1996 Moldovan presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Moldova on 17 November 1996, with a second round on 1 December.[1] Whilst incumbent President Mircea Snegur received the most votes in the first round, he was defeated in the second by Petru Lucinschi.[2]

1996 Moldovan presidential election

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1 December 1996 (second round)
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Nominee Petru Lucinschi Mircea Snegur
Party Independent PRCM
Popular vote 919,831 782,933
Percentage 54.02% 45.98%

President before election

Mircea Snegur
PCRM

Elected President

Petru Lucinschi
Independent

Results

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CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Mircea SnegurParty of Rebirth and Conciliation603,65238.75782,93345.98
Petru LucinschiIndependent430,83627.66919,83154.02
Vladimir VoroninParty of Communists159,39310.23
Andrei SangheliDemocratic Agrarian Party147,5559.47
Valeriu MateiParty of Democratic Forces138,6058.90
Marina LeviţchiIndependent33,1152.13
Anatol PlugaruIndependent28,1591.81
Iuliana Gorea-CostinIndependent9,9260.64
Veronica AbramciucIndependent6,6190.42
Total1,557,860100.001,702,764100.00
Valid votes1,557,86095.301,702,76497.40
Invalid/blank votes76,8014.7045,3752.60
Total votes1,634,661100.001,748,139100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,399,15668.132,441,07471.61
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1330 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1343