2010 Transnistrian parliamentary election

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2010 Transnistrian parliamentary election
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Leader Anatoliy Kaminski Oleg Khorzhan Dmitry Soin
Party Obnovlenie PKP Proriv
Last election23––
Seats won2511
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Speaker before election

Anatoliy Kaminski
Obnovlenie

Elected Speaker

Anatoliy Kaminski
Obnovlenie

Parliamentary elections were held in Transnistria on 12 December 2010. All 43 seats of the Supreme Council of Transnistria were up for election. Transnistria uses first past the post with 43 single seat constituencies.

Contents

In preparation for the election, boundaries of the electoral constituencies were reviewed and revised in September 2010. [1]

International observers

The Supreme Council passed a resolution on 27 October to invite international observers to monitor the election. MPs invited the members of the Federation Council, the State Duma, Russia's Electoral Commission, the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada, the Parliament of Abkhazia, South Ossetia, North Ossetia-Alania, Artsakh, as well as the European Parliament, the OSCE and the Council of Europe. [2]

Observers present included representatives from Abkhazia, [3] Artsakh, [4] Germany and Poland. [5]

According to official data, 22 of the 43 members of its parliament (MPs) were born on the territory of PMR, while 4 were born in Moldova, 7 were born in Russia, 6 in Ukraine and 4 did not declare. [6]

Result

According to the results, overall turnout was 43%, with Constituency #11 (located in Rîbnița District) reporting 70.1%, the highest in the country. In this district, Sheriff founder Ilya Kazmaly swept the vote, being re-elected with 97.85% (also the highest in the country). The lowest turnout was in Constituency #2 (Bendery), with 29.3%. [7]

Results for 42 constituencies were announced on 13 December, with one recount going on, in Constituency #27 (in Slobozia District). [8] The election here was won by Oleg Vasilaty, who took 35.84% of the vote, only slightly more than the number of votes "against all", which was the highest in the country at 31.5%.

According to the provisional results, Renewal has won the election, taking 25 out of 43 seats in parliament. Yevgeny Shevchuk, Mikhail Burla and Anatoliy Kaminski, leaders of Renewal, were among those (re-)elected. [9]

The Transnistrian Communist Party got its first seat in parliament after its leader Oleg Khorzhan was elected in Constituency #40 (Tiraspol), defeating Renewal deputy leader Olga Gukalenko. [10]

Transnistrian Supreme Council 2010.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Obnovlenie 25+2
Transnistrian Communist Party 1New
Proriv 1New
Independents16+15
Against all8,810––
Total430
Total votes171,771–
Source: Renewal, Olvia Press, Supreme Council, CEC, PKP

By constituency

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %
1 Alexander Korshunov 1,91164.58
Yuri Veniaminovich Ermolaev55018.59
Vladimir Ivanovich Ponomarev2668.99
Mikhail Vasilievich Babiy622.10
Against all1705.75
2Yuri Grigorievich Sporish1,76960.75
Vyacheslav Vladimirovich Toderashku72925.03
Inna Nikolaevna Polishchuk2679.17
Against all1475.05
3Vladimir Evgenievich Pasyutin1,88773.86
Stepan Georgievich Popovsky49119.22
Against all1776.93
4Valery Dmitrievich Kulakli2,08156.83
Sergey Ivanovich Babenko1,38837.90
Vitaly Viktorovich Kulakli762.08
Boris Georgievich Kulakliy200.55
Against all972.65
5Evgeniy Grigorievich Gulchak2,71785.44
Igor Alexandrovich Delev1474.62
Against all3169.94
6Vitaly Nikolaevich Zinovenko2,74571.41
Oleg Andreevich Gudymo38810.09
Andrey Mikhailovich Safonov3689.57
Petr Georgievich Rukan340.88
Against all3098.04
7Valery Vladimirovich Chervonooky1,63050.97
Valery Ivanovich Kernichuk1,36342.62
Alexander Vladimirovich Batalenko541.69
Against all1514.72
8Sergey Nikolaevich Semenov2,52387.63
Stanislav Konstantinovich Dryagla1224.24
Against all2348.13
9Oleg Sergeevich Leontyev3,99762.79
Stepan Ivanovich Placinda2,24635.28
Against all1231.93
10Nikolay Petrovich Namashko2,12261.92
Vyacheslav Nikolaevich Nikolaev76022.18
Alexander Akimovich Karaman50514.74
Against all401.17
11Ilya Mikhailovich Kazmaly7,17899.17
Igor Vladimirovich Chalykh270.37
Against all330.46
12Oleg Markovich Baev4,55195.25
Yuliy Anatolievich Yushin1052.20
Against all1222.55
13Petr Semenovich Pasat2,91988.62
Against all37511.38
14Andrey Viktorovich Sipchenko2,82166.14
Vladimir Timofeevich Dorofeev1,03824.34
Irina Nikolaevna Sergeeva2505.86
Against all1563.66
15Valery Grigorievich Babchinetsky3,28567.80
Mikhail Semenovich Penkovsky1,03721.40
Oleg Alekseevich Gorokh4028.30
Against all1212.50
16Vladimir Vladimirovich Bychkov2,51043.37
Igor Vladimirovich Karaush2,42641.92
Yuri Spiridonovich Fursa74212.82
Nikolay Geogievich Yazadzhi150.26
Against all941.62
17Anatoly Konstantinovich Belitchenko67.702,741
Vasily Ivanovich Vlasov95723.64
Leopold Stratonovich Sanak1393.43
Against all2125.24
18Klavdiya Mikhailovna Treskova2,41259.25
Mikhail Alekseevich Matushevsky1,36433.51
Pavel Semenovich Rybak1674.10
Evgeniy Sergeevich Balabas150.37
Against all1132.78
19 Anatoliy Kaminski 3,19985.49
Alexander Viktorovich Tsukanov3318.85
Against all2125.67
20Alexey Mikhailovich Narubay3,27373.07
Yuri Ivanovich Kuzmenko92520.65
Against all2816.27
21Andrey Vasilievich Yudin2,81669.55
Nikolai Nikolaevich Burdyuzha59514.69
Petr Vladimirovich Shchebetovich44210.92
Pavel Nikolaevich Voronovsky400.99
Against all1563.85
22 Yevgeny Shevchuk 4,36389.98
Vladimir Alekseevich Kravchenko4308.87
Against all561.15
23Sergey Andreevich Pisarenko2,09950.80
Igor Anatolievich Gilka1,91346.30
Vladimir Vladimirovich Kostynchuk521.26
Against all681.65
24Valery Evgenievich Ponomarenko2,16076.92
Sergey Vladimirovich Martsinko58120.69
Against all672.39
25Andrey Borisovich Kotsyubenko2,62960.97
Valeriyan Andreevich Tulgara1,60637.24
Against all771.79
26Sergey Fedorovich Cheban3,29892.88
Viktor Dmitrievich Lyubenko1734.87
Against all802.25
27Oleg Valerievich Vasilatiy1,35340.32
Valery Ivanovich Rossovsky56116.72
Viktor Tikhonovich Vornik1735.15
Alexander Ivanovich Burlaka621.85
Igor Fedorovich Brynzar180.54
Against all1,18935.43
28Vasily Nikolaevich Moraru2,55679.23
Lyudmila Fedorovna Ostapenko48114.91
Against all1895.86
29Yuri Pavlovich Khorin1,69448.82
Yuri Vitalievich Gervazyuk1,36939.45
Dmitry Andreevich Orlov1544.44
Sergey Georgievich Syrf1454.18
Against all1083.11
30Igor Teodorovich Yarych3,00672.56
Anatoly Mikhailovich Potolya1,10126.57
Against all360.87
31Efimy Mikhailovich Koval3,39491.43
Nikolay Nikolaevich Shtepa1243.34
Against all1945.23
32Galina Mikhailovna Antyufeeva3,75188.93
Larisa Ivanovna Sidorko1974.67
Irina Yurievna Mabo431.02
Against all2275.38
33Vadim Georgievich Lipsky2,29757.58
Alexey Valentinovich Khokhlov1,19029.83
Tatyana Gavrilovna Guseva3538.85
Against all1493.74
34 Mikhail Burla 3,55788.18
Yuri Petrovich Kutepov2315.73
Against all2466.10
35Anatoly Viktorovich Dirun2,03446.37
Vladimir Alekseevich Buchka1,92343.84
Fotinia Anufrievna Kotelnikova1222.78
Mikhail Pavlovich Bolenkov811.85
Denis Ivanovich Savva140.32
Against all2124.83
36Ilona Petrovna Tyuryaeva3,29380.08
Oleg Nikolaevich Rogalchuk3217.81
Against all49812.11
37Vladimir Lukich Bodnar1,64148.80
Mikhail Valeriyanovich Polishchuk79223.55
Alexander Vladimirovich Berezovsky61518.29
Against all3159.37
38Dmitry Yurievich Soin2,96780.60
Egor Leonidovich Rotar3148.53
Against all40010.87
39Grigory Ivanovich Dyachenko3,05879.20
Vladimir Nikolaevich Kabanyuk58315.10
Galina Evgenievna Kvitko401.04
Against all1804.66
40 Oleg Khorzhan 1,70145.82
Olga Vladimirovna Gukalenko1,58442.67
Alexander Yurievich Lyanka2366.36
Artur Viktorovich Ashchenko210.57
Against all1704.58
41Vadim Fedorovich Levitsky3,12354.05
Roman Ivanovich Khudyakov2,26739.24
Sergey Vladimirovich Pavlyuchenko991.71
Against all2895.00
42Vyacheslav Vasilievich Tobukh3,47891.50
Against all3238.50
43Viktor Mikhailovich Guzun2,56669.39
Sergey Nikolaevich Marchenko1,01427.42
Yulia Vasilievna Moskalenko160.43
Ivan Dobrovich Parayan40.11
Against all982.65

Aftermath

The Supreme Council held its first session in the new composition on 29 December 2010. In this session, Anatoly Kaminski was re-elected as speaker. [11] [12]

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