Parliamentary elections were held in

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on 29 November 2020, alongside municipal elections.

Electoral system

The 33 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

Obnovlenie candidates ran unopposed in 22 of the 33 constituencies.Apathetic Voters Snub Election in Moldova’s Breakaway Transnistria
Balkan Insight, 30 December 2020

Results

Overall turnout was 27.79%, with the

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reporting the highest turnout of 40.86%.

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 29 out of 33 seats in the Supreme Council, maintaining their status as a

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. Four

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s were also elected, all of whom are said to be close to the company

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.Breakaway Transnistria fully under Sheriff’s control as Obnovlenie party sweeps board in parliament election
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" (20.6%).

References

Elections in Transnistria

2020 in Transnistria Election and referendum articles with incomplete results {{transnistria-stub