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Elections for General Mayor of Chisinau municipality of May 25 and June 8, 2003
The 2003 elections were the third electoral campaign for mayor of Chisinau. In the first round of elections none of 8 candidates received necessary 50% of votes needed for an outright win. Therefore, the runoff elections were held on June 8 between Serafim Urechean and Vasile Zgardan, the two candidates who received the largest number of votes on May 25. The voter turnout was 46.56%, and the incumbent General Mayor of Chisinau municipality, Serafim Urechean, was re-elected for the second term.Elections for Chisinau Municipal Council
| Electoral contestants | Ist round, May 25, 2003 | IInd round, June 8, 2003 | |||
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Serafim Urechean independent candidate |
110,817 44.50% | 140,692 53.91% | ||
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Vlad Cubreacov Christian Democratic People’s Party |
19,901 7.99% | |||
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Vasile Zgardan Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova |
101,370 40.71% | 120,261 46.09% | ||
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Valerii Klimenco Republican Movement “Ravnopravie (Equality)” |
4,478 1.80% | |||
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Viorel Topa “PSD-PSL” Electoral Bloc |
7,809 3.14% | |||
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Mihai Petrache Centrist Union of Moldova |
1,012 0.41% | |||
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Valeriu Efremov Republican Party of Moldova |
485 0.19% | |||
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Mihai Severovan independent candidate |
3,158 1.27% | |||
| Voter turnout | Ist round, May 25, 2003 | IInd round, June 8, 2003 | |||
| Number of voters included in the voter lists | 536,727 | 555,202 | |||
| Number of voters included in supplementary lists | 21,768 | 9,200 | |||
| Number of voters who received ballots | 253,807 | 262,852 | |||
| Number of voters who participated in voting | 253,783 | 262,787 | |||
| Number of invalid ballots | 4,150 | 1,886 | |||
| Number of total ballots cast | 249,030 | 260,953 | |||
| Voter turnout rate | 45.44% | 46.56% | |||
Election Process Monitoring
Reports and analyses covering election campaign, Election Day and post-election period[…]
Commentaries
- The Discontent of the Victorious
June 24, 2003 - More than two weeks have elapsed since the end of the local elections. However, it is still not possible to make a complex analysis of the results because the final, complete results have not been published yet[…]
- Local elections — preliminary conclusions
May 28, 2003
