(1) The President of the Republic of Moldova is elected by the Parliament by secret ballot.

(2) The citizen with the right to vote who is 40 years old, has lived or permanently resides on the territory of the Republic of Moldova for not less than 10 years and possesses the state language may be elected President of the Republic of Moldova.

(3) The candidate who obtained the vote of three fifths of the number of elected deputies shall be elected. If no candidate has obtained the required number of votes, a second ballot shall be held between the first two candidates established in the order of the decreasing number of votes obtained in the first round.

(4) If in the second round no candidate will meet the required number of votes, repeated elections shall be held.

(5) If even after the repeated elections the President of the Republic of Moldova will not be elected, the President in office dissolves the Parliament and establishes the date of the elections in the new Parliament.

(6) The procedure for electing the President of the Republic of Moldova is established by organic law.

(1) The President of the Republic of Moldova is elected by universal, equal, direct, secret and free vote.

(2) The citizen with the right to vote who has reached the age of 40, has lived or permanently resides on the territory of the Republic of Moldova for not less than 10 years and possesses the state language may be elected President of the Republic of Moldova.

(3) The candidate who has gathered at least half of the votes of the voters who participated in the elections shall be declared elected.

(4) If none of the candidates has obtained this majority, a second ballot shall be held between the first two candidates established in the order of the number of votes obtained in the first round. The candidate who obtained the highest number of votes is declared elected, provided that their number is higher than the number of votes cast against the candidate.

(5) is declared invalid by the Constitutional Court https://www.legis.md/search/getResults?doc_id=91383&lang=en)

(6) The procedure for electing the President of the Republic of Moldova is established by organic law.