By Anjali Sharma

WASHINGTON –According to media reports on Monday  Moldova’s presidential runoff is underway on Sunday with incumbent President Maia Sandu and former Prosecutor General Alexandr Stoianoglo looking to grab the country’s highest position in the next four years.

Over 2,000 polling stations have opened to serve an estimated 2.7 million eligible voters, including 231 stations abroad, according to the Central Electoral Commission media reported.

CEC said over 240,000 members of the diaspora voted, with an additional 1,447 votes submitted by mail. The postal ballots will be counted on Sunday after all polling stations close in the host countries.

Sandu, a pro-European candidate formerly leading the Action and Solidarity Party, secured 42.49 per cent of the vote in the initial round on October 20, while Stoianoglo, backed by the Party of Socialists, received 25.95 per cent.