2001 Moldovan parliamentary election

2001 Moldovan parliamentary election

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All 101 seats in Parliament 51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	67.52% ( 1.60pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– PCRM Vladimir Voronin 50.07 71 +31 Braghiș Alliance Dumitru Braghiș 13.36 19 New PPCD Iurie Roșca 8.24 11 +3 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Dumitru Braghiș Braghiș Alliance Vasile Tarlev PCRM

Parliamentary elections were held in Moldova on 25 February 2001. ^[1] The result was a victory for the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM), which won 71 of the 101 seats. ^[2]

Electoral system

Parliament was elected by proportional representation in a single national constituency. In 2000 the electoral law was amended to change the electoral threshold, which had previously been at 4% for both political parties and independents. For independent candidates the threshold was lowered to 3%, whilst for political parties and electoral blocs it was raised to 6%. ^[3]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Party of Communists	794,808	50.07	71
	Braghiș Alliance	212,071	13.36	19
	Christian-Democratic People's Party	130,810	8.24	11
	Party of Rebirth and Conciliation	91,894	5.79	0
	Democratic Party	79,757	5.02	0
	National Liberal Party	44,548	2.81	0
	Social Democratic Party	39,247	2.47	0
	National Christian Democratic Peasants' Party	27,575	1.74	0
	Electoral Bloc Motherland	25,009	1.58	0
	For Order and Justice	23,099	1.46	0
	Party of Democratic Forces	19,405	1.22	0
	Democratic Agrarian Party	18,473	1.16	0
	Alliance of Jurists and Economists (PDCM–NPNM)	14,810	0.93	0
	Faith and Justice Electoral Bloc (PR–PNR)	10,686	0.67	0
	Unity Electoral Bloc (PSRM–PRM)	7,277	0.46	0
	Republican Movement "Equality"	7,023	0.44	0
	Christian Democratic Peasants' Party	4,288	0.27	0
	Independents	36,477	2.30	0
Total		1,587,257	100.00	101
Valid votes		1,587,257	98.79
Invalid/blank votes		19,446	1.21
Total votes		1,606,703	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,379,491	67.52
Source: eDemocracy

References

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