On 7 May 2021, PSRM presidentIgor Dodon announced that he had sent a letter to PCRM presidentVladimir Voronin, proposing anelectoral alliance between their two parties forthat year's snap parliamentary election on 11 July.[1] The proposal was approved by a majority of the PCRM'scentral committee on 11 May.[2] A day later, PSRM deputyCorneliu Furculiță appeared onNTV Moldova and stated his party has almost unanimously approved the alliance, with a few members abstaining because they disagreed over certain aspects of the alliance.[3] TheCentral Electoral Commission of Moldova (CEC) approved the request to form the Electoral Bloc of Communists and Socialists (BECS) on 13 May.[4][5][6] That same day, Dodon announced that Voronin would head (be at the top of) the common ballot list of BECS, citing Voronin's political experience and reputation.[7] Nonetheless, the CEC accepted both Voronin and Dodon as co-chairs of BECS.[8]
In the 11 July 2021 snap election, BECS won 32 of the 101 seats in theMoldovan parliament, receiving 398,675 votes or roughly 27% of the popular vote.[9] Dodon expressed disappointment at the result, saying, "We obviously wanted a higher overall percentage."[10] He congratulated the rivalParty of Action and Solidarity (PAS) but said his coalition would remain vigilant to avoid a "total monopoly on Moldovan politics" by one party.[10] On 29 July, the elected BECS candidates were sworn in as deputies of the Bloc of Communists and Socialists (BCS).[11]
Both constituent parties of the BCS supportedAlexandr Stoianoglo in the second round of the2024 presidential election.[12] However, the PCRM initially endorsedVasile Tarlev in the first round.[13] Stoianoglo lost the second round with a little under 45% of the popular vote, compared to incumbentMaia Sandu's 55%.[14] Voronin had previously argued in his endorsement of Stoianoglo that Sandu's victory would result in the end of Moldovan sovereignty, identity, and neutrality. His criticisms of Sandu came amid her accusations of Russian interference in the election.[12]
On 28 March 2025, the BCS submitted a draft law againstforeign agents, ostensibly to "ensure [government] transparency".[15]
The BCS wassocially conservative and targeted conservative segments of the Moldovan electorate. In the run up to the 2021 parliamentary election, the BCS characterised itself as supporting traditionalfamily values and the rival PAS aspro-LGBT in contrast. It proposed amending theMoldovan constitution to explicitly bansame-sex marriages and define parents as one man and one woman. The BCS has nonetheless been described as a "left-wing coalition".[19]
The BCS was alsopro-Russian and anti-NATO.[20][21] Dodon accused Western diplomats of interfering in the 2021 parliamentary election, while Voronin claimed "dusky children [would] be born in Moldova" if NATO stationed troops in the country, an apparent reference toAfrican American soldiers.[22]
