Moldova voted in favor of adding a path to the European Union to its constitution, and gave the incumbent president the most votes in elections Sunday, but neither result was the win leaders wanted.

Moldovans voted by a razor-thin majority in favor of securing the country’s path toward European Union membership, electoral data showed Monday, after the pro-Western president accused foreign interference and “criminal groups” of trying to undermine the vote in the former Soviet republic.

Moldova has narrowly backed a move for closer ties to the EU in a referendum, electoral authorities say. The yes campaign won the vote with a margin of less than a per cent - just a few thousand votes. The referendum asked voters to choose whether to enshrine a path towards European Union membership in the country's constitution.