2020 Transnistrian parliamentary election

2020 Transnistrian parliamentary election

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All 33 seats in the Supreme Council 17 seats needed for a majority
Registered	410,592
Turnout	28.06% ( 20.29pp)
First party   Leader Alexander Korshunov Party Obnovlenie Last election 35 seats Seats won 29 Seat change 6
Speaker before election Alexander Korshunov Obnovlenie Elected Speaker Alexander Korshunov Obnovlenie

Parliamentary elections were held in Transnistria on 29 November 2020, alongside municipal elections. ^[1]

Electoral system

The 33 seats of the Supreme Council are elected in single-member constituencies using first-past-the-post voting. ^[2]

Campaign

Obnovlenie candidates ran unopposed in 22 of the 33 constituencies. ^[3]

Conduct

The Russian daily newspaper Kommersant labelled the election as undemocratic and unrepresentative. ^[4] According to Freedom House "Figures who oppose the local elites linked with Sheriff Enterprises are subject to intimidation and have been mostly silenced in recent years. The territory's persecuted opposition parties did not play a significant role in the 2020 legislative elections, which left the Supreme Council with no genuine opposition." ^[5] There were also allegations of electoral fraud. ^[6]

Results

Overall turnout was 27.79%, ^[3] with the Camenca District reporting the highest turnout of 40.86%. ^{[7] [8]}

Obnovlenie won 29 out of 33 seats in the Supreme Council, maintaining their status as a majority government. Four independent politicians were also elected, all of whom were said to be close to the company Sheriff. ^[2]

23,493 voted "against all" ^[9] (20.6%).^{[ citation needed ]} This was a visibly higher percentage than during the previous elections.

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Obnovlenie			29	–6
	Transnistrian Communist Party			0	–1
	Independents			4	–3
Total				33	–10
Total votes		115,205	–
Registered voters/turnout		410,592	28.06
Source: Intellinews, CIKPMR, CIKPMR

By constituency

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%
1 – Solnechny	Alexander Korshunov	2,173	80.66
	Against all	521	19.34
2 – Memorialny	Yury Yuryevich Kucherenko	2,256	81.15
	Against all	524	18.85
3 – Borisovsky	Oleg Anatolyevich Petryk	2,612	88.63
	Against all	335	11.37
4 – Leninsky	Anton Nikolaevich Onufrienko	1,926	71.84
	Against all	755	28.16
5 – Tsentralny	Sergey Andreevich Pisarenko	1,597	72.10
	Against all	618	27.90
6 – Pervomaisky	Ruslan Khanifovich Gareev	1,729	73.26
	Against all	631	26.74
7 – Tsentralny	Oleg Sergeevich Leontyev	1,791	78.38
	Against all	494	21.62
8 – Yuzhny	Vladimir Dmitrievich Pelin	3,531	86.19
	Against all	566	13.81
9 – Severny	Dmitry Vasilievich Ogirchuk	3,210	89.89
	Against all	361	10.11
10 – Severny	Oleg Markovich Baev	3,296	67.46
	Roman Ivanovich Bugra	1,200	24.56
	Against all	390	7.98
11 – Tsentralny	Boris Ilyich German	2,741	61.14
	Andrey Viktorovich Sipchenko	976	21.77
	Against all	766	17.09
12 – Kamensky	Valery Grigorievich Babchinetsky	1,710	62.59
	Against all	1,022	37.41
13 – Khrustovskoy	Porfiry Vladimirovich Shkilnyuk	4,141	81.61
	Against all	933	18.39
14 – Metallurgicheskiy	Vadim Viktorovich Kravchuk	1,623	47.21
	Alexander Stanislavovich Budasov	561	16.32
	Oleg Andreevich Sikorsky	502	14.60
	Against all	752	21.87
15 – Kirovsky	Andrey Mikhailovich Safonov	1,727	62.06
	Against all	1,056	37.94
16 – Michurinsky	Yakov Yefimovich Galak	1,882	65.12
	Against all	1,008	34.88
17 – Bolshemolokishsky	Vasily Anatolievich Kunitsky	3,957	72.42
	Against all	1,507	27.58
18 – Popenksky	Valentin Nikolaevich Matveychuk	3,448	84.49
	Against all	633	15.51
19 – Krasnyansky	Sergey Fedorovich Cheban	2,256	66.20
	Pyotr Dmitrievich Balika	817	23.97
	Against all	335	9.83
20 – Pervomaisky	Oleg Valerievich Vasilatiy	2,586	71.12
	Against all	1,050	28.88
21 – Slobodzeysky	Pavel Viktorovych Shynkaryuk	2,625	90.52
	Against all	275	9.48
22 – Sukleysky	Stepan Ivanovich Stepanov	2,173	58.56
	Hryhoriy Vasilievich Horobchenko	912	24.58
	Against all	626	16.87
23 – Kitskansky	Igor Teodorovich Yarych	2,298	79.99
	Against all	575	20.01
24 – Parkansky	Ivan Vasilievich Nedelkov	2,632	71.79
	Against all	1,034	28.21
25 – Zapadny	Galina Mikhailovna Antyufeeva	2,608	69.83
	Against all	1,127	30.17
26 – Borodinsky	Vadim Georgievich Lipsky	1,714	63.58
	Against all	982	36.42
27 – Partizansky	Evgeniy Viktorovich Gushan	1,941	65.27
	Against all	1,033	34.73
28 – Tsentralny	Ilona Petrovna Tyuryaeva	2,064	65.23
	Valery Nikolaevich Shemyansky	477	15.08
	Against all	623	19.69
29 – Odessky	Igor Semyonovich Buga	1,539	43.85
	Nikolay Anatolievich Malyshev	1,296	36.92
	Against all	675	19.23
30 – Kirovsky	Grigory Ivanovich Dyachenko	2,110	60.15
	Sergey Sergeevich Malaman	497	14.17
	Lyudmila Alekseevna Morozova	249	7.10
	Against all	652	18.59
31 – Krasnodonsky	Vadim Fedorovich Levitsky	1,956	55.87
	Aleksandr Sergeevich Markelov	912	26.05
	Against all	633	18.08
32 – Komsomolsky	Andrey Viktorovich Mezhinsky	1,881	57.10
	Alexander Vladimirovich Shtembulyak	819	24.86
	Against all	594	18.03
33 – Vostochny	Viktor Mikhailovich Guzun	1,811	81.65
	Against all	407	18.35

References

1. "Президент Приднестровья выразил благодарность избирательным комиссиям всех уровней за организацию и проведение Единого дня голосования". CEC. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
2. Breakaway Transnistria fully under Sheriff's control as Obnovlenie party sweeps board in parliament election, bne IntelliNews, 3 December 2020
3. Apathetic Voters Snub Election in Moldova’s Breakaway Transnistria, Balkan Insight, 30 December 2020
4. "Пришерифская молдавская республика". Kommersant. 30 November 2020.
5. "Freedom in the World 2024: Transnistria". Freedom House.
6. "Пришерифская молдавская республика". Kommersant. 30 November 2020.
7. "В Приднестровье опубликовали предварительные результаты выборов в Верховный совет. Сторонники "Обновления" побеждают в большинстве округов". November 30, 2020.
8. "Общие итоги выборов депутатов Верховного Совета ПМР VII созыва". Центральная Избирательная Комиссия. 30 November 2020.
9. "Результаты выборов депутатов Верховного Совета Приднестровской Молдавской Республики VII созыва 29 ноября 2020 года". Центральная Избирательная Комиссия.