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UPCOMING ELECTIONS

                       Presidential Elections, October 23, 2009 (Postponed)

Description of Electoral System:

(courtesy of wikipedia)

 

MDG.gifMoldova elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The Parliament (Parlamentul) has 101 members, elected for a four year term by proportional representation. The president is elected for a four year term by parliament.

 

Electoral laws of Moldova are available here.


Electoral Systems Snapshot

(Courtesy of International IDEA)

*Click on links for definitions

Electoral System for National Legislature List PR
Type PR
Tiers 1
Legislature Size (Directly elected, voting members) 101, 101
Electoral System for President -

 

WANT MORE ELECTION RELATED STATS FOR MOLDOVA? Go to "election databases" on the left-hand menu of this page OR comparative data on the right-hand menu and choose your area of interest.

Recent elections

Legislative Elections, 29 July 2009

The report of the E-day by the Association of European Election Officials is available here.


Parliamentary elections - 2009

On the April 5, 2009 parliamentary elections were held in the Republic of Moldova. The Moldavian Constitution and the Election Code say that the elections must be held in three months after the expiry of the present government’s mandate which was on March 7. The candidates were competing for 101 mandates, which will be give out on a proportional base. For further information please click on the following links: here you can find the documents of the OSCE ODIHR on Moldavian elections, IFES Election Guide on Moldavian Elections, a piece of news from azi.md, here you can find some general information on Moldavian Parliamentary elections such as campaign restrictions and some public opinion poll results, Robert Schuman Foundation about Moldavian parliamentary elections, ODIHR will send 200 observers to Moldova, a PACE declaration on Moldavian pre-electoral mission.

Here you can find the preliminary results of the elections.

 

Local elections - 2007

 

On 3 June 2007, general local elections were held in Moldova. Voter turnout was 52.34% nationwide and 37.17% in Chisinau municipality, which was sufficient for the elections to be valid. Following the elections, district, municipal, town and village councils were elected, as well as 420 mayors.

Results of elections are found here. To read the Final report of OSCE-ODIHR, click here.

 

 

Parliamentary elections - 2005

On the March 6, 2005 parliamentary elections were held in the Republic of Moldova. As many as 1,970 polling stations divided into 37 electoral constituencies of second level were opened inside and outside Moldova for scrutiny. As much as 64.84 percent of voters included in electoral lists attended the scrutiny. The highest participation rate was registered in the district of Basarabeasca, while the lowest participation rate was recorded in the Chisinau municipality. As a result of the 2005 elections, the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova gained 56 seats in the 101-member Parliament - more than the minimum 51 seats required to form a government, but short of the 61 votes necessary to elect a president. President Vladimir Voronin was therefore re-elected with support from the Christian Democratic People's Party and from the Democratic and Social Liberal parties.

 

 

Results of elections are found here. To read the Final report of OSCE-ODIHR, click here.

 

 

Presidential elections - 2005

Analysis on 2005 parliamentary elections of the Robert Schuman Foundation is available here.

 

Past elections

Local elections - 2003



Parliamentary elections - 2001