Presidential elections were held in Transnistria on 11 December 2016.[1] The result was a victory for Supreme Council Speaker, Vadim Krasnoselsky, who defeated incumbent President Yevgeny Shevchuk.
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Candidates
editSeven candidates registered to contest the elections. However, former Interior Minister Gennady Kuzmichev later withdrew his candidacy.[2][3]
| Candidate | Party | Public office experience | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Deli | Independent | Prosecutor of Transnistria (2012–2016) Minister of Justice (2012) | |
| Vladimir Grigoryev | Independent | None | |
| Oleg Khorzhan | Communist | Member of the Supreme Council (2010–2018) | |
| Vadim Krasnoselsky | Independent | Speaker of the Supreme Council (2015–2016) Member of the Supreme Council (2015–2016) Minister of the Interior (2007–2012) | |
| Gennady Kuzmichev | Independent | Minister of the Interior (2013–2015) | |
| Yevgeny Shevchuk | Independent | President of Transnistria (2011–2016) Speaker of the Supreme Council (2005–2009) Member of the Supreme Council (2000–2011) | |
| Irina Vasilaki | Independent | None | |
In the last opinion poll before the election, made public on November 23, 2016, 52.90% of those polled indicated a preference for Evgeniy Vasilyevich Shevchuk, 30.40% for Vadim Nikolaevich Krasnoselsky, 6.04% against everyone, 4.98% for Oleg Olegovich Khorzhan, 3.38% for Gennady Yuryevich Kuzmichev, 1.05% for Alexander Fedorovich Deli, 0.88% for Irina Nikolaevna Vasilaki and 0.37% for Vladimir Anatolyevich Grigoriev.[4]
Results
edit| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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| Vadim Krasnoselsky | Independent | 157,410 | 63.52 | |
| Yevgeny Shevchuk | Independent | 69,179 | 27.92 | |
| Oleg Khorzhan | Transnistrian Communist Party | 8,012 | 3.23 | |
| Vladimir Grigoryev | Independent | 1,698 | 0.69 | |
| Irina Vasilaki | Independent | 1,526 | 0.62 | |
| Alexander Deli | Independent | 1,379 | 0.56 | |
| Against all | 8,593 | 3.47 | ||
| Total | 247,797 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 247,797 | 98.08 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 4,862 | 1.92 | ||
| Total votes | 252,659 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 60.1 | |||
| Source: CIK | ||||
References
edit- ^ Transnistrian “House of Cards” Archived 2016-07-11 at the Wayback Machine New Eastern Europe, 7 June 2016
- ^ "Об отмене регистрации Геннадия Кузьмичёва в качестве кандидата в президенты ПМР". ЦИК ПМР. 2016-12-01. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
- ^ Кандидаты в Президенты ПМР Archived 2019-01-23 at the Wayback Machine ЦИК ПМР
- ^ Sociological survey “Electoral preferences of voters in Transnistria on the eve of the presidential elections in the PMR”, 11/23/2016, originally at https://web.archive.org/web/20161214065012/http://glsoccon.ru/news.html, currently at https://web.archive.org/web/20161214065012/http://glsoccon.ru/news.html.