Pro-EU opposition candidate Maia Sandu has ousted incumbent Igor Dodon to become Moldova's new president, EuroNews reports.
According to EuroNews, Sandu had won 57.63% of the vote to Dodon's 48.37% with more than 99.8 per cent of the ballots counted, according to data released by the country's electoral commission.
Sandu, who lost the presidential election in 2016 to Dodon by just 70,000 votes, was buoyed by huge turnout by the 1.2 million-strong Moldovan diaspora that chose her over Dodon in the first round on November 1 and turned out in force again on Sunday.
Sandu, 48, is a former prime minister of Moldova and leader of the Action and Solidarity party and known for her pro-European stance and support in Brussels and European capitals.
