2015 Transnistrian parliamentary election

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2015 Transnistrian parliamentary election
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All 43 seats in the Supreme Council
22 seats needed for a majority
Turnout48.3% [1]
 First partySecond party
  Mikhail Burla Portrait.png Oleg Khorzhan (2016, cropped).jpg
Leader Mikhail Burla Oleg Khorzhan
Party Obnovlenie PKP
Last election251
Seats won351
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 10Steady2.svg
Speaker before election

Mikhail Burla
Obnovlenie

Elected Speaker

Vadim Krasnoselsky
Independent

Parliamentary elections were held in Transnistria on 29 November 2015, alongside municipal elections. [2]

Contents

Electoral system

The 43 seats of the Supreme Council are elected in single-member constituencies using first-past-the-post voting.

Campaign

A total of 138 candidates contested the elections. [3]

Results

Obnovlenie won 35 out of 43 seats in the Supreme Council, maintaining their status as a majority government. [4] Obnovlenie leader Mikhail Burla was re-elected in constituency #34, [5] as was PKP leader Oleg Khorzhan in constituency #40 (Tiraspol). [5]

Overall turnout was 48.3%, with the Camenca District reporting the highest turnout of 54.0%. The lowest turnout was in the city of Bender, with a turnout of only 42.7%. [1] [6]

Transnistrie Conseil supreme 2015.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Obnovlenie 35+10
Transnistrian Communist Party 10
Proriv 0–1
Independents7–9
Total430
Total votes205,229–
Registered voters/turnout424,50848.35
Source: CIKPMR, CIKPMR

By constituency

ConstituencyCandidateVotes
1 Alexander Korshunov 2,512
Vitaly Vladimirovich Agapy1,242
Maxim Alexandrovich Koval140
Georgy Petrovich Bakhov43
Against all324
2Vladislav Sergeevich Tidva1,909
Mark Kivovich Finkelzon768
Yuri Grigorievich Sporish687
Valery Fedorovich Tsurkan190
Evgeniy Valerievich Aginsky139
Against all279
3Oleg Anatolievich Petrik1,482
Vladimir Evgenievich Pasyutin1,121
Mikhail Kirillovich Tessa669
Against all223
4Sergei Pavlovich Khankevich1,907
Valery Dmitrievich Kulakli1,440
Against all285
5Oleg Leonidovich Belyakov1,911
Evgeniy Grigorievich Gulchak1,617
Andrey Alexandrovich Tereshkin218
Against all332
6Sergey Andreevich Pisarenko2,101
Anton Alekseevich Popov1,798
Alexander Ivanovich Loktionov355
Andrey Vladimirovich Badanov301
Against all285
7 Vadim Krasnoselsky 3,175
Alexander Vladimirovich Batalenko472
Against all438
8Anton Nikolaevich Onufrienko1,952
Vadim Viktorovich Kugila1,342
Sergey Konstantinovich Bobrov780
Against all252
9Oleg Sergeevich Leontyev3,503
Alexander Valerievich Merzhuk714
Nikolay Nikolaevich Dobryden599
Alexander Vladimirovich Kifa337
Yan Viktorovich Vereshchak157
Against all129
10Vladimir Dmitrievich Pelin1,865
Nikolay Petrovich Namashko1,644
Natalya Mikhailovna Pogreban826
Sergey Nikolaevich Beshlyaga182
Against all49
11Dmitry Vasilievich Ogirchuk5,652
Against all476
12Oleg Markovich Baev2,798
Lyudmila Alekseevna Bakradze1,620
Vladimir Ilyich Bodur253
Against all154
13Petr Semenovich Pasat2,016
Fedor Grigorievich Kovalev1,632
Against all561
14Andrey Viktorovich Sipchenko1,749
Alexander Yurievich Pascal1,528
Eduard Davidovich Kantselevich706
Against all497
15Valery Grigorievich Babchinetsky2,796
Oleg Ivanovich Narichuk1,485
Vyacheslav Alexandrovich Shevtsov495
Stepan Georgievich Unguryan267
Against all230
16Porfiry Vladimirovich Shkilnyuk3,105
Alexander Andreevich Kisnichan2,036
Eduard Georgievich Unguryan357
Against all251
17Vasily Ivanovich Vlasov1,919
Oleg Andreevich Sikorsky1,101
Gennady Pavlovich Chorba687
Against all523
18Vadim Viktorovich Kravchuk1,652
Yulia Valerievna Dimitresko1,197
Mikhail Ivanovich Perchun1,034
Against all397
19Vitaly Ivanovich Kalin2,089
Yuri Ivanovich Kuzmenko1,138
Against all680
20Andrey Mikhailovich Safonov1,821
Alexander Leontievich Marchuk1,382
Against all655
21Yakov Efimovich Galak2,255
Aurelia Viktorovna Tkachenko1,508
Against all439
22Tatyana Mikhailovna Turanskaya2,414
Yuri Alexandrovich Petrik2,154
Against all429
23Valentin Nikolaevich Matveychuk3,202
Igor Anatolievich Gilka1,274
Against all140
24Alexander Vladimirovich Martynov2,952
Petr Petrovich Stepanov1,743
Against all156
25Vadim Mikhailovich Doni1,852
Valeriyan Andreevich Tulgara843
Alexey Mikhailovich Dontsu713
Stepan Vasilievich Chebanov225
Sergey Georgievich Syrf149
Against all89
26Sergey Fedorovich Cheban2,533
Igor Mikhailovich Kulikov922
Tatyana Stepanovna Kulakovskaya364
Alexey Vasilievich Chebanov297
Against all104
27Oleg Valerievich Vasilatiy2,236
Sergey Alekseevich Diligul1,498
Vladimir Viktorovich Dombrovsky71
Against all255
28Pavel Viktorovich Shinkaryuk3,290
Vasily Nikolaevich Moraru1,374
Natalya Vasilievna Popova169
Tatyana Borisovna Kurlat99
Against all123
29Alexander Sergeevich Shcherba1,848
Pavel Nikolaevich Prokudin1,180
Dmitry Mikhailovich Kokhansky1,046
Yuri Pavlovich Khorin517
Against all168
30Igor Teodorovich Yarych3,241
Against all315
31Efimy Mikhailovich Koval2,859
Sergei Ilyich Mantalutsa1,171
Vitaly Valentinovich Yankovsky561
Vasily Radionovich Tovstonog246
Vladimir Ivanovich Ponomarev214
Yuri Pavlovich Dobrov186
Against all157
32Galina Mikhailovna Antyufeeva3,564
Evgeniy Vladislavovich Zubov757
Svetlana Ivanovna Fadeeva392
Irina Yurievna Tibekina47
Against all223
33Vadim Georgievich Lipsky2,501
Petr Alexandrovich Nemchenko1,383
Vladimir Ivanovich Atamanyuk485
Against all528
34 Mikhail Burla 2,696
Valery Evgenievich Ponomarenko1,521
Against all340
35Evgeniy Viktorovich Gushan2,690
Vladimir Grigorievich Trandasir1,603
Anatoly Viktorovich Dirun1,376
Against all448
36Ilona Petrovna Tyuryaeva3,454
Tatyana Aleksandrovna Chebakova700
Alexander Vilorovich Ordin678
Oksana Vasilievna Sikach165
Against all253
37Igor Semenovich Buga2,484
Oksana Leonidovna Novak1,030
Vladimir Lukich Bodnar218
Elena Mikhailovna Bobkova181
Vladimir Ilyich Yurash164
Mikhail Valeryanovich Polishchuk92
Evgeniy Viktorovich Volkov48
Against all255
38Ilya Ivanovich Vasiliev2,766
Natalya Grigorievna Nikiforova823
Igor Vladimirovich Guslyakov750
Nikolay Anatolievich Malyshev524
Against all370
39Grigory Ivanovich Dyachenko3,442
Valery Stepanovich Zemlyakov1,158
Leonid Borisovich Tkachenko152
Nina Ivanovna Dubchak113
Against all237
40 Oleg Khorzhan 2,183
Dmitry Alexandrovich Fisenko1,555
Oleg Yurievich Timin864
Against all296
41Vadim Fedorovich Levitsky3,348
Maxim Alexandrovich Bratukh1,156
Against all389
42Andrey Viktorovich Mezhinsky2,727
Vyacheslav Vasilievich Tobukh1,905
Against all358
43Viktor Mikhailovich Guzun3,478
Yan Anatolievich Mezhinsky671
Against all309

Aftermath

On 23 December 2015 Vadim Krasnoselski, who was elected in constituency #7, was elected Speaker. [7]

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