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 29 November 2015, alongside municipal elections.

Electoral system

The 43 seats of the Supreme Council are elected in single-member constituencies using

first-past-the-post voting In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast their ...

Campaign

A total of 138 candidates contested the elections.Polls Close In Transdniester Legislative, Municipal Elections
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 29 November 2015

Results

Obnovlenie Obnovlenie (russian: Обновление, lit=Renewal), officially the Republican Party "Obnovlenie",, , uk, Республіканська партія «Оновлення» is a political party in the unrecognized state of Transnistria, ...

won 35 out of 43 seats in the Supreme Council, maintaining their status as a

majority government A majority government is a government by one or more governing parties that hold an absolute majority of seats in a legislature. This is as opposed to a minority government, where the largest party in a legislature only has a plurality of seats. ...

. Obnovlenie leader

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 ...

was re-elected in constituency #34, as was PCP 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 ...

in constituency #40 (Tiraspol).О регистрации избранных депутатов Верховного Совета Приднестровской Молдавской Республики VI созыва
, Transnistrian Central Election Committee, 23 December 2015 Overall turnout was 48.3%, with the

Camenca District Camenca District ( ro, Raionul Camenca; russian: Каменский район; uk, Кам'янський район) is a district of Transnistria, a breakaway republic which is internationally recognized as part of Moldova. Its seat is the town ...

reporting the highest turnout of 54.0%. The lowest turnout was in the city of Bender, with a turnout of only 42.7%.

Aftermath

On 23 December 2015,

Vadim Krasnoselski Vadim Nikolaevich Krasnoselsky (russian: Вади́м Никола́евич Красносе́льский; ro, Vadim Nicolaevici Crasnoselschii; born 14 April 1970) is a Transnistrian politician who is the 3rd and current President of Transn ...

, who was elected in constituency #7, was elected Speaker.#
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References

Elections in Transnistria 2015 elections in Europe 2015 in Transnistria Election and referendum articles with incomplete results {{transnistria-stub