An indirect presidential election was held in

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on 4 April 2005. In the parliamentary elections in March 2005, the

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(PCRM) received 46.1% of the vote and won 56 seats in the 101-member Parliament — more than enough for the 51-vote minimum required to remain in government, but short of the 61 votes necessary to elect a president. However, President Voronin received the necessary support from the Christian Democratic People's Party, the Democratic and

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factions, after he promised to deliver on needed reforms and

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integration for the country. (The latter two factions broke away from the Electoral Bloc “Moldova Democrată” following the election, leaving the ''Our Moldova'' Alliance (AMN) of the former Mayor of Chişinău

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as the second-largest party in Parliament, with 26 seats). Voronin was re-elected with 75 votes; another candidate, Gheorghe Duca, received one vote, and two votes were invalid."Moldovan parliament re-elects Voronin as president", Moldova One TV (nl.newsbank.com), April 4, 2005.

Results

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{{Moldovan Elections 2005 elections in Moldova 2005 in Moldova 2005 Indirect elections