preliminary results showing her well ahead of the pro-Russian incumbent with almost all ballots counted.

The former prime minister was leading on Sunday night with 57 percent of the votes over Igor Dodon’s 44 percent, with 99 percent of ballots counted, according to the central election commission’s website.

Full results are expected on Monday.

An exit poll had put Sandu on 54.8 percent of votes compared with 45.2 percent for Dodon.