| Country: | Moldova |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2020 Moldovan presidential election |
| Previous Year: | 2020 |
| Election Date: | 20 October 2024 |
| Next Election: | 2028 Moldovan presidential election |
| Next Year: | 2028 |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Maia Sandu |
| Before Party: | PAS |
Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in Moldova on 20 October 2024.[1] [2]
In addition, a referendum on whether Moldova should join the EU is to be held on the same day as the presidential election.[3]
On 17 April 2024, Parliament speaker Igor Grosu announced the holding of the presidential election in conjunction with the referendum on joining the European Union on 20 October.[1] The decision was approved by the Parliament of Moldova on 16 May.[4] [5]
The Constitution of Moldova (Article 78, Clause 2) defines four conditions that a presidential candidate must satisfy: Moldovan citizenship, at least 40 years of age, residence in Moldova for at least 10 years, and ability to speak the state language. Article 80 of the Constitution establishes a term limit: one individual cannot serve more than 2 terms in a row.[6]
Candidates can be nominated by a political party, an electoral alliance, or run as independents. They have to collect at least 15,000 voter signatures in their support from at least half of Moldova's level 2 administrative territorial units with at least 600 signatures in each of them.[7] The election results can be considered valid only if the turnout is above or equal to 33%. The candidate who receives an absolute majority of the votes is elected president. If no candidate receives a majority of the votes, a second round between the top 2 candidates is held two weeks after the first round. The candidate with the largest number of votes in the second round then becomes president.[8]
| Name | Born | Experience | Party | Ref | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data-sort-value="Sandu, Maia" | Maia Sandu | Risipeni, Fălești District | President of Moldova (2020–present) Prime Minister of Moldova (2019) Minister of Education (2012–2015) | style=background: | Independent | [9] | |
| data-sort-value="Usatîi, Renato" | Renato Usatîi | Fălești | Mayor of Bălți (2015–2018, 2019–2021) | style=background:#003366 | Our Party | [10] | |
| Teodor Cârnaț | 26 February 1972 Holercani, Dubăsari District | Member of the Superior Council of Magistrates (2013–2017) | style=background: | Independent | |||
Tudor Ulianovschi | 25 May 1983 Florești | Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration (2018–2019)Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein; Permanent Representative to the United Nations (2016–2018) | style=background: | Independent | [11] | ||
Andrei Năstase | 6 August 1975 Mîndrești, Telenești District | Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Internal Affairs (2019) | style=background: | Independent | [12] | ||
Vlad Filat | Prime Minister of Moldova (2009–2013)Minister of State (1999) | Liberal Democratic Party | [13] | ||||
Ion Chicu | 28 February 1972 Pîrjolteni, Călărași District | Prime Minister of Moldova (2019–2020)Minister of Finance (2018–2019) | Party of Development and Consolidation of Moldova | [14] | |||
Alexandr Stoianoglo | 3 June 1967 Comrat | Prosecutor General of Moldova (2019–2021)Vice President of the Parliament (2009–2010) | style=background: | Independent | |||
Irina Vlah | 26 February 1974 Comrat | Governor of Gagauzia (2015–2023) | style=background: | Independent | |||
Natalia Morari | 12 January 1984 Hîncești | JournalistHost of Morari.live | style=background: | Independent | |||
| Alexandru Arseni | 30 August 1952 Prigornoe, Kazakh SSR[15] | Member of the Moldovan Parliament (1990–1994) | style=background: | Independent | [16] | ||
Vasile Tarlev | 9 October 1963 Bașcalia, Basarabeasca District | Prime Minister of Moldova (2001–2008) | style=background: | Independent | |||
| Victoria Furtună | 24 February 1981 Hîncești | Prosecutor | style=background: | Independent | |||
| Valeriu Pleșca | 8 November 1958 Dumitreni, Florești District | Minister of Defense (2004–2007) | style=background: | European Social Democratic Party | |||
| 27 October 1982 Moscow, Russian SFSR | Member of the Moldovan Parliament (2014–present) | style=background: | Victory | Candidacy rejected by the CEC | |||
| Octavian Țîcu | 21 August 1972 Costuleni, Ungheni District | Member of the Moldovan Parliament (2019–2021)Minister of Youth and Sport (2013) | Together Bloc | ||||
| Igor Munteanu | 10 August 1965 Costuleni, Ungheni District | Member of the Moldovan Parliament (2019–2021)Ambassador to the United States, Canada and Mexico (2010–2015) | Coalition for Unity and Welfare | ||||
As of July 2024, the following people have been subjects of speculation about their potential candidacy within the previous six months, but they rejected and announced they won't candidate:
| Fieldwork date | Polling firm/ Commissioner | Sample size | Other | None/ Undecided/ Abstention | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maia Sandu | Igor Dodon | Alexandr Stoianoglo | Ion Ceban | Ilan Shor | Vladimir Voronin | Ion Chicu | Marina Tauber | Renato Usatîi | Irina Vlah | ||||||
| 8–21 Jul 2024 | IMAS[19] | 1,093 | 33.7% | – | 11.5% | – | – | – | 6.0% | – | 10.8% | 8.9% | 10.3% | 18.8% | |
| 28 Jun–18 Jul 2024 | CBS-AXA-IPRE | 1,119 | 30.3% | 13.0% | 1.0% | 5.4% | 2.5% | 3.4% | 3.2% | – | 6.5% | 5.6% | 6.3% | 23% | |
| 23 May–13 Jun 2024 | IRI[20] | 1,225 | 34% | 18% | – | 4% | 4% | – | 5% | – | 5% | 4% | 3% | 24% | |
| 22–27 May 2024 | iData[21] | 1,022 | 30.4% | 14.3% | – | 3.0% | – | 2.5% | 6.1% | – | 3.9% | 1.6% | 6.1% | 32.1% | |
| 2–19 May 2024 | IMAS[22] | 1,088 | 35.2% | 16.4% | – | 5.9% | – | 5.3% | 5.7% | – | 4.7% | 4.1% | 7.8% | 14.9% | |
| data-sort-value="2024-04-16" | 6–13 Apr 2024 | CBS-AXA–WatchDog[23] | 1,008 | 35.1% | 15.8% | – | 5.4% | 1.7% | 4.6% | 5.6% | – | 3.9% | 4.5% | 5.3% | 18.0% |
| data-sort-value="2024-03-24" | 18–24 Mar 2024 | iData[24] | 1,131 | 27.9% | 13.3% | – | 4.4% | – | 2.6% | 5.7% | – | 3.0% | 4.3% | 6.5% | 32.3% |
| 27 Jan–22 Feb 2024 | IRI[25] | 1,247 | 30% | 24% | – | 6% | 4% | – | 5% | – | 4% | 4% | 1% | 22% | |
| 7–12 Feb 2024 | CBS Research[26] | 1,104 | 29.8% | 14.8% | – | 4.5% | 8.5% | 1.6% | 5.0% | – | 4.4% | 4.8% | 4.1% | 22.4% | |
| data-sort-value="2024-01-30" | 26–30 Jan 2024 | iData[27] | 1,011 | 24.1% | 29.7% | 46.2% | |||||||||
| data-sort-value="2023-12-16" | 29 Nov–16 Dec 2023 | IMAS[28] | 954 | 30.1% | 24.0% | – | 8.1% | – | 2.7% | 6.1% | – | 4.1% | 5.6% | 6.0% | 13.3% |
| data-sort-value="2023-09-24" | 2–24 Sep 2023 | IMAS[29] | 822 | 27.8% | 16.0% | – | 6.0% | – | 4.3% | 5.9% | – | 6.0% | 4.9% | 4.7% | 24.4% |
| 9–23 Aug 2023 | CBS-AXA–IPP[30] | 1,215 | 29.4% | 18.1% | – | 5.6% | 3.2% | 1.5% | 4.1% | – | 5.1% | – | 3.0% | 30.1% | |
| 13–28 Jun 2023 | CBS-AXA–IPRE[31] | 1,120 | 32.6% | 17.8% | – | 5.3% | 3.3% | 4.3% | 2.9% | 3.0% | 4.3% | – | 1.5% | 24.0% | |
| data-sort-value="2023-06-19" | 10–19 Jun 2023 | CBS-AXA–WatchDog[32] | 1,121 | 37.9% | 14.2% | – | 6.2% | 2.5% | 4.7% | 5.0% | 3.5% | 4.7% | – | 3.0% | 18.3% |
| data-sort-value="2023-05-19" | 2–19 May 2023 | IMAS[33] | 1,112 | 28.5% | 23.9% | – | 8.3% | – | 3.7% | 7.2% | 2.7% | 3.8% | – | 4.1% | 18.0% |
| data-sort-value="2023-05-08" | 27 Apr–8 May 2023 | iData[34] | 1,049 | 30.4% | 18.3% | – | 6.7% | 12.2% | – | 5.9% | – | 4.5% | 2.8% | 1.5% | 17.7% |
| data-sort-value="2023-04-13" | 4–13 Apr 2023 | CBS-AXA–WatchDog[35] | 1,015 | 38.3% | 18.4% | – | 6.2% | 2.5% | 3.2% | 4.9% | 2.2% | 3.2% | – | 1.9% | 19.2% |
| data-sort-value="2023-03-26" | 15–26 Mar 2023 | iData[36] | 1,065 | 29.4% | 17.6% | – | 7.2% | 9.2% | 0.9% | 5.4% | – | 1.7% | 3.1% | 1.7% | 23.9% |
| data-sort-value="2023-03-03" | 24 Feb–3 Mar 2023 | CBS-AXA–WatchDog[37] | 1,000 | 31.8% | 17.8% | – | 4.7% | 2.0% | 3.5% | 3.3% | 1.8% | 2.0% | 2.1% | 2.1% | 28.8% |
| data-sort-value="2023-02-23" | 6–23 Feb 2023 | IMAS[38] | 1,100 | 25.2% | 20.4% | – | 8.2% | – | 4.9% | 5.4% | 4.3% | 3.4% | – | 3.8% | 24.6% |
| data-sort-value="2023-01-26" | 17–26 Jan 2023 | CBS-AXA–WatchDog[39] | 1,001 | 28.2% | 17.6% | – | 8.5% | 4.2% | 3.9% | 3.9% | 2.4% | 3.5% | 1.8% | 4.0% | 21.8% |
| data-sort-value="2022-10-11" | 15–26 Dec 2022 | iData[40] | 1,006 | 27.2% | 24.1% | – | 10.0% | 13.4% | 0.6% | 5.0% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.1% | 3.0% | 16.0% |
| 10–29 Nov 2022 | IMAS[41] | 1,100 | 26.9% | 19.6% | – | 8.8% | – | 4.0% | 7.1% | 2.8% | 2.2% | – | 7.3% | 21.3% | |
| data-sort-value="2022-10-11" | 29 Oct–10 Nov 2022 | CBS Research/IPP[42] | 1,134 | 27.3% | 15.4% | – | 7.1% | 9.1% | 4.3% | – | – | 2.9% | – | 3.5% | 30.5% |
| data-sort-value="2022-10-11" | 29 Sep–11 Oct 2022 | IDIS–CBS Research–IPRI[43] | 1,066 | 34.1% | 19.1% | – | 7.1% | 6.3% | 5.2% | 2.5% | – | 3.3% | 1.2% | 3.2% | 18.1% |
| 6–18 Jul 2022 | IMAS[44] | 1,007 | 24.4% | 25.4% | – | 9.2% | – | 7.1% | 5.2% | 3.6% | 2.8% | – | 5.4% | 16.0% | |
| Fieldwork date | Polling firm/ Commissioner | Sample size | None/ Undecided/ Abstention | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maia Sandu | Igor Dodon | |||||
| 2–19 May 2024 | IMAS | 1,088 | 41.3% | 43.5% | 15.3% | |
| 6–13 Apr 2024 | CBS-AXA–WatchDog | 1,008 | 42.2% | 34.9% | 22.9% | |
| 7–12 Feb 2024 | CBS Research | 1,104 | 40.2% | 39.3% | 20.4% | |
| data-sort-value="2023-12-16" | 29 Nov–16 Dec 2023 | IMAS | 954 | 35% | 46% | 19% |
| data-sort-value="2023-05-19" | 2–19 May 2023 | IMAS[45] | 1,112 | 38% | 45% | 17% |
| Fieldwork date | Polling firm/ Commissioner | Sample size | None/ Undecided/ Abstention | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maia Sandu | Ion Ceban | |||||
| 6–13 Apr 2024 | CBS-AXA–WatchDog | 1,008 | 40.2% | 32.3% | 27.4% | |
| 7–12 Feb 2024 | CBS Research | 1,104 | 39.5% | 35% | 25.8% | |
| data-sort-value="2023-12-16" | 29 Nov–16 Dec 2023 | IMAS | 954 | 34% | 42% | 24% |
| Fieldwork date | Polling firm/ Commissioner | Sample size | None/ Undecided/ Abstention | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maia Sandu | Irina Vlah | |||||
| 6–13 Apr 2024 | CBS-AXA–WatchDog | 1,008 | 43.2% | 28.3% | 28.5% | |
| 7–12 Feb 2024 | CBS Research | 1,104 | 42.2% | 33% | 24.7% | |
| data-sort-value="2023-12-16" | 29 Nov–16 Dec 2023 | IMAS | 954 | 38% | 35% | 27% |