2025 Transnistrian parliamentary election

2025 Transnistrian parliamentary election

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All 33 seats in the Supreme Council 17 seats needed for a majority
Registered	394,000
Turnout	26.01% ( 2.05 pp)
First party   Leader Galina Antyufeyeva Party Obnovlenie Last election 29 seats Seats won 33 Seat change 4
Speaker before election Alexander Korshunov Obnovlenie Elected Speaker Tatyana Zalevskaya Obnovlenie

Parliamentary elections were held in Moldova's Russian-backed unrecognized breakaway region of Transnistria on 30 November 2025 to fill all 33 seats in the Supreme Council. Legislation passed in July 2024 set the date and electoral framework. ^[1]

Background

Since 2005 Obnovlenie, led by Galina Antyufeeva (its Chairperson and Deputy Speaker), has dominated the Supreme Council. In the 2020 election, Obnovlenie secured 29 seats with independents taking the remaining 4 seats.

Election

Early voting for the election began on 24 November. Those who could not go to the polling stations on 30 November for a justified reason were allowed to vote early. ^[2]

Moldova's official position on the election was that it contradicted the Constitution of Moldova and the country's legislation and that it had no legal consequences for the region. ^[3]

Parties and candidates

Party	Leader	Seats before election	Seats needed for majority
Obnovlenie	Galina Antyufeeva	29	0
Independent	N/A	4	13

45 candidates ran for a seat in the Supreme Council. In 21 electoral districts, there was only one candidate; since there was no voter turnout threshold in Transnistria, a single vote would be enough for them to win. Nevertheless, Transnistrian elections feature an "against all" option. On the other hand, in 12 electoral districts, there were two candidates. ^[2]

Minor parties remained weak or inactive in this electoral round.

Conduct

No independent Western election observers were present, and media and civil society continued to operate under constraints. Freedom House and other reports classified Transnistria as not meeting democratic standards, highlighting limited pluralism and candidate access. ^[4]

Results

The official turnout was 26.01%, a record low, with 102,600 voters out of a total 394,000 people registered to vote. As of 2 December, only a preliminary list of the 33 elected parliament members had been published, with all belonging to the party Obnovlenie, which was under the control of oligarch Viktor Gushan's Sheriff company. ^[3]

According to Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service (SZRU), the election demonstrated that Transnistria's "rupture with Moscow is deepening". In a report, the SZRU stated that the extremely low turnout, the lack of competition in the election and Obnovlenie's absolute control over the Supreme Council indicated a growing gap between "the occupation administration and the population", predicting that social discontent in Transnistria would intensify amid economic problems, pressure from tariffs and reduced Russian support. ^[3]

By constituency

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%
1 – Solnechny	Aleksandr Viktorovich Korshunov	1,982	88.29
	Mikhail Vasilevich Babiy	146	6.50
	Against all	117	5.21
2 – Memorialny	Yuriy Yurevich Kucherenko	2,275	92.59
	Against all	182	7.41
3 – Borisovsky	Oleg Anatolevich Petrik	2,068	91.59
	Sergey Mikhaylovich Zakharov	93	4.12
	Against all	97	4.30
4 – Leninsky	Yuriy Iosifovich Kara	1,894	86.05
	Tatyana Ivanovna Rybachenko	159	7.22
	Against all	148	6.72
5 – Tsentralny	Sergey Andreevich Pisarenko	1,259	62.70
	Vladimir Vladimirovich Kornievskiy	532	26.49
	Against all	217	10.81
6 – Pervomaisky	Aleksandr Ivanovich Ilin	1,662	81.75
	Against all	371	18.25
7 – Tsentralny	Oleg Sergeevich Leontev	2,078	81.46
	Evgeniya Nikolaevna Bekher	283	11.09
	Against all	190	7.45
8 – Yuzhny	Yuriy Fedorovich Evtodiev	2,784	85.16
	Against all	485	14.84
9 – Severny	Dmitriy Vasilevich Ogirchuk	3,671	97.66
	Against all	88	2.34
10 – Severny	Dmitriy Olegovich Durnopyan	3,249	94.06
	Against all	205	5.94
11 – Tsentralny	Boris Ilich German	2,600	82.30
	Yana Sergeevna Kovalchuk	241	7.63
	Against all	318	10.07
12 – Kamensky	Valeriy Grigorevich Babchinetskiy	1,566	58.48
	Sergey Fedorovich Groza	860	32.11
	Against all	252	9.41
13 – Khrustovskoy	Oleg Ivanovich Narichuk	3,475	89.19
	Against all	421	10.81
14 – Metallurgicheskiy	Vadim Viktorovich Kravchuk	2,139	88.98
	Against all	265	11.02
15 – Kirovsky	Andrey Mikhaylovich Safonov	1,218	59.94
	Irina Petrovna Svetlakova	271	13.34
	Against all	543	26.72
16 – Michurinsky	Yakov Efimovich Galak	1,860	87.94
	Against all	255	12.06
17 – Bolshemolokishsky	Vasiliy Anatolevich Kunitskiy	3,453	91.20
	Against all	333	8.80
18 – Popenksky	Valentin Nikolaevich Matveychuk	2,778	91.14
	Against all	270	8.86
19 – Krasnyansky	Tatyana Dmitrievna Zalevskaya	2,643	90.98
	Against all	262	9.02
20 – Pervomaisky	Sergey Ivanovich Samoylov	2,237	78.91
	Against all	598	21.09
21 – Slobodzeysky	Pavel Viktorovich Shinkaryuk	2,815	90.40
	Against all	299	9.60
22 – Sukleysky	Stepan Ivanovich Stepanov	2,024	75.49
	Vladimir Valerevich Shvets	477	17.79
	Against all	180	6.71
23 – Kitskansky	Igor Teodorovich Yarych	2,439	80.63
	Against all	586	19.37
24 – Parkansky	Vladimir Nikolaevich Timofeev	2,348	76.86
	Larisa Viktorovna Talmazan	322	10.54
	Against all	385	12.60
25 – Zapadny	Galina Mikhaylovna Antyufeeva	2,558	82.25
	Shtefan Borisovich Muntyan	329	10.58
	Against all	223	7.17
26 – Borodinsky	Vitaliy Ivanovich Kalin	1,145	47.95
	Natalya Aleksandrovna Golub	901	37.73
	Against all	342	14.32
27 – Partizansky	Nataliya Kirillovna Durbala	2,649	91.00
	Against all	262	9.00
28 – Tsentralny	Elena Ilinichna Soboleva	2,532	92.61
	Against all	202	7.39
29 – Odessky	Igor Semyonovich Buga	1,548	65.98
	Against all	798	34.02
30 – Kirovsky	Grigoriy Ivanovich Dyachenko	1,945	80.24
	Against all	479	19.76
31 – Krasnodonsky	Vadim Fyodorovich Levitskiy	2,511	94.19
	Against all	155	5.81
32 – Komsomolsky	Andrey Viktorovich Mezhinskiy	2,461	92.03
	Against all	213	7.97
33 – Vostochny	Natalya Yurevna Sitkina	1,663	88.18
	Against all	223	11.82
Source: CIKPMR

See also

• 2020 Transnistrian parliamentary election
• 2025 Moldovan energy crisis
• 2025 Moldovan parliamentary election

References

1. "Transdniestria sets date of next parliamentary elections". Infotag. 4 July 2024.
2. Vyprickikh, Anna (24 November 2025). "В Приднестровье началось досрочное голосование на выборах в местный парламент". NewsMaker (in Russian).
3. Zinenko, Yuriy (2 December 2025). "У Придністров'ї посилюється розрив між окупаційною адміністрацією та населенням – українська розвідка". Gordon (in Ukrainian).
4. "Moldova's pro-Russian separatists extend state of emergency". Reuters. 10 January 2025.