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
17 November 1996 (first round)
1 December 1996 (second round)
 
Nominee Petru Lucinschi Mircea Snegur
Party Independent PCRM
Popular vote 919,831 782,933
Percentage 54.0% 46.0%
President before election

Mircea Snegur
PCRM

 Elected President

Petru Lucinschi
Independent

Results
Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Mircea SnegurParty of Rebirth and Conciliation of Moldova630,65238.8782,93346.0
Petru LucinschiIndependent430,83627.7919,83154.0
Vladimir VoroninParty of Communists of the Republic of Moldova159,39310.2
Andrei SangheliDemocratic Agrarian Party of Moldova147,5559.5
Valeriu MateiParty of Democratic Forces138,6058.9
Marina LeviţchiIndependent33,1152.1
Anatol PlugaruIndependent28,1591.8
Iuliana Gorea-CostinIndependent9,9260.6
Veronica AbramciucIndependent6,6190.4
Invalid/blank votes76,801–45,375–
Total1,634,6611001,748,139100
Registered voters/turnout2,399,15668.12,441,07471.6
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
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References
  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1330 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1343


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