Moldovan parliamentary election, 1994
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An early parliamentary election took place in Moldova
on February 27, 1994.
Electoral threshold for the parties was 4%.
— 56, BePSMUE — 28, BTI — 11, BeAFPCD — 9.
Voter turnout: 79.31%.
The PDAM's 43.2% of the vote translated into an absolute majority in parliament (56 of 104 seats). Further confirming the popularity of government policy, at a referendum the following month, 95.4% voted that Moldova should remain an "independent and unitary state", while at the 1995 local elections, the party scored 47% of the vote.
Moldova
Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...
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. The parliamentary elections on February 27, 1994 were held under a special law, but the regulations on election of leading state organs and conduct of referenda were further covered by a single document — the Electoral Code adopted on November 21, 1997.Electoral threshold for the parties was 4%.
Results
Seats distribution: PDAMAgrarian Party of Moldova
The Agrarian Party of Moldova , formerly the Democratic Agrarian Party of Moldova , is a Moldovan political party, prominent from 1991 to 1998. Governing for most of this period, the party represented a large centrist multi-ethnic bloc led by former collective farm chairmen and village mayors...
— 56, BePSMUE — 28, BTI — 11, BeAFPCD — 9.
Voter turnout: 79.31%.
The PDAM's 43.2% of the vote translated into an absolute majority in parliament (56 of 104 seats). Further confirming the popularity of government policy, at a referendum the following month, 95.4% voted that Moldova should remain an "independent and unitary state", while at the 1995 local elections, the party scored 47% of the vote.
| Abbreviation | Political parties | Votes | % | Seats |- |
PDAM | Democratic Agrarian Party of Moldova Agrarian Party of Moldova The Agrarian Party of Moldova , formerly the Democratic Agrarian Party of Moldova , is a Moldovan political party, prominent from 1991 to 1998. Governing for most of this period, the party represented a large centrist multi-ethnic bloc led by former collective farm chairmen and village mayors... (Partidul Democrat Agrar din Moldova) |
766 589 | 43.18 | 56 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSMUE | Socialist Party/Edinstvo Bloc (Blocul electoral Partidul Socialist şi Mişcarea "Unitate-Edinstvo") | 390 584 | 22.00 | 28 | |||||
| BŢI | Bloc of Peasants and Intellectuals (Blocul Ţăranilor şi Intelectualilor) | 163 513 | 9.21 | 11 | |||||
| AFPCD | Christian Democratic Popular Front (Partidul Popular Creştin Democrat) | 133 606 | 7.53 | 9 | |||||
| BSD | Blocul electoral "Blocul Social-Democrat" | 65 028 | 3.66 | ||||||
| AFM | Asociaţia Femeilor din Moldova | 50 243 | 2.83 | ||||||
| PDMM | Partidul Democrat al Muncii din Moldova | 49 210 | 2.77 | ||||||
| PR | Partidul Reformei (Moldova) | 41 980 | 2.36 | ||||||
| PDM | Partidul Democrat din Moldova | 23 368 | 1.32 | ||||||
| AVRTM | Asociaţia Victimelor Regimului Totalitar comunist din Moldova | 16 672 | 0.94 | ||||||
| PRM | Partidul Republican din Moldova | 16 529 | 0.93 | ||||||
| PRM | Partidul Ecologist "Alianţa Verde" din Moldova | 7 025 | 0.40 | ||||||
| PNC | Partidul Naţional Creştin | 5 878 | 0.33 | ||||||
| CI | Candidaţi independenţi | 45 152 | 2.54 |