2005 Chișinău mayoral election

Elections for the post of mayor of Chișinău were held on 10 July, 24 July, 27 November, and 11 December 2005.

July Election edit

Elections for the post of mayor of Chișinău on 10 July 2005 have been declared invalid, as they participated in only 27% of voters. The by-election on 24 July 2005 was attended by only 19,8% of voters. These elections were also declared invalid because of the participation of less than one-third of voters on the electoral lists.

November–December Election edit

Following elections were held on 27 November 2005. 22,42% of the voters was not enough to recognize the election. Another attempt to elect the mayor of the capital was made on 11 December 2005. At this time the polls were 22.62% of the inhabitants of Chişinău. The mayor was not elected. From 2005 to 2007 mayor was Vasile Ursu. On 25 January 2007 Vasile Ursu was appointed Minister of Transport and acting mayor of Chișinău became Veaceslav Iordan, former deputy of Ursu.

Results edit

The election of mayor of Chișinău
Candidate / Party 10 July 24 July 27 November 11 December
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
Dumitru Braghiș, Independent Candidate 32 126 20,65%
Vladimir Braga, Ecologist Party of Moldova "Green Alliance" 599 0,39%
Iuliana Gorea-Costin, Independent Candidate 7 699 4,95%
Zinaida Greceanîi, (Party of Communists) 78 018 50,15% 96 250 87,78%
Vladimir Guritsenko, Democratic Party of Moldova 2 925 1,88%
Dorin Chirtoacă, Liberal Party 11 091 7,13% 32 098 25,14% 45 299 35,62%
Valeri Klimenko, Blocul Electoral Patria - Rodina 5 848 3,76% 13 400 12,22%
Valentin Krilov, Blocul Electoral Patria - Rodina 8 151 6,38% 8 803 6,92%
Eduard Mușuc Social Democratic Party (Moldova) 5 991 4,69%
Olga Nikolenko, Social Liberal Party (Moldova) 2 276 1,78%
Mircea Rusu, Party Alliance Our Moldova 13 096 10,26%
Mihai Severovan, Independent Candidate 5 574 3,58%
Gheorghe Sima, Labor Union "Patria-Rodina" 783 0,5% 1 521 1,19% 1 324 1,04%
Gheorghe Susarenco, Christian-Democratic People's Party 10 914 7.02%
Vasile Ursu, Independent Candidate 59 570 46,66% 67 279 52,91%
Oleg Cernei, Ecologist Party of Moldova "Green Alliance" 4 970 3,89% 4 462 3,51%

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