2005 Moldovan parliamentary election

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2005 Moldovan parliamentary election
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  2001 6 March 2005 April 2009  

All 101 seats in Parliament
51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout68.84% (Increase2.svg 1.32pp)
PartyLeader%Seats+/–
PCRM Vladimir Voronin 45.9856−15
BEMD Serafim Urechean 28.5334New
PPCD Iurie Roșca 9.07110
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Prime Minister beforePrime Minister after
Vasile Tarlev
PCRM
Vasile Tarlev
PCRM

Parliamentary elections were held in Moldova on 6 March 2005. [1] The result was a victory for the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM), which won 56 of the 101 seats. [2]

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Electoral system

The Parliament was elected by proportional representation in a single national constituency. In 2002 the electoral law was amended to change the electoral threshold, which had previously been at 3% for independent candidates and 6% for political parties and electoral blocs. [3] For electoral blocs of two parties it was raised to 9%, and for blocs of three or more, it was raised to 12%. [3]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Party of Communists 716,33645.9856–15
Electoral Bloc Democratic Moldova 444,37728.5334
Christian-Democratic People's Party 141,3419.07110
Electoral Bloc Motherland 77,4904.9700
Social Democratic Party 45,5512.9200
Republican Movement "Equality" 44,1292.8300
Party of Socio-Economic Justice 25,8701.660New
Christian Democratic Peasants' Party 21,3651.3700
Labour Union Party "Fatherland" 14,3990.920
Centrist Union 11,7020.750New
Republican Party 5920.040New
Independents14,6760.9400
Total1,557,828100.001010
Valid votes1,557,82898.84
Invalid/blank votes18,2511.16
Total votes1,576,079100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,430,53764.84
Source: eDemocracy

Results by administrative-territorial unit

#Administrative-territorial unitTurnoutParty/electoral bloc
PCRM BMD PPCD BePR PSDM MRR
1 Chișinău 55.03%37.97%30.99%14.86%4.70%3.04%3.29%
2 Bălți 57.45%40.83%22.95%5.37%7.84%3.50%13.51%
3 Anenii Noi 68.37%51.52%24.21%9.13%3.70%4.50%0.68%
4 Basarabeasca 82.01%57.49%21.93%3.88%4.28%1.90%0.52%
5 Briceni 71.80%50.14%30.16%4.56%2.66%1.20%6.08%
6 Cahul 69.04%39.08%31.83%14.60%3.13%3.11%3.74%
7 Cantemir 78.40%49.52%32.58%8.28%1.18%2.60%0.12%
8 Călărași 71.55%47.46%34.26%9.72%0.82%2.07%0.21%
9 Căușeni 65.81%49.05%26.94%9.47%2.16%4.71%0.61%
10 Cimișlia 72.49%61.09%19.30%8.42%1.55%2.64%0.31%
11 Criuleni 67.31%48.45%32.92%9.83%0.95%2.26%0.29%
12 Donduseni 68.43%55.19%21.97%5.36%2.48%2.58%6.54%
13 Drochia 67.87%49.92%28.55%5.95%4.04%2.58%2.83%
14 Dubăsari 66.56%69.04%19.02%3.45%1.66%2.64%0.20%
15 Edineț 67.89%48.50%24.63%4.25%2.13%1.42%12.92%
16 Fălești 73.82%56.45%26.49%4.74%3.01%3.02%1.61%
17 Floresti 73.91%54.47%29.93%5.15%4.45%1.35%0.25%
18 Glodeni 65.36%47.58%28.43%4.04%8.31%1.16%1.61%
19 Hîncești 65.69%47.97%31.47%9.31%1.27%4.30%0.49%
20 Ialoveni 62.73%43.74%35.96%12.27%0.80%1.88%0.17%
21 Leova 74.49%49.64%33.38%8.49%2.00%0.80%0.49%
22 Nisporeni 68.71%47.80%31.24%11.65%0.88%2.29%0.09%
23 Ocnița 76.42%64.03%17.14%3.34%3.66%0.93%7.31%
24 Orhei 64.31%41.15%33.95%10.24%1.38%5.53%0.42%
25 Rezina 74.65%53.24%27.62%8.72%1.63%3.95%0.65%
26 Rîșcani 71.01%46.17%29.32%5.86%5.07%2.38%4.37%
27 Sîngerei 69.97%44.63%30.09%5.69%4.18%8.91%1.28%
28 Soroca 68.47%51.29%31.38%5.06%2.01%2.99%1.96%
29 Strășeni 65.96%41.92%33.24%12.33%0.91%1.86%0.13%
30 Șoldănești 71.55%60.86%21.70%8.73%0.90%1.53%0.11%
31 Ștefan Vodă 65.67%44.52%31.19%11.82%1.37%2.08%1.06%
32 Taraclia 71.70%49.86%18.54%2.28%12.00%2.12%8.30%
33 Telenești 71.96%42.32%38.49%9.41%0.68%4.51%0.04%
34 Ungheni 66.54%53.30%27.64%6.72%2.37%3.27%1.25%
35U.T.A. Găgăuzia 60.64%30.75%6.09%0.81%51.48%0.95%5.34%
36 Transnistria 31.42%41.59%8.41%6.01%6.95%1.49%
37Diplomatic missions (Moldovan diaspora)61.76%11.61%43.11%32.32%4.92%3.82%0.72%
Total64.84%45.98%28.53%9.07%4.97%2.92%2.83%


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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, p1342
  3. 1 2 Nohlen & Stöver, p1322