2010 Transnistrian parliamentary election

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2010 Transnistrian parliamentary election
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All 43 seats in the Supreme Council
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Leader Anatoliy Kaminski Oleg Khorzhan Dmitry Soin
Party Obnovlenie PKP Proriv
Last election23––
Seats won2511
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2NewNew
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

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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  2. ↑ "Parliament to invite international observers to monitor December 12th elections". Tiraspol: Supreme Council of Transnistria. 27 December 2007. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
  3. ↑ НАБЛЮДАТЕЛИ ОТ АБХАЗИИ НАРЯДУ С МОНИТОРИНГОМ ХОДА ВЫБОРОВ НАЛАЖИВАЮТ ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКОЕ СОТРУДНИЧЕСТВО С ПРИДНЕСТРОВСКИМИ ТОВАРОПРОИЗВОДИТЕЛЯМИ (in Russian). Olvia Press. 12 December 2010. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
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