Moldovan parliamentary election, 2005

• PCRM: 56
• BMD: 34
• PPCD: 11

The parliamentary elections in Moldova in 2005 was held on Sunday, March 6, 2005. Since the President is not elected directly by the people but by Parliament, it was also an indirect presidential election.

Electoral system

It seats 101 were determined in the Moldovan Parliament for a term of four years. For the authorized parties was a six -percent electoral threshold. Was selected by proportional representation.

Election result

Strongest among the lists that did not make the jump over the 6 % threshold was the Blocul electoral " Patria - Rodina " ( BEPR ). The turnout was 64.84 %.

Thus, the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova managed to defend their supremacy ( PCRM ) under the leadership of the incumbent since 2001, President Vladimir Voronin. Election observers from the OSCE assessed the elections considered free, but criticized not only the one-sided media coverage in favor of the ruling party PCRM ahead of the elections. In contrast to the OSCE, the Russian government called the election results to be incorrect and this justified, inter alia, with the high number of Moldovans in Russia, which had not been possible to participate in the elections. Russian officials had long Voronin their view Romanian nationalist policy of the Russian minority in Moldova over criticized.

A in the Western press prematurely brought about written " orange effect " as in 2004 failed to materialize in the elections in Ukraine. However, the Communist Vladimir Voronin can be hardly called a follower of Moscow. On the issue of split since 1992 Transnistrian Moldovan Republic, he has been practicing strong criticism of Russia and the Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom he accuses the continued deployment of Russian troops in Transnistria.

Voronin's opponent in the elections were Serafim Urecheanu, former mayor of Chisinau and Chairman of the block Democratic Moldova, an election platform of a total of 16 parties, and Iurie Roşca, chairman of the Christian Democratic People's Party.

In the breakaway region of Transnistria was expressly called to vote. It was hoped that by supporting the Democratic Moldova block a change in government.

In the capital, Chisinau for the first time came a new, digital voting system is used, which should allow an evaluation of the votes in real time - revolutionary for a poor and backward country like Moldova.

Presidential election by parliament

As in Moldova, the Parliament elects the President, and the election of the President was necessary with the general election on April 4, 2005. The PCRM nominated the previous incumbent Vladimir Voronin for re-election. When opposing candidates also nominated the PCRM scientists and presidents of the Moldavian Academy of Sciences Gheorghe Duca, in order to meet the constitutional requirements for a rival candidate. The two opposition parties have announced to boycott the vote. Voronin needed for his re-election not only an absolute majority, but according to the Moldovan Constitution, a majority of 61 of the 101 votes.

But after various Members from the fraction of the multi- party blocks Democratic Moldova were leaked in the weeks between election and presidential election and in the newly formed faction of the Democratic Party (Chairman Dumitru Diacov, 8 MPs) had collected, could be briefly the vote and the Christian Democratic people's Party under Iurie Roşca and three deputies of the social Liberal Party ( via block Democratic Moldova elected to Parliament, Chairman Oleg Serebrian ) change his mind. Voronin came on as a comfortable majority of 75 of the 101 votes. On Gheorghe Duca accounted for one vote. The remaining members of the BMD boycotted the vote.

After the election, Voronin reiterated his goal of Moldova stronger introduce them to Europe.