President Klaus Iohannis said: "Congratulations to the citizens of the Republic of Moldova for their civic spirit and clear choice for reforms, the rule of law and European integration! Congratulations Maia Sandu for courage, perseverance and vision! Romania will be with the Republic of Moldova in supporting the reforms and the European course!" : Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivan Korčok said: "I congratulate the people of Moldova on conduct of democratic parliamentary elections & the strong confirmation of their will to proceed on European path." : President Volodymyr Zelensky said: "Congratulations to my colleague President of Moldova Maia Sandu on a convincing victory of democratic pro-European political forces, in particular the PAS party, in the parliamentary elections! This is an important step for a friendly on the path of reforms & European aspirations!" Analysis and aftermath PAS was the first party to win an absolute majority of seats on its own since April 2009, and the first to win an absolute majority of votes since 2001. It was also the first time that neither PSRM nor PCRM won the most votes or seats since 1994. Former PAS coalition partner DA also lost all of its seats, as did the Democratic Party of Moldova (formerly connected to oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc, who fled the country in 2019), which was no longer represented in parliament for the first time in over a decade. Additionally, no party with a unionist platform entered the parliament. On 23 July, court chairwoman Domnica Manole said in a statement: "The Moldovan Constitutional Court rules to confirm the results of the snap parliamentary elections that Moldova held on 11 July 2021, and to recognize the mandates of the parliamentmembers as valid." The first session of the new parliament was held on 26 July and was chaired by the oldest deputy, Eduard Smirnov. On 29 July, Igor Grosu (the interim leader of PAS) was elected president of the parliament. Natalia Gavrilița was appointed as Prime Minister-designate the following day. On 6 August 2021, the Natalia Gavrilița-led cabinet was sworn in to office with 61 votes, all from PAS. References Parliamentary Parliamentary Parliamentary elections in Moldova Moldova