Presidential elections were held in the breakaway republic of

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 9 December 2001.''Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2003'', Taylor & Francis, p265 The result was a victory for incumbent President

Igor Smirnov Igor Smirnov may refer to: *Igor Smirnov (politician) (born 1941), president of the unrecognized Transdniestrian Moldovan Republic * Igor Smirnov (scientist) (1951–2004), controversial Russian mind control researcher See also * Igor Mirnov Igo ...

, who received 82% of the vote. The other candidates were Tom Zenovich, mayor of Bender (the second largest city in the country), and

Alexander Radchenko Aleksandr Radchenko (russian: Алекса́ндр Рáдченко; 1943 – 13 November 2014) was an ethnic Ukrainians, Ukrainian politician and human rights activist from Transnistria. A former Soviet Union, Soviet military officer, he was th ...

of the Power to the People party, which advocated reunion with

Moldova Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The unrecognised state of Transnistr ...

Results

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Elections in Transnistria Presidential