The Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM) won a majority of seats (60 out of 101) for the third consecutive occasion.

The International Election Observation Mission, represented by delegations from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), and the European Parliament evaluated the elections as positive on the whole, with some reservations not affecting the outcome or the overall initial assessment.

[3] The OSCE observer mission has issued a preliminary report declaring the elections generally free and fair and describing Moldova as an "overall pluralistic environment, offering voters a distinct political alternative and meeting many of the O.S.C.E.

[5] However, one member of the 280-strong observation team, Emma Nicholson, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, whose observation post was near the border of the separatist republic of Transnistria, voiced concern over this evaluation, claiming that she had a "very, very strong feeling" that there have been some manipulation, but she "couldn't find any proof" of it.

[8][9][10] Following the recount, it was decided by the Constitutional Court that the presidential election would have to take place by 7 July 2009.

The opposition parties stated that they would boycott parliament, citing electoral fraud as the reason, and tried to force new elections.

Following the announcement of preliminary election results on 6 April 2009, which showed the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM) victorious, winning approximately 50% of the votes, the opposition rejected the results, accusing the authorities of falsification in the course of counting the votes and demanded new elections.

[12] Opposition and NGO activists organized protest demonstrations in the center of Chişinău on 6 and 7 April.

[14] In the afternoon of 7 April the rioters broke into the parliament building, looted it and set it on fire.

Police forces had regained control of the city center by 8 April, arresting several hundred protesters.

Following the arrests, numerous cases of excessive force usage, including beatings and torture by the police, were reported by the detainees.

[16] On 10 April 2009, Voronin called on the Constitutional Court to authorise a recount of the votes, as demanded by the protesters.

[19][20] On 14 April, Serafim Urechean announced that the three main opposition parties would boycott the recount, citing fears that the government would use it to increase its majority to the 61 seats required to elect the next president.

If no candidate achieved a majority vote before that date, a new parliamentary election would be held.

[24][25] The Communist Party nominated former Prime Minister Zinaida Greceanîi as their presidential candidate.

The ruling Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM) nominated Zinaida Greceanîi,[26] and a puppet-candidate, a Doctor from Chişinău.

[11][27] The second round was set for 28 May 2009, but it was postponed to 3 June 2009;[28] the PCRM claimed that it was due to Ascension Thursday falling that day.

On 3 June 2009, the second round (repeated election) was held, the results being the same: 60 votes for Zinaida Greceanîi, forcing incumbent Vladimir Voronin to dissolve the Parliament.