1994 Moldovan parliamentary election

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1994 Moldovan parliamentary election
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All 104 seats in Parliament
53 seats needed for a majority
Turnout79.31%
PartyLeader%Seats+/–
PDAM Dumitru Moțpan 43.1856New
PSM–MUE Valeriu Senic 22.0028New
BȚI Simion Certan 9.2111New
AFPCD Iurie Roșca 7.539New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Results by district
Prime Minister beforePrime Minister after
Andrei Sangheli
PDAM 		Andrei Sangheli
PDAM

Early parliamentary elections were held in Moldova on 27 February 1994. [1] They were the country's first competitive elections, and followed deadlock in Parliament over the issue of joining the Commonwealth of Independent States. [2] The result was a victory for the Democratic Agrarian Party of Moldova (PDAM), which won 56 of the 104 seats. [3]

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Electoral system

In 1993 a new electoral law was passed, [4] which removed the right to vote from serving members of the military, whilst removing the right to run for election from all members of the military, the judiciary, the police force, national security services and prosecutors. [5] A special Central Election Commission was formed by the Supreme Court, consisting of the five judges in the Court and one representative of each party or alliance. [6] The parliament was elected by proportional representation in a single national constituency. The electoral threshold was set at 4% for both independent candidates and political parties. [6]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Democratic Agrarian Party 766,58943.1856
Socialist Party–Unity Movement 390,58422.0028
Bloc of Peasants and Intellectuals 163,5139.2111
Alliance of the Christian Democratic Popular Front 133,6067.539
Social Democratic Bloc (PDSM–LNTM–UTM–MDD–FITU)65,0283.660
Association of Women in Moldova50,2432.830
Democratic Labour Party of Moldova49,2102.770
Reform Party 41,9802.360
Democratic Party 23,3681.320
Association of the Victims of the Totalitarian Regime 16,6720.940
Republican Party 16,5290.930
Ecologist Party "Green Alliance" 7,0250.400
National Christian Party5,8780.330
Independents45,1522.540
Total1,775,377100.00104
Valid votes1,775,37794.99
Invalid/blank votes93,7135.01
Total votes1,869,090100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,356,61479.31
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1330 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1317
  3. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1342
  4. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1320
  5. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1321
  6. 1 2 Nohlen & Stöver, p1322
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