Transnistrian presidential election 2011

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The 2011 Transnistrian presidential election ( Russian: Президентские выборы в Приднестровской Молдавской Республике ) was the fifth presidential election in the internationally unrecognized Eastern European state of Transnistria . They took place on December 11, 2011, followed by a runoff election on December 25, 2011. In the course of the election, there was the first change of power since the de facto independence of Transnistria.

Election process

A total of six people stood as candidates, after the first ballot on December 11, 2011, there was a runoff, which took place on December 25, 2011. In the first ballot, long-time President Igor Smirnov surprisingly came in third with 24.7%. The then parliamentary speaker Anatoly Kaminsky achieved 26.3%, Yevgeny Shevchuk , who is considered a reformer , received the most votes with around 38.5%. Only Oleg Khorshan from the Transnistrian Communist Party was able to achieve more than one percent of the vote with 5.1% .

There was a runoff election on December 25, 2011 between Yevgeny Shevchuk and Anatoly Kaminsky. Kaminski was considered a candidate supported by Russia.

In the end, however, Yevgeny Shevchuk clearly prevailed with over 73% of the vote. According to analysts, he was able to win over protest voters in particular and position himself as a reformer. He had previously led an anti-corruption program.

The turnout in the first round was just under 60%, in the runoff election only a little over 50%.

Then incumbent Igor Smirnov

Candidates

Election winner Yevgeny Shevchuk
candidate Political party First ballot Runoff
be right % be right %
Yevgeny Shevchuk independently 95,765 38.55 165.502 73.88
Anatoly Kaminski renovation 65,330 26.30 44,071 19.67
Igor Smirnov independently 61,248 24.66
Oleg Khorshan Transnistrian Communist Party 12,646 5.09
Dmitri Soin breakthrough 1441 0.58
Andrei Safonov independently 1303 0.52
Against all 4667 1.88 9977 4.45
Invalid 5986 2.41 4460 1.99
Total votes cast 248.386 100.00 224.010 100.00
voter turnout 248.386 58.88 224.010 52.47
abstention 202.948 47.53
Number of eligible voters 100.00 426,958 100.00
Source: Olvia Press 2 Transnistrian CEC

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://ria.ru/world/20110715/401889741.html
  2. ↑ Transnistria: Kremlin candidate loses presidential election. In: Spiegel Online . December 26, 2011, accessed June 10, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Transnistria: President Smirnov not in the runoff election, wants to challenge the election. In: derStandard.at. December 12, 2011, accessed December 18, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Shevchuk won the presidential election. In: derStandard.at. December 26, 2011, accessed December 18, 2017 .
  5. ↑ a b http://de.rian.ru/opinion/20111228/262371395.html