Moldova presidential election likely to head to second round

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By Alexander Tanas CHISINAU (Reuters) - A presidential election in Moldova is likely to go to a second round, after voting on Sunday appeared to give a pro-Russian socialist candidate just short of sufficient support to achieve all-out victory. After counting 95 percent of votes, the central election commission said candidate Igor Dodon, who wants to reverse Moldova's course towards European integration, had won 49.4 percent of the votes. Dodon needs 51 percent to avoid a run-off and commentators said he would likely face a second round of voting on Nov. 13 against pro-European candidate Maia Sandu, who is his closest challenger with 37.4 percent.

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