2015 Transnistrian parliamentary election

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2015 Transnistrian parliamentary election
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  2010 29 November 2015 (2015-11-29) 2020  

All 43 seats in the Supreme Council
22 seats needed for a majority
Turnout48.3% [1]
 First partySecond party
  Mikhail Burla Portrait.png Oleg Khorzhan (2016, cropped).jpg
Leader Mikhail Burla Oleg Khorzhan
Party Obnovlenie PKP
Last election251
Seats won351
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 10Steady2.svg

Speaker before election

Mikhail Burla
Obnovlenie

Elected Speaker

Vadim Krasnoselsky
Independent

Parliamentary elections were held in Transnistria on 29 November 2015, alongside municipal elections. [2]

Contents

Electoral system

The 43 seats of the Supreme Council are elected in single-member constituencies using first-past-the-post voting.

Campaign

A total of 138 candidates contested the elections. [3]

Results

Obnovlenie won 35 out of 43 seats in the Supreme Council, maintaining their status as a majority government. [4] Obnovlenie leader Mikhail Burla was re-elected in constituency #34, [5] as was PKP leader Oleg Khorzhan in constituency #40 (Tiraspol). [5]

Overall turnout was 48.3%, with the Camenca District reporting the highest turnout of 54.0%. The lowest turnout was in the city of Bender, with a turnout of only 42.7%. [1] [6]

Transnistrie Conseil supreme 2015.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Obnovlenie 35+10
Transnistrian Communist Party 10
Proriv 0–1
Independents7–9
Total430
Total votes205,229
Registered voters/turnout424,50848.35
Source: CIKPMR, CIKPMR

By constituency

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %
1 Alexander Korshunov 2,51258.95
Vitaly Vladimirovich Agapy1,24229.15
Maxim Alexandrovich Koval1403.29
Georgy Petrovich Bakhov431.01
Against all3247.60
2Vladislav Sergeevich Tidva1,90948.06
Mark Kivovich Finkelzon76819.34
Yuri Grigorievich Sporish68717.30
Valery Fedorovich Tsurkan1904.78
Evgeniy Valerievich Aginsky1393.50
Against all2797.02
3Oleg Anatolievich Petrik1,48242.40
Vladimir Evgenievich Pasyutin1,12132.07
Mikhail Kirillovich Tessa66919.14
Against all2236.38
4Sergei Pavlovich Khankevich1,90752.51
Valery Dmitrievich Kulakli1,44039.65
Against all2857.85
5Oleg Leonidovich Belyakov1,91146.86
Evgeniy Grigorievich Gulchak1,61739.65
Andrey Alexandrovich Tereshkin2185.35
Against all3328.14
6Sergey Andreevich Pisarenko2,10143.41
Anton Alekseevich Popov1,79837.15
Alexander Ivanovich Loktionov3557.33
Andrey Vladimirovich Badanov3016.22
Against all2855.89
7 Vadim Krasnoselsky 3,17577.72
Alexander Vladimirovich Batalenko47211.55
Against all43810.72
8Anton Nikolaevich Onufrienko1,95245.12
Vadim Viktorovich Kugila1,34231.02
Sergey Konstantinovich Bobrov78018.03
Against all2525.83
9Oleg Sergeevich Leontyev3,50364.41
Alexander Valerievich Merzhuk71413.13
Nikolay Nikolaevich Dobryden59911.01
Alexander Vladimirovich Kifa3376.20
Yan Viktorovich Vereshchak1572.89
Against all1292.37
10Vladimir Dmitrievich Pelin1,86540.85
Nikolay Petrovich Namashko1,64436.01
Natalya Mikhailovna Pogreban82618.09
Sergey Nikolaevich Beshlyaga1823.99
Against all491.07
11Dmitry Vasilievich Ogirchuk5,65292.23
Against all4767.77
12Oleg Markovich Baev2,79857.99
Lyudmila Alekseevna Bakradze1,62033.58
Vladimir Ilyich Bodur2535.24
Against all1543.19
13Petr Semenovich Pasat2,01647.90
Fedor Grigorievich Kovalev1,63238.77
Against all56113.33
14Andrey Viktorovich Sipchenko1,74939.04
Alexander Yurievich Pascal1,52834.11
Eduard Davidovich Kantselevich70615.76
Against all49711.09
15Valery Grigorievich Babchinetsky2,79653.02
Oleg Ivanovich Narichuk1,48528.16
Vyacheslav Alexandrovich Shevtsov4959.39
Stepan Georgievich Unguryan2675.06
Against all2304.36
16Porfiry Vladimirovich Shkilnyuk3,10554.01
Alexander Andreevich Kisnichan2,03635.41
Eduard Georgievich Unguryan3576.21
Against all2514.37
17Vasily Ivanovich Vlasov1,91945.37
Oleg Andreevich Sikorsky1,10126.03
Gennady Pavlovich Chorba68716.24
Against all52312.36
18Vadim Viktorovich Kravchuk1,65238.60
Yulia Valerievna Dimitresko1,19727.97
Mikhail Ivanovich Perchun1,03424.16
Against all3979.28
19Vitaly Ivanovich Kalin2,08953.47
Yuri Ivanovich Kuzmenko1,13829.13
Against all68017.40
20Andrey Mikhailovich Safonov1,82147.20
Alexander Leontievich Marchuk1,38235.82
Against all65516.98
21Yakov Efimovich Galak2,25553.66
Aurelia Viktorovna Tkachenko1,50835.89
Against all43910.45
22Tatyana Mikhailovna Turanskaya2,41448.31
Yuri Alexandrovich Petrik2,15443.11
Against all4298.59
23Valentin Nikolaevich Matveychuk3,20269.37
Igor Anatolievich Gilka1,27427.60
Against all1403.03
24Alexander Vladimirovich Martynov2,95260.85
Petr Petrovich Stepanov1,74335.93
Against all1563.22
25Vadim Mikhailovich Doni1,85247.84
Valeriyan Andreevich Tulgara84321.78
Alexey Mikhailovich Dontsu71318.42
Stepan Vasilievich Chebanov2255.81
Sergey Georgievich Syrf1493.85
Against all892.30
26Sergey Fedorovich Cheban2,53360.02
Igor Mikhailovich Kulikov92221.85
Tatyana Stepanovna Kulakovskaya3648.63
Alexey Vasilievich Chebanov2977.04
Against all1042.46
27Oleg Valerievich Vasilatiy2,23655.07
Sergey Alekseevich Diligul1,49836.90
Vladimir Viktorovich Dombrovsky711.75
Against all2556.28
28Pavel Viktorovich Shinkaryuk3,29065.08
Vasily Nikolaevich Moraru1,37427.18
Natalya Vasilievna Popova1693.34
Tatyana Borisovna Kurlat991.96
Against all1232.43
29Alexander Sergeevich Shcherba1,84838.83
Pavel Nikolaevich Prokudin1,18024.80
Dmitry Mikhailovich Kokhansky1,04621.98
Yuri Pavlovich Khorin51710.86
Against all1683.53
30Igor Teodorovich Yarych3,24191.14
Against all3158.86
31Efimy Mikhailovich Koval2,85953.00
Sergei Ilyich Mantalutsa1,17121.71
Vitaly Valentinovich Yankovsky56110.40
Vasily Radionovich Tovstonog2464.56
Vladimir Ivanovich Ponomarev2143.97
Yuri Pavlovich Dobrov1863.45
Against all1572.91
32Galina Mikhailovna Antyufeeva3,56471.52
Evgeniy Vladislavovich Zubov75715.19
Svetlana Ivanovna Fadeeva3927.87
Irina Yurievna Tibekina470.94
Against all2234.48
33Vadim Georgievich Lipsky2,50151.07
Petr Alexandrovich Nemchenko1,38328.24
Vladimir Ivanovich Atamanyuk4859.90
Against all52810.78
34 Mikhail Burla 2,69659.16
Valery Evgenievich Ponomarenko1,52133.38
Against all3407.46
35Evgeniy Viktorovich Gushan2,69043.98
Vladimir Grigorievich Trandasir1,60326.21
Anatoly Viktorovich Dirun1,37622.49
Against all4487.32
36Ilona Petrovna Tyuryaeva3,45465.79
Tatyana Aleksandrovna Chebakova70013.33
Alexander Vilorovich Ordin67812.91
Oksana Vasilievna Sikach1653.14
Against all2534.82
37Igor Semenovich Buga2,48455.55
Oksana Leonidovna Novak1,03023.03
Vladimir Lukich Bodnar2184.87
Elena Mikhailovna Bobkova1814.05
Vladimir Ilyich Yurash1643.67
Mikhail Valeryanovich Polishchuk922.06
Evgeniy Viktorovich Volkov481.07
Against all2555.70
38Ilya Ivanovich Vasiliev2,76652.86
Natalya Grigorievna Nikiforova82315.73
Igor Vladimirovich Guslyakov75014.33
Nikolay Anatolievich Malyshev52410.01
Against all3707.07
39Grigory Ivanovich Dyachenko3,44267.46
Valery Stepanovich Zemlyakov1,15822.70
Leonid Borisovich Tkachenko1522.98
Nina Ivanovna Dubchak1132.21
Against all2374.65
40 Oleg Khorzhan 2,18344.57
Dmitry Alexandrovich Fisenko1,55531.75
Oleg Yurievich Timin86417.64
Against all2966.04
41Vadim Fedorovich Levitsky3,34868.42
Maxim Alexandrovich Bratukh1,15623.63
Against all3897.95
42Andrey Viktorovich Mezhinsky2,72754.65
Vyacheslav Vasilievich Tobukh1,90538.18
Against all3587.17
43Viktor Mikhailovich Guzun3,47878.02
Yan Anatolievich Mezhinsky67115.05
Against all3096.93

Aftermath

On 23 December 2015 Vadim Krasnoselski, who was elected in constituency #7, was elected Speaker. [7]

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