2010 Moldovan parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Moldova on 28 November 2010 after parliamentary vote failed to elect a President for the second time in late 2009.[1]

Moldovan parliamentary election

28 November 2010
All the 101 seats to the Parliament of Moldova
First party Second party   Leader Vladimir Voronin Vlad Filat Party PCRM PLDM Leader since 1994 2007 Last election 48 18 Seats won 42 32 Seat change 6 14 Popular vote 677,069 506,253 Percentage 39.3% 29.4%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Marian Lupu Mihai Ghimpu Party PDM PL Leader since 2009 2005 Last election 13 15 Seats won 15 12 Seat change 2 3 Popular vote 218,620 171,336 Percentage 12.7% 10.0%

Background

After the constitutional referendum failed to meet the 33% turnout required to validate the results, the Constitutional Court of Moldova ruled that acting president of Moldova, Mihai Ghimpu had to dissolve the parliament and hold new elections. Ghimpu then announced that the parliament would be dissolved on 28 September 2010 and new elections would be held on 28 November 2010.[2]

Electoral system

The electoral threshold varied for different organisations; for electoral blocs of three or more parties it was 9%; for blocs of two parties it was 7%, and for individual parties it was 4%. Individual candidates could also run, but needed to receive at least 2% of the vote to win a seat. A total of 39 contestants; 20 political parties and 19 independent candidates.

The Constitution states that the Parliament must elect the President with a majority of at least 61 votes (from a total of 101). After two failed attempts the Parliament must be dissolved and the interim president must set the date for a new parliamentary election.

Campaign

The Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova, Democratic Party of Moldova and the Liberal Party formed the Alliance for European Integration in a coalition against the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova.[3] The Alliance seeks integration into the European Union.

Opinion polls

According to the Chișinău-based Institute of Marketing and Polls IMAS-INC, a poll during the period of July 26-August 12 showed 42% of respondents trusted PLDM, 35% trusted PCRM, 35% - PDM and 30% - the Liberal Party.[4]

Date	Institute	Party
		PCRM	PLDM	PDM	PL	AMN
15 April–3 May 2010[5]	IMAS	28%	16.5%	8.6%	4.9%	-
4 November 2010[6]	CBS-AXA	39%	21%	19%	13%	2%
12 November 2010[6]	Vox Populi	35.3%	19.8%	12.5%	11%	6.5%
16 November 2010[6]	BPO	37.2%	31.1%	14.4%	12.5%	0.8%
18 November 2010[6]	AVA.MD	54.3%	22.6%	9.7%	8.6%	1%
19 November 2010[6]	CBS-AXA	35%	28%	18%	12%	2%
22 November 2010[6]	Vox Populi-II	32.1%	22.1%	12.1%	10.9%	7%

Exit polls

There were two exit polls made for two TV stations, both failing to predict the outcome within the margin of error:

Institute	Margin of error	% of seats
		PCRM	PLDM	PDM	PL	AMN
IRES poll (made for Publika TV)[7][8][9]	±1%[10]	26% (29)	34.4% (37)	15.1% (17)	15.6% (18)	3.1% (0)
CBS AXA poll (made for Prime TV)[7][11][12]	<2%[13]	33.8% (37)	32.2% (35)	14.1% (17)	10.2% (12)	3% (0)

Results

Election map showing the results by administrative divisions of Moldova.

The Communists won 42 seats, while the Liberal Democrats won 32, the Democratic Party 15, and the Liberals 12. This gave the Alliance for European Integration 59 seats, two short of the 61 needed to elect a President. The result thus maintained the status quo following the contemporaneous constitutional deadlock.

Observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and the Council of Europe lauded the election, with the head of the Parliamentary Assembly delegation of OSCE, Tonino Picula, saying "These elections reflected the will of the people."[3]

 Summary of the 28 November 2010 Parliament of Moldova election results

Parties and coalitions		Votes	%	Seats	+/−
	Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova	677,069	39.34	42	–6
	Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova	506,253	29.42	32	+14
	Democratic Party of Moldova	218,620	12.70	15	+2
	Liberal Party	171,336	9.96	12	–3
	Our Moldova Alliance	35,289	2.05	0	–7
	European Action Movement	21,049	1.22	0	New
	Humanist Party of Moldova	15,494	0.90	0	New
	National Liberal Party	10,938	0.64	0	New
	Social Democratic Party	10,156	0.59	0	0
	Christian Democratic People's Party	9,038	0.53	0	0
	United Moldova	8,238	0.48	0	New
	For Nation and Country	4,819	0.28	0	New
	Roma Movement of the Republic of Moldova	2,394	0.14	0	New
	Conservative Party	2,089	0.12	0	New
	Popular Republican Party	1,997	0.12	0	New
	Republican Party of Moldova	1,763	0.10	0	New
	Equality	1,781	0.10	0	New
	Patriots of Moldova	1,580	0.09	0	New
	Ecologist Party of Moldova "Green Alliance"	1,385	0.08	0	0
	Labour Party	873	0.05	0	New
	Independents	18,832	1.09	0	New
Invalid/blank votes		11,907	–	–	–
Total		1,720,993	100	101	–
Registered voters/turnout		2,645,923	65.04	–	–
Source: eDemocracy

By district

#	District	Registered	Voted	Turnout	Valid	PCRM	PLDM	PL	PD	AMN	MAE	PUM	PNL
1	Chișinău			67.62%		40.20%	28.44%	16.04%	8.18%	1.55%	0.39%	0.60%	0.48%
2	Bălți			58.70%		56.90%	18.33%	4.93%	13.70%	1.38%	0.24%	0.88%	0.31%
3	Gagauzia			52.66%		59.99%	6.28%	0.52%	15.67%	0.68%	0.27%	6.52%	0.32%
4	Anenii Noi			60.14%		44.11%	31.04%	7.63%	10.21%	1.37%	1.76%	0.75%	0.43%
5	Basarabeasca			73.46%		50.21%	25.57%	2.67%	12.88%	2.74%	0.56%	1.20%	0.21%
6	Briceni			58.97%		47.25%	17.44%	4.30%	21.21%	4.00%	0.83%	0.63%	0.52%
7	Cahul			57.84%		37.77%	33.05%	9.03%	11.65%	1.06%	2.25%	0.60%	0.68%
8	Cantemir			57.97%		34.36%	34.80%	7.76%	11.99%	1.03%	5.75%	0.74%	0.99%
9	Călărași			56.07%		25.81%	35.85%	16.24%	12.31%	3.76%	1.07%	0.68%	0.65%
10	Căușeni			57.76%		41.17%	32.13%	6.43%	12.12%	0.96%	2.14%	0.68%	0.54%
11	Cimișlia			57.24%		38.91%	33.67%	6.97%	15.44%	0.39%	1.03%	0.56%	0.51%
12	Criuleni			62.75%		33.77%	33.30%	11.05%	11.28%	2.90%	2.74%	0.75%	0.63%
13	Dondușeni			65.33%		53.99%	19.59%	4.26%	14.32%	1.23%	1.27%	0.98%	0.67%
14	Drochia			59.00%		44.58%	28.21%	4.21%	13.83%	2.33%	0.65%	1.21%	0.43%
15	Dubăsari			59.10%		62.34%	16.29%	5.52%	9.10%	1.04%	2.73%	0.51%	0.29%
16	Edineț			61.04%		52.54%	12.80%	3.72%	21.62%	3.73%	1.58%	0.76%	0.52%
17	Fălești			57.62%		47.59%	25.82%	3.72%	15.81%	2.54%	0.67%	0.89%	0.66%
18	Florești			60.63%		47.60%	23.11%	4.16%	17.25%	2.66%	1.15%	0.61%	0.55%
19	Glodeni			57.25%		43.64%	24.63%	4.37%	17.03%	3.40%	1.13%	1.06%	0.57%
20	Hîncești			56.17%		23.24%	50.96%	6.84%	13.73%	0.85%	0.63%	0.56%	0.60%
21	Ialoveni			62.39%		23.49%	42.11%	16.36%	11.11%	2.34%	0.26%	0.37%	0.55%
22	Leova			53.95%		35.80%	28.72%	5.18%	18.81%	0.52%	5.97%	0.75%	0.90%
23	Nisporeni			60.63%		19.00%	37.21%	14.98%	18.78%	4.23%	2.49%	0.29%	0.50%
24	Ocnița			63.44%		60.11%	12.81%	2.75%	16.24%	3.51%	0.49%	0.67%	0.47%
25	Orhei			61.05%		24.22%	37.48%	9.82%	17.04%	4.47%	1.32%	0.65%	0.87%
26	Rezina			61.98%		39.40%	27.81%	7.73%	14.67%	1.08%	3.44%	0.76%	0.73%
27	Rîșcani			58.62%		47.73%	23.24%	5.84%	14.26%	2.56%	1.64%	1.28%	0.57%
28	Sîngerei			57.37%		38.33%	28.66%	5.40%	19.23%	2.01%	2.01%	0.84%	0.60%
29	Soroca			60.27%		45.42%	22.36%	5.84%	14.58%	4.71%	2.11%	0.85%	0.69%
30	Strășeni			58.16%		26.42%	41.15%	12.55%	11.29%	2.03%	2.01%	0.63%	0.73%
31	Șoldănești			60.94%		40.93%	31.75%	6.22%	12.50%	1.74%	2.05%	0.55%	0.62%
32	Ștefan Vodă			56.21%		33.03%	38.79%	7.46%	11.52%	2.61%	0.88%	1.07%	0.44%
33	Taraclia			60.81%		69.80%	6.18%	1.10%	11.12%	1.31%	0.10%	2.48%	0.30%
34	Telenești			61.77%		22.42%	49.14%	7.76%	14.49%	0.35%	1.89%	0.62%	0.96%
35	Ungheni			58.44%		42.35%	26.27%	7.05%	14.70%	3.67%	1.50%	0.73%	0.65%
36	Diplomatic missions			89.02%		6.88%	48.88%	25.44%	8.92%	1.36%	1.02%	0.33%	2.71%
Total				61.72%		39.32%	29.38%	9.96%	12.72%	2.05%	1.22%	0.90%'	0.64%
Source: eDemocracy

Aftermath

Even though the Alliance for European Integration did not get the supermajority needed to elect the president, the leaders of the three parties of the alliance pledged a new coalition agreement on 30 December. Their new cabinet was installed on 14 January 2011, when an investiture vote took place in parliament.[14]

Moldova's highest court ruled on 8 February 2011 that the government could stay in place without early elections even if they were still unable to elect a new president.[15]

Elected MPs

The list of deputies elected:[16]

Party of Communists	Liberal Democratic Party	Democratic Party	Liberal Party
Vladimir Voronin Zinaida Greceanîi Iurie Muntean Maria Postoico Mark Tkaciuc Igor Dodon Vadim Mișin Vladimir Vitiuc Irina Vlah Grigore Petrenco Galina Balmoș Anatolie Zagorodnîi Violeta Ivanov Vasilii Sova Serghei Sârbu Oxana Domenti Zinaida Chistruga Miron Gagauz Vasilii Panciuc Alla Mironic Alexandr Bannicov Mihail Poleanschi Sergiu Stati Zurab Todua Anatolie Gorilă Elena Bodnarenco Constantin Starîş Veaceslav Bondari Veronica Abramciuc Oleg Reidman Eduard Mușuc Vladimir Eremciuc Oleg Garizan Oleg Babenco Victor Mîndru Serghei Filipov Artur Reșetnicov Inna Șupac Tatiana Botnariuc Alexandr Petcov Gheorghe Popa Gheorghe Anghel	Vladimir Filat Alexandru Tănase Mihai Godea Liliana Palihovici Iurie Leancă Grigore Belostecinic Vladimir Hotineanu Nicolae Juravschi Iurie Țap Lilia Bolocan Valeriu Ghilețchi Mihail Șleahtițchi Angela Agache Ion Bălan Tudor Deliu Veaceslav Ioniță Valeriu Streleț Simion Furdui Chiril Lucinschi George Mocanu Grigore Cobzac Alexandru Cimbriciuc Ion Butmălai Ghenadie Ciobanu Nicolae Olaru Ivan Ionaș Nae-Simion Pleșca Anatolie Dimitriu Maria Ciobanu Petru Vlah Andrei Vacarciuc Petru Stirbate	Marian Lupu Vladimir Plahotniuc Valeriu Lazăr Igor Corman Dumitru Diacov Marcel Răducan Andrian Candu Valentina Buliga Pavel Filip Vasile Botnari Alexandru Stoianoglo Raisa Apolschii Iurie Bolboceanu Valeriu Guma Anatolie Ghilaş	Mihai Ghimpu Anatolie Șalaru Corina Fusu Ion Hadârcă Valeriu Munteanu Oleg Bodrug Boris Vieru Vladimir Lupan Victor Popa Vadim Cojocaru Ana Guțu Gheorghe Brega

References

1. "Moldova going to third election in two years". BBC News. 28 September 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
2. Actmedia.eu: Mihai Ghimpu will dissolve Moldova’s Parliament next week, 22 September 2010.
3. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/11/201011300614153799.html
4. of Moldova: Liberal Democrats overcome Communists in trust poll
5. (in Romanian) Primul sondaj fără scoruri electorale
6. Results of Public Opinion Polls
7. "Exit-polurile diferă" (in Romanian). Ziarul de Gardă. 2010-11-28. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
8. "EXIT-POLL: IRES-PublikaTV PLDM - 34.4% PCRM -26% PL - 15.6% PDM - 15.1% AMN - 3.1%" (in Romanian). Vocea Basarabiei. 2010-11-28. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
9. "Exit-Poll PublikaTV/IRES: PLDM - 34.4% ; PCRM - 26% ; PDM - 15.1% ; PL 15.6%" (in Romanian). Unimedia.md. 2010-11-28. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
10. "EXIT POLL PUBLIKA TV: PLDM – 34.6%, PCRM – 25.7%, PDM – 15.1%, PL – 15.7%" (in Romanian). Publika TV. 2010-11-28. Retrieved 2010-11-29.
11. "Rezultate Exit-Poll Prime TV/CSB-AXA: PCRM - 33.8%; PLDM- 32,2%; PDM-14%; PL-10.2%; AMN nu trece pragul electoral" (in Romanian). Vocea Basarabiei. 2010-11-28. Archived from the original on 2013-02-23. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
12. "Exit-Poll Prime TV/CSB-AXA: PCRM - 33.8%; PLDM- 32.2%; PDM-14%; PL-10.2%; AMN nu trece pragul electoral" (in Romanian). Unimedia.md. 2010-11-28. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
13. "PRIME TV VA PREZENTA ÎN SEARA DE 28 NOIEMBRIE REZULTATELE UNUI EXIT-POOL" (in Romanian). Prime.md. 2010-11-28. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
14. Sofia Echo - Moldova's new cabinet to face investiture vote on January 14
15. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-24. Retrieved 2012-05-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
16. Lista deputaţilor din parlamentul nou-ales

External links

• 2010 parliamentary elections eDemocracy
• Table with results by electoral districts Voteaza.md (in Romanian)