At Stake in this Election:      

• 101 seats in Moldova’s Parliament (Parlament)

Government Structure:

• Chief of State: President Igor DODON
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Pavel FILIP
• Assembly: Moldova has a unicameral Parliament (Parlament) with 101 seats.

Electoral System:

• In the Parliament (Parlament) 101 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms. Fifty members are elected through proportional representation from party lists in one national constituency. The remaining 51 are elected in single-member districts. To enter parliament, there are thresholds of 2% for independent candidates, 6% for political parties, 9% for blocs of two parties, and 11% for blocs of three or more parties.

Main Parties in this Election:

• Party: Party of Socialists of the Republic of Molova / Partidul Socialiştilor din Republica Moldova (PSRM)
  • Leader: Zinaida GRECEANÎI
  • Seats won in last election: 25
• Party: Democratic Party of Moldova / Partidul Democrat din Moldova (PDM)*
  • Leader: Vlad PLAHOTNIUC
  • Seats won in last election: 19
• Party: Party of Action and Solidarity / Partidul Acțiune și Solidaritate (PAS)
  • Leader: Maia SANDU
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party: Dignity and Truth Platform Party / Partidul Platforma Demnitate şi Adevăr (PPDA)
  • Leader:
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party: Republican Socio-Political Movement Equality / Mişcare Social-Politică Republicană Ravnopravie (PS)
  • Leader: Ilan SHOR
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party: Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova / Partidul Comuniştilor din Republica Moldova (PCRM)
  • Leader: Vladimir VORONIN
  • Seats won in last election: 21
• Party: Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova / Partidul Liberal Democrat din Moldova (PLDM)*
  • Leader: Deliu TUDOR
  • Seats won in last election: 23
• Party: Liberal Party / Partidul Liberal (PL)*
  • Leader: Dorin CHIRTOACĂ
  • Seats won in last election: 13
• Party: Social Democratic Party / Partidul Social Democrat (PSD)
  • Leader: Victor SELIN
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party: Ecologist Party of Moldova / Partidul Ecologist din Moldova (PEMAVA)
  • Leader: Anatolie PROHNITCHI
  • Seats won in last election: 0

* The PLDM, PL, and PDM are part of the Pro-European Coalition.

Population and Registered Voters:

• Population: 4,029,750 (2019 est.)
• Registered Voters: 2,803,573

Gender Data:

• Female Population: 2,099,329 (2019 est.)
• Is Moldova a signatory to CEDAW: No
• Has Moldova ratified CEDAW: Yes (1 July 1994)
• Gender Quota: Yes (At least 40% of all political parties’ candidates must be women)
• Female Candidates in this election: N/A
• Number of Female Legislators: 23 (22.8%)
• Human Development Index (HDI) Position: 112 (2018)
• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Ranking: Low (2019)

Disability Data:

• Is Moldova a signatory to CRPD: No
• Has Moldova ratified CRPD: Yes (since 1 July 1994)
• Population with a disability: 532,027 (est.)