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 1,911
Yuri Veniaminovich Ermolaev550
Vladimir Ivanovich Ponomarev266
Mikhail Vasilievich Babiy62
Against all170
2Yuri Grigorievich Sporish1,769
Vyacheslav Vladimirovich Toderashku729
Inna Nikolaevna Polishchuk267
Against all147
3Vladimir Evgenievich Pasyutin1,887
Stepan Georgievich Popovsky491
Against all177
4Valery Dmitrievich Kulakli2,081
Sergey Ivanovich Babenko1,388
Vitaly Viktorovich Kulakli76
Boris Georgievich Kulakliy20
Against all97
5Evgeniy Grigorievich Gulchak2,717
Igor Alexandrovich Delev147
Against all316
6Vitaly Nikolaevich Zinovenko2,745
Oleg Andreevich Gudymo388
Andrey Mikhailovich Safonov368
Petr Georgievich Rukan34
Against all309
7Valery Vladimirovich Chervonooky1,630
Valery Ivanovich Kernichuk1363
Alexander Vladimirovich Batalenko54
Against all151
8Sergey Nikolaevich Semenov2,523
Stanislav Konstantinovich Dryagla122
Against all234
9Oleg Sergeevich Leontyev3,997
Stepan Ivanovich Placinda2,246
Against all123
10Nikolay Petrovich Namashko2,122
Vyacheslav Nikolaevich Nikolaev760
Alexander Akimovich Karaman505
Against all40
11Ilya Mikhailovich Kazmaly7,178
Igor Vladimirovich Chalykh27
Against all33
12Oleg Markovich Baev4,551
Yuliy Anatolievich Yushin105
Against all122
13Petr Semenovich Pasat2,919
Against all375
14Andrey Viktorovich Sipchenko2,821
Vladimir Timofeevich Dorofeev1,038
Irina Nikolaevna Sergeeva250
Against all156
15Valery Grigorievich Babchinetsky3,285
Mikhail Semenovich Penkovsky1,037
Oleg Alekseevich Gorokh402
Against all121
16Vladimir Vladimirovich Bychkov2,510
Igor Vladimirovich Karaush2,426
Yuri Spiridonovich Fursa742
Nikolay Geogievich Yazadzhi15
Against all94
17Anatoly Konstantinovich Belitchenko2,741
Vasily Ivanovich Vlasov957
Leopold Stratonovich Sanak139
Against all212
18Klavdiya Mikhailovna Treskova2,412
Mikhail Alekseevich Matushevsky1,364
Pavel Semenovich Rybak167
Evgeniy Sergeevich Balabas15
Against all113
19 Anatoliy Kaminski 3,199
Alexander Viktorovich Tsukanov331
Against all212
20Alexey Mikhailovich Narubay3,273
Yuri Ivanovich Kuzmenko925
Against all281
21Andrey Vasilievich Yudin2,816
Nikolai Nikolaevich Burdyuzha595
Petr Vladimirovich Shchebetovich442
Pavel Nikolaevich Voronovsky40
Against all156
22 Yevgeny Shevchuk 4,363
Vladimir Alekseevich Kravchenko430
Against all56
23Sergey Andreevich Pisarenko2,099
Igor Anatolievich Gilka1,913
Vladimir Vladimirovich Kostynchuk52
Against all68
24Valery Evgenievich Ponomarenko2,160
Sergey Vladimirovich Martsinko581
Against all67
25Andrey Borisovich Kotsyubenko2,629
Valeriyan Andreevich Tulgara1,606
Against all77
26Sergey Fedorovich Cheban3,298
Viktor Dmitrievich Lyubenko173
Against all80
27Oleg Valerievich Vasilatiy1,353
Valery Ivanovich Rossovsky561
Viktor Tikhonovich Vornik173
Alexander Ivanovich Burlaka62
Igor Fedorovich Brynzar18
Against all1189
28Vasily Nikolaevich Moraru2,556
Lyudmila Fedorovna Ostapenko481
Against all189
29Yuri Pavlovich Khorin1,694
Yuri Vitalievich Gervazyuk1369
Dmitry Andreevich Orlov154
Sergey Georgievich Syrf145
Against all108
30Igor Teodorovich Yarych3,006
Anatoly Mikhailovich Potolya1,101
Against all36
31Efimy Mikhailovich Koval3,394
Nikolay Nikolaevich Shtepa124
Against all194
32Galina Mikhailovna Antyufeeva3,751
Larisa Ivanovna Sidorko197
Irina Yurievna Mabo43
Against all227
33Vadim Georgievich Lipsky2,297
Alexey Valentinovich Khokhlov1,190
Tatyana Gavrilovna Guseva353
Against all149
34 Mikhail Burla 3,557
Yuri Petrovich Kutepov231
Against all246
35Anatoly Viktorovich Dirun2,034
Vladimir Alekseevich Buchka1,923
Fotinia Anufrievna Kotelnikova122
Mikhail Pavlovich Bolenkov81
Denis Ivanovich Savva14
Against all212
36Ilona Petrovna Tyuryaeva3,293
Oleg Nikolaevich Rogalchuk321
Against all498
37Vladimir Lukich Bodnar1,641
Mikhail Valeriyanovich Polishchuk792
Alexander Vladimirovich Berezovsky615
Against all315
38Dmitry Yurievich Soin2,967
Egor Leonidovich Rotar314
Against all400
39Grigory Ivanovich Dyachenko3,058
Vladimir Nikolaevich Kabanyuk583
Galina Evgenievna Kvitko40
Against all180
40 Oleg Khorzhan 1,701
Olga Vladimirovna Gukalenko1,584
Alexander Yurievich Lyanka236
Artur Viktorovich Ashchenko21
Against all170
41Vadim Fedorovich Levitsky3,123
Roman Ivanovich Khudyakov2,267
Sergey Vladimirovich Pavlyuchenko99
Against all289
42Vyacheslav Vasilievich Tobukh3,478
Against all323
43Viktor Mikhailovich Guzun2,566
Sergey Nikolaevich Marchenko1,014
Yulia Vasilievna Moskalenko16
Ivan Dobrovich Parayan4
Against all98

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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