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Moldovaportal |
Snap parliamentary elections were held in Moldova on 11 July 2021. Following the resignation of Ion Chicu, the position of Prime Minister became vacant, with the Parliament being obligated to form a new government within three months. After the expiration of the constitutionally mandated period and two failed attempts to win parliamentary approval for the proposed cabinets, the Constitutional Court ruled on 15 April that the circumstances justifying a dissolution of the parliament were met. President Maia Sandu signed the decree dissolving the Parliament on 28 April and snap parliamentary elections were called on.
The Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) received 52.80% of the vote and won 63 seats, obtaining a majority in the 101-seat parliament. The alliance Electoral Bloc of Communists and Socialists (BECS) received 27.17% of the vote and won 32 seats, while the Șor Party received 5.74% of the votes and won six seats. No other party or alliance reached the electoral threshold required to win a seat. [1]
The Constitutional Court of Moldova recognized the election results on 23 July. [2]
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) assessed the elections as being competitive and well-run despite the inadequate handling of election disputes and campaign finance issues. [3] The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) noted that the procedure was held in line with the requirements of the Electoral Code. The CIS observers did not report any violations that could influence the results of the elections. [4]
The Constitution of Moldova mandates that a government must be formed within three months of official results of parliamentary elections being proclaimed by the Constitutional Court. The results of the 24 February 2019 elections were confirmed on 9 March. On 8 June a coalition government led by Maia Sandu was formed by the Party of Socialists (PSRM) and the ACUM alliance. However, the Democratic Party (PDM) petitioned the Constitutional Court, claiming that the government had not been formed in time. The Court interpreted the three-month deadline as 90 days, which meant the deadline had been 7 June, and concluded that snap elections should be held. The following day the Court suspended President Igor Dodon (a former PSRM leader) from exercising his presidential powers and duties for failing to dissolve parliament, and appointed former prime minister Pavel Filip of the PDM as acting president. Filip subsequently issued a decree calling for early elections for 6 September. [5]
Dodon and the PSRM–ACUM coalition called the process illegal. The governments of Russia, France, Germany, Poland, Sweden and the United Kingdom all recognised the newly-formed Sandu cabinet as the legitimate government. On 14 June Filip stepped down and allowed the PSRM–ACUM government to take office. However, the new government was subsequently ousted in a motion of no confidence in Parliament on 12 November in a dispute over a draft law assumed by the government to delegate a part of its plenary powers to the Prime Minister to propose a "shortlist" with the candidates for Prosecutor General's position. [6] [7]
Another new PSRM–PDM government, headed by Ion Chicu, was formed on 14 November 2019. [8] The Democratic Party left the coalition on 7 November 2020, during presidential elections, to allow the formation of a new government under the new president. [9] The Chicu cabinet remained in office as a minority government, supported by the Șor Party, with the PDM ministers replaced by independents. Former prime minister and PAS (ACUM) leader Maia Sandu was elected president on 15 November 2020. Chicu resigned as Prime Minister on 23 December, hours ahead of a PAS-sponsored motion of no confidence. [10]
Sandu planned to appoint Natalia Gavrilița to the position of Prime Minister twice in order to trigger early elections, as under the constitution of Moldova, two failures of Parliament to approve a new government within 45 days of the first request will lead to the dissolution of parliament. [11] Sandu first nominated Gavrilita to the position on 27 January 2021, [11] with her candidacy being unanimously voted down by the parliament on 11 February. [12] The PSRM and its allies then proposed Mariana Durleșteanu for the position with the support of 54 of 101 MPs, but Sandu instead re-nominated Gavrilița on 11 February 2021. [13] However, the Constitutional Court ruled on 23 February 2021 that Sandu should not have nominated Gavrilita twice. [13] Sandu nominated Igor Grosu to the position on 16 March after Durleșteanu withdrew her candidacy. [14] [15]
Grosu failed to get his government approved due to the socialist-led opposition boycotting the vote, which resulted in the vote failing due to a lack of a quorum. [16] The two failed attempts made early parliamentary elections possible, [17] and Sandu asked the Constitutional Court to verify the constitutionality of dissolving parliament and holding snap elections. [18] However, on 31 March Parliament voted to impose a 60-day state of emergency, during which a snap election could not be held, to curb the COVID-19 pandemic. [18] On 15 April the Constitutional Court ruled in favour of dissolving parliament. [19] On 28 April the Constitutional Court declared the state of emergency voted by the Parliament on 31 March unconstitutional as the Decision of Parliament which instituted it was adopted in violation of the rules of procedure, having failed to establish why exactly the executive need extended powers. [20] Later the same day, president Maia Sandu signed the dissolution decree of the Parliament and established the snap parliamentary elections to be held on 11 July 2021. [21]
The 101 seats in the Parliament are elected by party-list proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency. An electoral list may contain 51 to 103 candidates. The nationwide electoral threshold varies depending on the type of list; for single parties or organisations it is 5%; for an electoral bloc of two or more parties it is 7%. For independent candidates the threshold is 2%. [22]
This is a list of the parties that were represented in the parliament before the elections and the parties that submitted their list for participating in it. [23]
* = Note: Pro Moldova did not participate in the 2021 parliamentary election
** = Independent politician
The Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) received 52.80% of the vote and won an absolute majority in parliament, taking 63 of the 101 seats, an increase of 48. President of Moldova Maia Sandu stated after the election: "I hope that today is the end of a hard era for Moldova, I hope today is the end of the reign of thieves over Moldova." [24]
The Electoral Bloc of Communists and Socialists (BECS) won 32 seats, a loss of three compared to the previous elections. President of the Party of Socialists (PSRM) Igor Dodon stated after the election: "I appeal to the future deputies of the new parliament, we must not allow a new political crisis in Moldova. It would be nice to have a period of political stability." [25]
The Șor Party (ȘP) became the third and smallest one with parliamentary representation, obtaining six seats with 5.74% of the vote and thereby conserving its parliamentary status from the previous legislature. [24]
On 23 July, the Constitutional Court of Moldova confirmed the results of the election. [2]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Party of Action and Solidarity | 774,753 | 52.80 | 63 | +48 | |
Bloc of Communists and Socialists | 398,675 | 27.17 | 32 | −3 | |
Șor Party | 84,187 | 5.74 | 6 | −1 | |
Electoral Bloc "Renato Usatîi" | 60,100 | 4.10 | 0 | 0 | |
Dignity and Truth Platform | 34,184 | 2.33 | 0 | −11 | |
Democratic Party of Moldova | 26,545 | 1.81 | 0 | −30 | |
Democracy at Home Party | 21,255 | 1.45 | 0 | 0 | |
We Build Europe at Home Party | 18,781 | 1.28 | 0 | New | |
Common Action Party – Civil Congress | 11,269 | 0.77 | 0 | New | |
Alliance for the Union of Romanians | 7,216 | 0.49 | 0 | New | |
National Unity Party | 6,646 | 0.45 | 0 | 0 | |
Party of Development and Consolidation | 6,315 | 0.43 | 0 | New | |
Hope Professionals' Movement Party | 2,814 | 0.19 | 0 | 0 | |
Party of Change | 2,452 | 0.17 | 0 | New | |
People's Power Party | 1,613 | 0.11 | 0 | New | |
Working People's Party | 1,467 | 0.10 | 0 | New | |
Party of Law and Justice | 1,444 | 0.10 | 0 | New | |
"NOI" Political Party | 1,431 | 0.10 | 0 | New | |
Party of Regions of Moldova | 1,264 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | |
Ecologist Green Party | 1,202 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | |
Patriots of Moldova | 892 | 0.06 | 0 | New | |
New Historical Option | 197 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |
Independents | 2,514 | 0.17 | 0 | −3 | |
Total | 1,467,216 | 100.00 | 101 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 1,467,216 | 99.07 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 13,749 | 0.93 | |||
Total votes | 1,480,965 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 3,052,603 | 48.51 | |||
Source: CEC, PACE |
Election year | Time | |||||
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9:30 | 12:30 | 15:30 | 18:30 | 21:00 | ||
2019 | 5.90% | 24.00% | 37.40% | 45.70% | 49.10% | |
2020 | 5.50% | 19.60% | 33.00% | 42.50% | 45.60% | |
2021 | 8.80% | 23.70% | 33.20% | 41.90% | 48.30% | |
Source: alegeri.md |
No. | Administrative-territorial unit | % | PAS | BECS | ȘOR | BERU | PPDA | PDM | AUR |
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1 | Chișinău | 47.68 | 56.77 | 28.40 | 3.63 | 2.36 | 2.16 | 0.72 | 0.67 |
2 | Bălți | 42.82 | 27.34 | 40.17 | 3.89 | 22.69 | 0.99 | 0.65 | 0.30 |
3 | Anenii Noi | 42.68 | 50.17 | 29.51 | 5.67 | 2.59 | 3.03 | 3.30 | 0.54 |
4 | Basarabeasca | 37.34 | 40.76 | 35.31 | 7.57 | 4.73 | 2.02 | 2.39 | 0.44 |
5 | Briceni | 41.29 | 25.49 | 50.77 | 8.82 | 5.95 | 1.52 | 1.78 | 0.21 |
6 | Cahul | 39.71 | 53.55 | 29.63 | 4.15 | 2.65 | 1.49 | 0.86 | 0.68 |
7 | Cantemir | 37.65 | 55.82 | 22.11 | 5.01 | 3.90 | 3.02 | 2.82 | 0.70 |
8 | Călărași | 42.45 | 60.76 | 19.10 | 4.89 | 1.47 | 3.51 | 4.62 | 0.36 |
9 | Căușeni | 42.30 | 52.99 | 26.52 | 5.18 | 1.74 | 3.31 | 3.17 | 0.36 |
10 | Cimișlia | 39.24 | 56.19 | 24.59 | 4.22 | 1.70 | 2.58 | 4.69 | 0.34 |
11 | Criuleni | 48.74 | 65.87 | 15.64 | 6.45 | 1.51 | 3.09 | 1.68 | 0.57 |
12 | Dondușeni | 48.19 | 25.90 | 50.70 | 7.59 | 6.95 | 1.79 | 1.33 | 0.46 |
13 | Drochia | 42.19 | 39.02 | 34.88 | 7.52 | 9.93 | 1.94 | 0.85 | 0.35 |
14 | Dubăsari | 43.85 | 45.16 | 33.08 | 7.42 | 2.32 | 2.31 | 3.42 | 0.44 |
15 | Edineț | 44.12 | 29.20 | 47.11 | 7.94 | 5.20 | 2.40 | 2.68 | 0.29 |
16 | Fălești | 43.66 | 36.53 | 31.77 | 6.41 | 15.15 | 1.27 | 4.13 | 0.28 |
17 | Florești | 43.47 | 41.07 | 35.09 | 8.72 | 5.94 | 2.26 | 1.02 | 0.30 |
18 | Glodeni | 42.56 | 33.08 | 34.02 | 7.85 | 10.39 | 1.79 | 8.09 | 0.37 |
19 | Hîncești | 39.94 | 63.87 | 16.90 | 3.09 | 1.93 | 3.43 | 3.62 | 0.55 |
20 | Ialoveni | 47.58 | 71.80 | 10.05 | 2.58 | 2.57 | 5.03 | 2.23 | 0.44 |
21 | Leova | 41.03 | 54.26 | 24.76 | 5.06 | 4.39 | 2.58 | 2.38 | 0.43 |
22 | Nisporeni | 40.58 | 65.95 | 14.49 | 3.22 | 2.26 | 3.64 | 3.02 | 0.59 |
23 | Ocnița | 48.80 | 19.17 | 59.55 | 8.22 | 3.83 | 1.10 | 1.27 | 0.34 |
24 | Orhei | 46.66 | 46.70 | 8.97 | 36.98 | 1.06 | 1.50 | 0.85 | 0.38 |
25 | Rezina | 47.56 | 48.66 | 26.27 | 11.23 | 2.55 | 4.45 | 1.23 | 0.29 |
26 | Rîșcani | 46.26 | 32.01 | 41.67 | 5.28 | 8.86 | 2.11 | 5.15 | 0.41 |
27 | Sîngerei | 41.37 | 46.15 | 28.89 | 7.98 | 8.60 | 2.20 | 1.07 | 0.31 |
28 | Soroca | 45.11 | 40.03 | 38.65 | 6.05 | 3.51 | 2.37 | 2.96 | 0.63 |
29 | Strășeni | 44.10 | 67.55 | 15.48 | 3.03 | 1.90 | 2.80 | 2.51 | 0.60 |
30 | Șoldănești | 45.72 | 40.64 | 28.79 | 10.43 | 3.21 | 2.83 | 7.48 | 0.36 |
31 | Ștefan Vodă | 41.63 | 54.11 | 25.09 | 3.89 | 2.32 | 4.75 | 2.98 | 0.57 |
32 | Taraclia | 42.30 | 6.52 | 58.05 | 28.24 | 1.24 | 0.24 | 0.72 | 0.31 |
33 | Telenești | 44.37 | 59.59 | 13.01 | 9.34 | 1.22 | 8.29 | 3.01 | 0.37 |
34 | Ungheni | 43.61 | 50.80 | 28.29 | 4.53 | 3.42 | 2.87 | 3.29 | 0.40 |
35 | U.T.A. Găgăuzia | 36.87 | 4.14 | 80.75 | 4.86 | 3.15 | 0.15 | 0.55 | 0.03 |
36 | Transnistria | 13.59 | 62.21 | 6.25 | 1.82 | 1.20 | 2.75 | 0.38 | |
37 | Diplomatic missions (Moldovan diaspora) | 86.23 | 2.47 | 0.59 | 2.78 | 1.75 | 0.34 | 0.62 | |
Total | 48.41 | 52.80 | 27.17 | 5.74 | 4.10 | 2.33 | 1.81 | 0.49 | |
Source: CEC |
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