2020 Transnistrian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Transnistria on 29 November 2020, alongside municipal elections.[1]

2020 Transnistrian parliamentary election

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All 33 seats in the Supreme Council
17 seats needed for a majority
Registered410,592
Turnout28.06% (Decrease 20.2pp)
  First party
 
Leader Alexander Korshunov
Party Obnovlenie
Last election 35 seats
Seats won 29
Seat change Decrease 6

Speaker before election

Alexander Korshunov
Obnovlenie

Elected Speaker

Alexander Korshunov
Obnovlenie

Electoral system

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The 33 seats of the Supreme Council are elected in single-member constituencies using first-past-the-post voting.[2]

Campaign

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Obnovlenie candidates ran unopposed in 22 of the 33 constituencies.[3]

Conduct

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The Russian daily newspaper Kommersant labelled the election as undemocratic and unrepresentative.[4] According to Freedom House "Figures who oppose the local elites linked with Sheriff Enterprises are subject to intimidation and have been mostly silenced in recent years. The territory's persecuted opposition parties did not play a significant role in the 2020 legislative elections, which left the Supreme Council with no genuine opposition."[5] There were also allegations of electoral fraud.[6]

Results

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Overall turnout was 27.79%,[3] with the Camenca District reporting the highest turnout of 40.86%.[7][8]

Obnovlenie won 29 out of 33 seats in the Supreme Council, maintaining their status as a majority government. Four independent politicians were also elected, all of whom were said to be close to the company Sheriff.[2]

23,493 voted "against all"[9] (20.6%).[10] This was a visibly higher percentage than during the previous elections.

 
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Obnovlenie29–6
Transnistrian Communist Party0–1
Independents4–3
Total33–10
Total votes115,205
Registered voters/turnout410,59228.06
Source: Intellinews, CIKPMR, CIKPMR

By constituency

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Constituency Candidate Votes %
1 – Solnechny Alexander Korshunov 2,173 80.66
Against all 521 19.34
2 – Memorialny Yury Yuryevich Kucherenko 2,256 81.15
Against all 524 18.85
3 – Borisovsky Oleg Anatolyevich Petryk 2,612 88.63
Against all 335 11.37
4 – Leninsky Anton Nikolaevich Onufrienko 1,926 71.84
Against all 755 28.16
5 – Tsentralny Sergey Andreevich Pisarenko 1,597 72.10
Against all 618 27.90
6 – Pervomaisky Ruslan Khanifovich Gareev 1,729 73.26
Against all 631 26.74
7 – Tsentralny Oleg Sergeevich Leontyev 1,791 78.38
Against all 494 21.62
8 – Yuzhny Vladimir Dmitrievich Pelin 3,531 86.19
Against all 566 13.81
9 – Severny Dmitry Vasilievich Ogirchuk 3,210 89.89
Against all 361 10.11
10 – Severny Oleg Markovich Baev 3,296 67.46
Roman Ivanovich Bugra 1,200 24.56
Against all 390 7.98
11 – Tsentralny Boris Ilyich German 2,741 61.14
Andrey Viktorovich Sipchenko 976 21.77
Against all 766 17.09
12 – Kamensky Valery Grigorievich Babchinetsky 1,710 62.59
Against all 1,022 37.41
13 – Khrustovskoy Porfiry Vladimirovich Shkilnyuk 4,141 81.61
Against all 933 18.39
14 – Metallurgicheskiy Vadim Viktorovich Kravchuk 1,623 47.21
Alexander Stanislavovich Budasov 561 16.32
Oleg Andreevich Sikorsky 502 14.60
Against all 752 21.87
15 – Kirovsky Andrey Mikhailovich Safonov 1,727 62.06
Against all 1,056 37.94
16 – Michurinsky Yakov Yefimovich Galak 1,882 65.12
Against all 1,008 34.88
17 – Bolshemolokishsky Vasily Anatolievich Kunitsky 3,957 72.42
Against all 1,507 27.58
18 – Popenksky Valentin Nikolaevich Matveychuk 3,448 84.49
Against all 633 15.51
19 – Krasnyansky Sergey Fedorovich Cheban 2,256 66.20
Pyotr Dmitrievich Balika 817 23.97
Against all 335 9.83
20 – Pervomaisky Oleg Valerievich Vasilatiy 2,586 71.12
Against all 1,050 28.88
21 – Slobodzeysky Pavel Viktorovych Shynkaryuk 2,625 90.52
Against all 275 9.48
22 – Sukleysky Stepan Ivanovich Stepanov 2,173 58.56
Hryhoriy Vasilievich Horobchenko 912 24.58
Against all 626 16.87
23 – Kitskansky Igor Teodorovich Yarych 2,298 79.99
Against all 575 20.01
24 – Parkansky Ivan Vasilievich Nedelkov 2,632 71.79
Against all 1,034 28.21
25 – Zapadny Galina Mikhailovna Antyufeeva 2,608 69.83
Against all 1,127 30.17
26 – Borodinsky Vadim Georgievich Lipsky 1,714 63.58
Against all 982 36.42
27 – Partizansky Evgeniy Viktorovich Gushan 1,941 65.27
Against all 1,033 34.73
28 – Tsentralny Ilona Petrovna Tyuryaeva 2,064 65.23
Valery Nikolaevich Shemyansky 477 15.08
Against all 623 19.69
29 – Odessky Igor Semyonovich Buga 1,539 43.85
Nikolay Anatolievich Malyshev 1,296 36.92
Against all 675 19.23
30 – Kirovsky Grigory Ivanovich Dyachenko 2,110 60.15
Sergey Sergeevich Malaman 497 14.17
Lyudmila Alekseevna Morozova 249 7.10
Against all 652 18.59
31 – Krasnodonsky Vadim Fedorovich Levitsky 1,956 55.87
Aleksandr Sergeevich Markelov 912 26.05
Against all 633 18.08
32 – Komsomolsky Andrey Viktorovich Mezhinsky 1,881 57.10
Alexander Vladimirovich Shtembulyak 819 24.86
Against all 594 18.03
33 – Vostochny Viktor Mikhailovich Guzun 1,811 81.65
Against all 407 18.35

References

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  1. ^ "Президент Приднестровья выразил благодарность избирательным комиссиям всех уровней за организацию и проведение Единого дня голосования". CEC. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b Breakaway Transnistria fully under Sheriff's control as Obnovlenie party sweeps board in parliament election, bne IntelliNews, 3 December 2020
  3. ^ a b Apathetic Voters Snub Election in Moldova’s Breakaway Transnistria, Balkan Insight, 30 December 2020
  4. ^ "Пришерифская молдавская республика". Kommersant. 30 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Freedom in the World 2024: Transnistria". Freedom House.
  6. ^ "Пришерифская молдавская республика". Kommersant. 30 November 2020.
  7. ^ "В Приднестровье опубликовали предварительные результаты выборов в Верховный совет. Сторонники "Обновления" побеждают в большинстве округов". November 30, 2020.
  8. ^ "Общие итоги выборов депутатов Верховного Совета ПМР VII созыва". Центральная Избирательная Комиссия. 30 November 2020.
  9. ^ "Результаты выборов депутатов Верховного Совета Приднестровской Молдавской Республики VII созыва 29 ноября 2020 года". Центральная Избирательная Комиссия.
  10. ^ "В Приднестровье выборы прошли безальтернативно и при низкой явке". EADaily. 30 November 2020.