Election Profile:
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At stake in this election:
- 101 seats in the Parliament (Parlament)
Description of government structure:
- Chief of State: President Vladimir VORONIN *
- Head of Government: Prime Minister Zinaida GRECEANII
- Assembly: Moldova has a unicameral Parliament (Parlament) with 101 seats.
* The President is elected by indirect vote by the members of the Parliament to serve a 4-year term. The electoral system is two-round.
Description of electoral system:
- The President is elected by indirect vote to serve a 4-year term.
- Prime Minister is appointed.
- In the Parliament (Parlament) 101 members are elected through a party-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms.***
*** Closed lists. 3% threshold for independent candidates. 4% threshold for parties. 6% threshold for blocs of two parties. 8% threshold for blocs of three or more parties.
Main parties in the electoral race:
- Party: Communist Party of the Republic of Moldova / Partidul ComuniÅŸtilor din Republica Moldova (PCRM)
Leader: Vladimir VORONIN
Seats won in this election: 60
Seats won in last election: 56 - Party: Liberal Party / Partidul Liberal (PL)
Leader: Mihai GHIMPU
Seats won in this election: 15
Seats won in last election: 0 - Party: Liberal Democratic Party / Partidul Liberal Democrat din Moldova (PLDM)
Leader: Vlad FILAT
Seats won in this election: 15
Seats won in last election: 0 - Party: Our Moldova Alliance / Partidul Alianţį’ Moldova NoastrÄÆ’ (AMN)****
Leader: Serafim URECHEAN
Seats won in this election: 11
Seats won in last election: 22 - Party: Social Democratic Party / Partidul Social Democrat (PSD)
Leader: Dumitru BRAGHIS
Seats won in this election: 0
Seats won in last election: 0 - Party: Popular Christian Democratic Party / Partidul Popular CreÅŸtin Democrat (PPCD)
Leader: Iurie ROSCA
Seats won in this election: 0
Seats won in last election: 11 - Party: Democratic Party of Moldova / Partidul Democrat din Moldova (PDM)*******
Leader: Dumitru DIACOV
Seats won in this election: 0
Seats won in last election: 12
**** AMN ran as part of the now-defunct Democratic Moldova Bloc in the 2005 election.
******* PDM ran as part of the now-defunct Democratic Moldova Bloc in the 2005 election. In February it absorbed another Democratic Moldova Bloc partners, the Social Liberal Party (PSL). The two parties won a combined total of 12 seats in the 2005 election.
Population and number of registered voters:
- Population: 4,320,748 (July 2009 est.)
- Registered Voters: 2,586,309 (April 2009 )
Last Updated on 08/29/2008
