The leader of the opposition in Moldova Party of socialists Igor Dodon paid homage Irina Vlah with a victory at the election of the Bashkan (Governor of the region) of the Gagauz autonomy.
Handled 100% of the ballots. Irina Vlah gained More than 53%. We congratulate the new Governor of Gagauzia - Vlach Irina Fedorovna, " he wrote on the social network Facebook Dodon.
first, the Central electoral Commission of Gagauzia announced the final results for the turnout. She was 58, 1%. The first results of the elections, the CEC of Gagauzia will publish on the first day of the week.
for the position of Governor claimed 10 candidates. Moldovan political analysts predicted that the main struggle in the elections will be between Vlach (it supports the socialist Party, advocating for Eurasian geopolitical vector), ex-mayor of Comrat town (the capital of Gagauzia), the representative of the democratic party Nikolai Dudoglo, Oleg Garizan, Ruslan of Garbally and the current Vice Governor Valery Ianioglo.
Gagauzia is an Autonomous territorial entity in the South of Moldova. There are 155, 6 thousand, or 4, 6% of the population. The share of the Gagauz accounts for 82, 1% of the total population of autonomy (127, 8 thousand people), and Bulgarians - 5, 1% (8 thousand), Moldovans - 4, 8% (7, 5 thousand people), Russian - 3, 8% (5, 9 thousand people), Ukrainians - 3, 2% (4, 9 thousand people), other nationalities - 1%. Gagauzia traditionally advocated a rapprochement with Russia, while the official Chisinau proclaimed the course of European integration. In February 2014 in the autonomy held a referendum on the issue of the choice of the vector of foreign policy. More than 98% of its members voted for the integration of Moldova into the Customs Union.
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