Moldova’s pro-Western governing party won a clear parliamentary majority, defeating pro-Russian groups in an election that was widely viewed as a stark choice between East and West.

Moldovans on Sunday cast ballots in a tense parliamentary election plagued by claims of Russian interference, a vote seen as a choice between integration with the European Union or a drift back into ...

President Sandu, 53, won a second term of office last November and warned Moldovans the future of their democracy was in their hands: "Don't play with your vote or you'll lose everything!"