General election in Moldova 2010
The 2010 parliamentary elections in Moldova took place on November 28, 2010. It had become necessary after the election of a president after the parliamentary elections in July 2009 failed in several attempts.
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The governing parties originally wanted the presidential election to be held at the same time. However, a referendum on September 5, 2010 on the reintroduction of direct elections for the head of state failed due to insufficient turnout.
In June 2010 the parliament changed the electoral law; u. a. the threshold clause was lowered from 5% to 4%. During the reign of the PCRM electoral legislation has often been criticized, since it consists of several smaller parties then- opposition disadvantaged compared to the large ruling party.
Election result
The Communist Party, which ruled Moldova with a three-fifths majority in parliament until the April 2009 elections, continued to lose ground. As in the last ballot in July 2009, the communists had to record another 5% drop in votes. Nevertheless, they are still the strongest group in parliament.
The governing coalition of the “Alliance for European Integration” (AEI) formed after the last parliamentary election was able to improve its share of the vote by 3%. However, the smallest of the four previous ruling parties, the “Our Moldova” (AMN) alliance, missed the four percent threshold to be overcome to enter parliament, meaning that its votes (2.1%) for the coalition were effectively lost. Within the western-oriented forces, which had previously been divided into three more or less equally large parties and one smaller party (the AMN), a consolidation of the balance of power became apparent. While the AMN sank into insignificance, the Liberal Democrats (PLDM) under Prime Minister Vlad Filat achieved 29.4% more votes than all other coalition partners combined.
The three-fifths majority required for the election of the president was again missed by the governing coalition AEI, if only by two seats. If no agreement is reached between the opposing camps (AEI and communists), the stalemate threatens to continue, which, according to the Moldovan constitution, would lead to another early parliamentary election.
| Political party | be right | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | % | +/- | number | +/- | ||
| Communist Party of Moldova (PCRM) | 677.069 | 39.34 | −5.35 | 42 | −6 | |
| Moldovan Liberal Democratic Party (PLDM) | 506.253 | 29.42 | +12.85 | 32 | +14 | |
| Democratic Party of Moldova (PDM) | 218.620 | 12.70 | +0.16 | 15th | +2 | |
| Liberal Party (PL) | 171,336 | 9.96 | −4.72 | 12 | −3 | |
| Alliance "Our Moldova" (AMN) | 35,289 | 2.05 | −5.30 | - | −7 | |
| Movement "European Action" (MAE) | 21,049 | 1.22 | +1.22 | - | - | |
| Humanist Party of Moldova (PUM) | 15,494 | 0.90 | +0.90 | - | - | |
| National Liberal Party (PNL) | 10,938 | 0.64 | +0.64 | - | - | |
| Social Democratic Party (PSD) | 10.156 | 0.59 | −1.27 | - | - | |
| Christian Democratic People's Party (PPCD) | 9,038 | 0.53 | −1.38 | - | - | |
| United Republic of Moldova Party (PMUEM) | 8,238 | 0.48 | +0.48 | - | - | |
| Party for People and Country (PpNŢ) | 4,819 | 0.28 | +0.28 | - | - | |
| Roma Movement in Moldova (MRRM) | 2,394 | 0.14 | +0.14 | - | - | |
| Conservative Party (PC) | 2,089 | 0.12 | +0.12 | - | - | |
| Republican People's Party (PPR) | 1.997 | 0.12 | +0.12 | - | - | |
| Movement "Equal Rights" (MR) | 1,781 | 0.10 | +0.10 | - | - | |
| Republican Party of Moldova (PRM) | 1,763 | 0.10 | +0.10 | - | - | |
| Party "Patriots of Moldova" (PPM) | 1,580 | 0.09 | +0.09 | - | - | |
| Ecological party "Green Alliance" of Moldova (PEMAVE) | 1,385 | 0.08 | −0.33 | - | - | |
| Labor Party (PM) | 873 | 0.05 | +0.05 | - | - | |
| Independent candidates | 18,832 | 1.09 | +1.09 | - | - | |
| total | 1,720,993 | 100.00 | 101 | |||
| Valid votes | 1,720,993 | 99.31 | ||||
| Invalid votes | 11,951 | 0.69 | ||||
| voter turnout | 1,732,944 | 63.37 | ||||
| Eligible voters | 2,811,469 | 100.00 | ||||
| Source: | ||||||
Elected MPs
Presidential election
On February 8, following a complaint by four Communist MPs, the Moldovan Constitutional Court ruled that Parliament alone has the right to decide when a presidential election should take place, even if the interim president's two-month term has expired. This avoids dissolution of parliament and early parliamentary elections and the government remains in office. The ruling meant that no new presidential election took place. On March 16, 2012, the independent lawyer Nicolae Timofti was finally elected as the new President of Moldova.
Web links
- Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Moldova Official website (Romanian, Russian)
- Parliament of the Republic of Moldova Official Website (Romanian)
- Election page at e-democracy.md
- Молдавский парламент изменил кодекс о выборах. IA Novosti - Moldova
- Референдум о форме президентских выборов пройдет в Молдове в сентябре. IA Novosti - Moldova
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Result of the parliamentary election 2010 e-democracy.md (Romanian, Russian, English)
- ^ Moldova going to third election in two years . BBC
- ↑ constcourt.md ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF)
- ↑ unimedia.info
