Transnistrian presidential election, 2006
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The 2006 presidential election in Transnistria was held on December 10 of that year. Incumbent President Igor Smirnov won despite opposition having stiffened during the final weeks of the campaign. Three candidates registered to run besides the incumbent Smirnov: Tighina MP for the Renewal party Piotr Tomaily, Pridnestrovie Communist Party candidate Nadezhda Bondarenko and journalist Andrey Safonov.
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[edit] Preelection period
Andrey Safonov's candidacy was at first rejected on the basis of insufficient and allegedly fraudulent signatures,[1] but on 30 November the Tiraspol law court accepted it.
Despite the court ruling, at the Electoral Commission meeting on 27 November Safonov's registration was not accepted with some members claiming that the court decision needed to be challenged at a higher instance. The Commission finally allowed the candidacy on 5 December.
Starting with 7 December, early voting was allowed for those persons for whom it was impossible to come to the polls on 10 December.[2].
[edit] Official results
| Candidate | Vice-pres. candidate | Party | Votes | % |
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| Igor Smirnov | Aleksandr Korolev | Respublika | 212,384 | 82.4 |
| Nadezhda Bondarenko | Anatoliy Bazhen | KPP and PKP | 20,902 | 8.1 |
| Andrey Safonov | Grigoriy Volov | independent | 10,162 | 3.9 |
| Peter Tomaily | Aleksandr Korshunov | independent, MP for Obnovleniye | 5,480 | 2.1 |
| None of the above | — | — | 4,216 | 1.6 |
| Blank/Invalied | — | — | 4,638 | 1.9 |
| Total | 257,782 | 100.0% | ||
| Sources: Regnum - Russian press agency,Tiraspol Times | ||||
[edit] Contestation
Andrey Safonov, one of the opposition candidates, suggested that election results were rigged in favour of the incumbent leader. He claimed that there was a strange difference between the exit polls results and the official results[3] and proceeded to challenge the election results in court.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Back in the race: Tiraspol Court overrules Election Commission on Safonov candidacy
- ^ Infotag - Early voting begins in Transnistria
- ^ Russian information Agency Novosti - Opposition hopefull chalange Transdniester vote results
- ^ CANDIDAT INDEPENDENT A ATACAT IN JUSTITIE REZULTATELE "ALEGERILOR PREZIDENTIALE" DIN TRANSNISTRIA (Romanian)
[edit] External links
- BBC coverage
- Official news coverage (Russian)
- International Herald Tribune 10 December 2006
- No surprise: Smirnov wins re-election by wide margin in Transdniester
- British election observers' PMR Presidential Elections Report
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