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 ...
elects a
legislature
A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make law
Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its p ...
at national level. The
Parliament
In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: representing the electorate, making laws, and overseeing the government via hearings and inquiries. Th ...
(''Parlamentul'') has 101 members, elected for a four-year term by
proportional representation
Proportional representation (PR) refers to a type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to geographical (e.g. states, regions) and political divis ...
with a 6%
electoral threshold
The electoral threshold, or election threshold, is the minimum share of the primary vote that a candidate or political party requires to achieve before they become entitled to representation or additional seats in a legislature. This limit can ...
. The President used to be elected for a four-year term by a constitutional majority of 60% members of the Parliament, but a
Constitutional Court
A constitutional court is a high court that deals primarily with constitutional law. Its main authority is to rule on whether laws that are challenged are in fact unconstitutional, i.e. whether they conflict with constitutionally established ...
's ruling on 4 March 2016, reverted the election method of the President to a
two-round system
The two-round system (TRS), also known as runoff voting, second ballot, or ballotage, is a voting method used to elect a single candidate, where voters cast a single vote for their preferred candidate. It generally ensures a majoritarian resu ...
1941 Moldavian Supreme Soviet election
An election for a Supreme Soviet took place in Moldavia on January 12, 1941. The poll was an effort to legitimize the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina which had taken place after Romania agreed to evacuate its administration i ...
Elections in the Moldavian SSR, 1970
An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office.
Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operate ...
1990 Moldavian Supreme Soviet election
Parliamentary elections were held in the Moldavian SSR in February and March 1990 to elect the 380 members of the Supreme Soviet. They were the first and only free elections to the Supreme Soviet of the MSSR, and although the Communist Party of ...
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1994 Moldovan parliamentary election
Early parliamentary elections were held in Moldova on 27 February 1994.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1330 They were the country's first competitive elections, and followed deadlock in Parliament ...
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1998 Moldovan parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Moldova on 22 March 1998.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1330 The Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM) emerged as the largest party in Parliam ...
2007 Moldovan local elections
Local elections were held in Moldova on June 3, 2007, with a runoff for mayors on June 17, 2007.
Voter turnout reached 52.34% nationwide and 37.17% in Chişinău municipality. Following the elections, district, municipal, town and village counc ...
1991 Moldovan presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Moldova on 8 December 1991. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1330 Due to a boycott by the Popular Front of Moldova, Mircea Snegur was the only candidate to contes ...
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1996 Moldovan presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Moldova on 17 November 1996, with a second round on 1 December.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1330 Whilst incumbent President Mircea Snegur received the most vo ...
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2001 Moldovan presidential election
An indirect presidential election was held in Moldova on 4 April 2001. The Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM) won 50.07% of the vote and 71 of the 101 seats in the February 2001 parliamentary election; by this time the constit ...
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2005 Moldovan presidential election
An indirect presidential election was held in Moldova on 4 April 2005. In the parliamentary elections in March 2005, the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM) received 46.1% of the vote and won 56 seats in the 101-member Parliame ...
2016 Moldovan presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Moldova on 30 October 2016. They were the first direct presidential elections since 1996 and followed a declaration by the Constitutional Court on 4 March 2016 that the 2000 constitutional revision that led to t ...
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2020 Moldovan presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Moldova on 1 November. The fourth direct elections since independence in 1991, voters had the possibility to either elect a new president or re-elect the incumbent Igor Dodon. Because no candidate received a ma ...
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2024 Moldovan presidential election
Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in Moldova in autumn 2024.
Electoral system
The President of Moldova is elected using the two-round system; If no candidate receives a majority of the vote in the first round, a second round will b ...
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Referendums
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1994 Moldovan referendum
A referendum on remaining an independent nation was held in Moldova on 6 March 1994. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1330 Initiated by President Mircea Snegur, it was referred to as a "Consultatio ...
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1999 Moldovan constitutional referendum
A consultative constitutional referendum was held in Moldova on 23 May 1999.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1330 It was initiated by President Petru Lucinschi and asked voters whether they approved ...
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2010 Moldovan constitutional referendum
The Moldovan referendum of 2010 was a nationwide referendum in Moldova held on 5 September on whether or not the country should amend the Constitution of Moldova to return to direct popular election of the president. Since 2001, the president had ...
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2019 Moldovan referendum
A non-binding two-part referendum was held in Moldova on 24 February 2019, alongside parliamentary elections. Voters were asked two questions; whether the number of MPs should be reduced from 101 to 61 and whether MPs should be open to recall. B ...
See also
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Electoral calendar
This national electoral calendar for 2022 lists the national/ federal elections held in 2022 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included.
January
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Electoral system
An electoral system or voting system is a set of rules that determine how elections and referendums are conducted and how their results are determined. Electoral systems are used in politics to elect governments, while non-political elections ma ...