Parliamentary elections were held in

Transnistria Transnistria, officially the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR), is an unrecognised breakaway state that is internationally recognised as a part of Moldova. Transnistria controls most of the narrow strip of land between the Dniester riv ...

on 12 December 2010. All 43 seats of the Supreme Council of Transnistria were up for election. Transnistria uses

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with 43 single seat constituencies. In preparation for the election, boundaries of the electoral constituencies were reviewed and revised in September 2010.

International observers

The Supreme Council passed a resolution on 27 October to invite international observers to monitor the election. MPs invited the members of the

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, the

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, Russia's Electoral Commission, the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada, the

Parliament of Abkhazia The People's Assembly — Parliament of the Republic of Abkhazia ( ab, Аҧсны Жәлар Реизара – Апарламент, ka, აფხაზეთის რესპუბლიკის სახალხო კრება, russi ...

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, Artsakh, as well as the

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, the

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and the

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. Observers present included representatives from Abkhazia, Artsakh, Germany and Poland. According to official data, 22 of the 43 members of its parliament (MPs) were born on the territory of PMR, while 4 were born in Moldova, 7 were born in Russia, 6 in Ukraine and 4 did not declare.

Result

According to the results, overall turnout was 43%, with Constituency #11 (located in

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) reporting 70.1%, the highest in the country. In this district,

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founder

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swept the vote, being re-elected with 97.85% (also the highest in the country). The lowest turnout was in Constituency #2 (

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), with 29.3%. Results for 42 constituencies were announced on 13 December, with one recount going on, in Constituency #27 (in

Slobozia District Slobozia District ( ro, Raionul Slobozia; russian: Слободзейский район; uk, Слободзейський район) is a district of Transnistria. It is the southernmost district of Transnistria, located mostly south of Tirasp ...

). The election here was won by

Oleg Vasilaty Oleg (russian: Олег), Oleh ( uk, Олег), or Aleh ( be, Алег) is an East Slavic given name. The name is very common in Russia, Ukraine and Belаrus. It derives from the Old Norse ''Helgi'' ( Helge), meaning "holy", "sacred", or "bless ...

, who took 35.84% of the vote, only slightly more than the number of votes "

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", which was the highest in the country at 31.5%. According to the provisional results, Renewal has won the election, taking 25 out of 43 seats in parliament.

Yevgeny Shevchuk Yevgeny Vasilyevich Shevchuk (russian: Евге́ний Васи́льевич Шевчу́к, tr. ''Yevgeniy Vasilyevich Shevchuk'', uk, Євге́н Васи́льович Шевчу́к, tr. ''Yevhen Vasylovych Shevchuk'', Moldovan Cyrillic ...

Mikhail Burla Mikhail Porfirovich Burla (russian: Михаи́л Порфирович Бурла; uk, Михайло Порфірович Бурла, ''Mykhaylo Profirovych Burla''; born 22 November 1957 in village Mejdurechie, Storozhynets Raion, Chernivtsi ...

and

Anatoliy Kaminski Anatoliy Vladimirovich Kaminski ( uk, Анато́лій Володи́мирович Камі́нський, russian: Анатолий Владимирович Каминский) (born 15 March 1950 in Baley, Russian SFSR) is an ethnic Ukrain ...

, leaders of Renewal, were among those (re-)elected. The

Pridnestrovie Communist Party The Pridnestrovie Communist Party (PCP), Moldovan Cyrillic: , uk, Придністровська комуністична партія is a communist party in the unrecognized state of Transnistria. The party was led by Oleg Khorzhan until his ...

got its first seat in parliament after its leader

Oleg Khorzhan Oleg Olegovich Khorzhan (russian: Олег Олегович Хоржан; born 30 June 1976) is a Transnistrian lawyer and politician who previously served as the chairman of the Pridnestrovie Communist Party and as a member of Transnistria's S ...

was elected in Constituency #40 (Tiraspol), defeating Renewal deputy leader

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Aftermath

The Supreme Council held its first session in the new composition on 29 December 2010. In this session, Anatoly Kaminski was re-elected as speaker.

References

External links

Transnistrian Central Electoral Commission
(in Russian) {{Transnistrian elections Elections in Transnistria 2010 elections in Moldova 2010 in Transnistria Election and referendum articles with incomplete results