People dance as they queue outside a polling a station located in the embassy of Moldova, as the country holds parliamentary elections, in Moscow, Russia September 28, 2025. REUTERS/Ramil Sitdikov

CHISINAU (Reuters) -Moldova's ruling pro-European Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) has won 40% of the votes counted so far in Sunday's parliamentary election versus 31.5% for the pro-Russian Patriotic Bloc, with 28% of votes counted, according to the country's Central Electoral Commission.

(Reporting by Dan Peleschuk; Editing by Mike Collett-White)