Elections in Moldova
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Election
An election is a formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy operates since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the...
and election results in Moldova
Politics of Moldova
The politics of Moldova takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the prime minister is the head of government and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and...
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Moldova elects on national level a legislature
Legislature
A legislature is a kind of deliberative assembly with the power to pass, amend, and repeal laws. The law created by a legislature is called legislation or statutory law. In addition to enacting laws, legislatures usually have exclusive authority to raise or lower taxes and adopt the budget and...
. The Parliament (Parlamentul) has 101 members, elected for a four year term by proportional representation
Proportional representation
Proportional representation is a concept in voting systems used to elect an assembly or council. PR means that the number of seats won by a party or group of candidates is proportionate to the number of votes received. For example, under a PR voting system if 30% of voters support a particular...
with a 5% electoral threshold.http://www.rferl.org/content/Moldova_Rejects_EU_Suggestion_To_Change_Election_Law/1355899.html The President is elected for a four year term by a constitutional majority of 60% members of the Parliament
Parliamentary elections
- Sfatul Ţării election, 1917Sfatul Ţării election, 1917A parliamentary election for the Moldovan Parliament , took place in Moldova in November 1917.-Context:On , the Soldiers' council proclaimed the autonomy of Bessarabia, and summoned for the election of a representative body , called Sfatul Ţării.- Results :Of the 150 Diet members of Sfatul Ţării,...
- Elections in the Moldavian SSR, 1940Elections in the Moldavian SSR, 1940- Results :The Moldavian deputies represented 56% of the total number of representatives, compared to a Moldavian population that made up 65% of all inhabitants of the republic...
- Elections in the Moldavian SSR, 1946
- Elections in the Moldavian SSR, 1950
- Elections in the Moldavian SSR, 1954
- Elections in the Moldavian SSR, 1958
- Elections in the Moldavian SSR, 1962
- Elections in the Moldavian SSR, 1966
- Elections in the Moldavian SSR, 1970
- Elections in the Moldavian SSR, 1974
- Elections in the Moldavian SSR, 1979
- Elections in the Moldavian SSR, 1984
- Moldovan parliamentary election, 1990Moldovan parliamentary election, 1990A parliamentary election took place in Moldova in February-March 1990.- Results :Elections to the Moldovan Supreme Soviet were held in February-March 1990; while the Communist Party of Moldova was the only one registered for this contest, opposition candidates were allowed to run as individuals....
- Moldovan parliamentary election, 1994Moldovan parliamentary election, 1994An early parliamentary election took place in Moldova on February 27, 1994.- Background :Beginning with 1994, the Parliament functions on a permanent basis, with the quality of parliamentarian being incompatible with any other remunerated office, except for teaching and scientific activities...
- Moldovan parliamentary election, 1998Moldovan parliamentary election, 1998A parliamentary election took place in Moldova on March 22, 1998.- Results :At the legislative elections on March 22, 1998, the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova, which was re-legalized in 1994 after being banned in 1991, gained 40 of the 101 places in the Moldovan Parliament,Seats...
- Moldovan parliamentary election, 2001Moldovan parliamentary election, 2001Moldovan early parliamentary elections took place on February 25, 2001. Turnout was 67.52 percent.-Election outcome:The Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova won the election. Vladimir Voronin was elected president shortly thereafter by the newly elected parliament-Sources:*...
- Moldovan parliamentary election, 2005
- Moldovan parliamentary election, April 2009
- Moldovan parliamentary election, July 2009Moldovan parliamentary election, July 2009- Pre-election developments :The country's parliament, elected months earlier, was dissolved by president Vladimir Voronin on 15 June 2009, after it had twice failed to elect a new president....
- Moldovan parliamentary election, 2010Moldovan parliamentary election, 2010A parliamentary election was held in Moldova on 28 November 2010 after indirect presidential elections failed for the second time in late 2009.-Pre-election developments:...
Local Elections
- Moldovan local election, 1995Moldovan local election, 1995Local elections were held in Moldova on April 16, 1995.Agrarian Party of Moldova won the elections....
- Moldovan local election, 1999Moldovan local election, 1999Local elections were held in Moldova on 23 May 1999.Blocul comuniştilor, agrarienilor şi socialiştilor won the elections....
- Moldovan local election, 2003Moldovan local election, 2003Local elections were held in Moldova on 25 May 2003, with a runoff for mayors on 8 June 2003.Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova won the election with 40.98%....
- Moldovan local election, 2007Moldovan local election, 2007Local elections were held in Moldova on June 3, 2007, with a runoff for mayors on June 17, 2007.Voter turnout reached 52.34% nationwide and 37.17% in Chişinău municipality. Following the elections, district, municipal, town and village councils were elected, as well as 420 mayors.Dorin Chirtoacă...
- Moldovan local election, 2011Moldovan local election, 2011Local elections were held in Moldova on 5 June 2011, with a runoff for mayors two weeks later. In one of the most high-profile races, Dorin Chirtoacă was reelected as mayor of Chişinău in a very close run-off election.- References : @ alegeri.md...
Presidential elections
- Moldovan presidential election, 1991Moldovan presidential election, 1991A presidential election was held in Moldova on December 8, 1991. Only one candidate competed for the office.- Overview :Moldovan Presidential elections were held amid high ethnic tensions. The only candidate running in the elections is Mircea Snegur . Separatists both in Gagauz and Transnistria...
- Moldovan presidential election, 1996Moldovan presidential election, 1996The first round of 1996 Moldovan presidential elections was held in Moldova on 17 November and a run-off round between Petru Lucinschi and Mircea Snegur was held on 1 December 1996.- Results :-References:...
- Moldovan presidential election, 2001Moldovan presidential election, 2001An indirect presidential election was held in Moldova on 4 April 2001.-Overview:The Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova won 50.07% of the vote and 71 of the 101 seats in the February 2001 parliamentary election; by this time the constitution had been changed to provide for election of...
- Moldovan presidential election, 2005Moldovan presidential election, 2005An indirect presidential election was held in Moldova on 4 April 2005.-Overview:In the parliamentary election in March 2005, the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova received 46.1% of the vote and won 56 seats in the 101-member Parliament — more than enough for the 51-vote minimum...
- Moldovan presidential election, May–June 2009Moldovan presidential election, May–June 2009An indirect presidential election was held in Moldova following the April 2009 parliamentary election.- Overview :The incumbent president, Vladimir Voronin, is term-limited and was elected to become speaker of the Parliament of Moldova in early May 2009; the ruling Party of Communists of the...
- Moldovan presidential election, November 2009