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General Local Elections of June 14 and 28, 2015
Local general elections were held in the Republic of Moldova in June 2015 to elect 898 mayors, 1,116 district councilors and 10,564 village/communes/city councilors. The first round of elections on June 14 was validated as the 25% election validation threshold was passed in all 35 district constituencies. Because in 457 localities, none of the candidates for mayor got necessary 50% of votes needed for an outright win, on June 28 the runoff elections were held, in 2 localities — repeated elections.
Elections for General Mayor of Chisinau municipality
The June 2015 elections were the seventh electoral campaign for General Mayor of Chisinau municipality. In the first round none of the 17 candidates received necessary 50% of votes needed for an outright win. Therefore, the runoff elections were held on June 28 between Dorin Chirtoaca and Zinaida Greceanii, the two candidates who received the largest number of votes in the first round on June 14. The voter turnout was 48.68%, although there is no voter turnout threshold for the runoff local elections. Dorin Chirtoaca, the incumbent General Mayor of Chisinau municipality, was re-elected for a third term[…]
Detailed results
Elections for Chisinau Municipal Council
| Electoral contestants | Votes | % | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova | 14,901 | 5.14% | 3 | ||
| Liberal Party | 85,693 | 29.54% | 17 | ||
| Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova | 91,983 | 31.71% | 19 | ||
| Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova | 10,487 | 3.62% | 2 | ||
| “European People’s Platform of Moldova — Iurie Leanca” Electoral Bloc | 33,511 | 11.55% | 6 | ||
| Partidul Nostru (Our Party) | 18,358 | 6.33% | 3 | ||
| Democratic Party of Moldova | 7,941 | 2.74% | 1 | ||
Election Process Monitoring
Reports and analyses covering election campaign, Election Day and post-election period[…]
Election News
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Commentaries
- European integration — the last refuge of scoundrels?
Igor Botan, July 1, 2015 - Local elections in Moldova are traditionally perceived as politico-administrative elections. Voting for local and district councils is conducted based on the proportional electoral system with closed party lists. While at the level of villages and towns people can say they know the qualities of the candidates for local councils, at district level candidates can be known only by the residents of their localities[…]
- Barometer of Public Opinion about the socio-political situation before the local elections
Igor Botan, May 25, 2015
Nationwide Results
| Electoral contestants | District and municipal councils | City and village councils | Mayors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Seats | Votes | Seats | Seats | ||||||
| Democratic Party of Moldova | 226,661 17.60% | 259 23.21% | 232,460 21.86% | 2,810 26.60% | 287 31.96% | |||||
| Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova | 131,609 10.22% | 137 12.28% | 116,472 10.95% | 1,178 11.15% | 77 8.57% | |||||
| Socialist Party of Moldova | 822 0.06% | 502 0.05% | 3 0.03% | |||||||
| Party of Law and Justice | 1,013 0.08% | |||||||||
| Christian Democratic People’s Party | 419 0.03% | 156 0.01% | ||||||||
| Liberal Party | 162,446 12.62% | 92 8.24% | 87,001 8.18% | 729 6.90% | 51 5.68% | |||||
| Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova | 213,287 16.56% | 159 14.25% | 130,908 12.31% | 1,293 12.24% | 52 5.79% | |||||
| “Ravnopravie (Equality)” Movement | 439 0.03% | 6,079 0.57% | 18 0.17% | 1 0.11% | ||||||
| Ecological Green Party | 1,295 0.10% | 959 0.09% | 5 0.05% | |||||||
| Partidul Nostru (Our Party) | 143,445 11.14% | 134 12.01% | 87,029 8.18% | 792 7.50% | 44 4.90% | |||||
| National Liberal Party | 9,206 0.71% | 4,845 0.46% | 23 0.22% | 3 0.33% | ||||||
| Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova | 235,430 18.28% | 259 23.21% | 236,746 22.26% | 2,765 26.17% | 287 31.96% | |||||
| “Patriots of Moldova” Party | 388 0.03% | 99 0.01% | ||||||||
| “Casa Noastra — Moldova (Our Home — Moldova)” Party | 1,379 0.11% | 1,421 0.13% | 9 0.09% | 1 0.11% | ||||||
| Antimafia People’s Movement | 4,632 0.36% | 2,164 0.20% | 7 0.07% | |||||||
| People’s Party of the Republic of Moldova | 8,104 0.63% | 6,268 0.59% | 28 0.27% | 1 0.11% | ||||||
| “Democratia Acasa (Democracy at Home)” Party | 4,054 0.31% | 441 0.04% | ||||||||
| Party of Regions of Moldova | 346 0.03% | 822 0.08% | 6 0.06% | |||||||
| People’s Socialist Party of Moldova | 131 0.01% | |||||||||
| “Renastere (Renaissance)” Party | 986 0.08% | 847 0.08% | 4 0.04% | |||||||
| “European People’s Platform of Moldova — Iurie Leanca” Electoral Bloc | 98,005 7.61% | 68 6.09% | 62,798 5.90% | 513 4.86% | 27 3.01% | |||||
| “Lista Poporului (People’s List)” Electoral Bloc | 2,737 0.21% | 2 0.18% | 1,861 0.17% | 9 0.09% | ||||||
| Independent candidates | 40,935 3.18% | 6 0.54% | 83,597 7.86% | 372 3.52% | 67 7.46% | |||||
| Voter turnout | District and municipal councils | City and village councils | Mayors | |||||||
| Number of voters included in the voter lists | 2,678,253 | 2,198,912 | 2,814,262 | |||||||
| Number of voters included in supplementary lists | 28,879 | 21,817 | 25,258 | |||||||
| Number of voters who received ballots | 1,335,045 | 1,104,411 | 1,380,806 | |||||||
| Number of voters who participated in voting | 1,334,904 | 1,104,064 | 1,380,737 | |||||||
| Number of invalid ballots | 47,266 | 40,458 | 22,434 | |||||||
| Number of total ballots cast | 1,287,638 | 1,063,606 | 1,358,303 | |||||||
| Voter turnout rate | 49.32% | 49.73% | 48.63% | |||||||
