ELECTIONS 2025 // CEC removes four more parties from autumn election list
The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) removed four additional parties from the list of those eligible to participate in the parliamentary elections scheduled for September 28. Currently, only 21 political parties are allowed to register as candidates for the upcoming elections.
The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) amended its decision on Sunday, August 3, regarding the list of political parties eligible for the parliamentary elections scheduled for September 28, 2025. This update was based on newly available information from the Public Services Agency (ASP).
According to the CEC, four parties were excluded from the list published on July 14, 2025: the political party "Partidul Agrar din Moldova", “Forța de Alternativă și Salvare a Moldovei", the "Sansa" Political Party, and the "Victorie" Political Party. This exclusion was due to the ASP's decisions not to register changes in their data recorded in the State Register of Legal Entities.
Notably, three of the four excluded parties belong to the "Victorie" Bloc, which was not permitted to participate in the electoral race following a CEC decision on July 19. The Bloc failed to address the irregularities reported by authorities and rejected their criticisms.
Two weeks later, on August 2, the member parties of the Bloc—“Renaștere,” “Șansă,” “Victorie,” and “Forța de Alternativă și Salvare a Moldovei”—announced their intention to submit individual registration applications after the Supreme Court of Justice upheld the CEC's exclusion decision, which was confirmed by the Central Court of Appeal.
Today, the CEC clarified that, except for the “Renaștere” party, the excluded parties are not allowed to participate in the parliamentary elections, even if they apply separately.
Previously, the electoral authority reminded political parties that they must submit a numerical and nominal list of the members of their central executive bodies (presidents, vice-presidents, and members) to the ASP by July 14. Failure to provide this information at the start of the electoral period results in disqualification from the elections.
The CEC also emphasized that party leadership is responsible for maintaining accurate and complete internal registers of party members. The correctness of the information submitted is entirely the responsibility of the parties, and this data is shared with both the CEC and the National Integrity Authority.
Furthermore, the CEC stated that it will rely only on the official information provided by the ASP when validating parties for the elections.
As a result of these changes, the number of political parties approved to participate in the upcoming autumn elections has decreased from 25 to 21.
It is important to note that, as of July 14, 2025, a total of 66 parties were registered in the State Register of Legal Entities. Recently, CEC president Angelica Caraman announced that only 39 of these 66 parties would be eligible to participate in the parliamentary elections this autumn.
