Chișinău election, 2005

Chișinău election, 2005
Moldova

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Elections for the post of mayor of Chișinău were held on July 10, July 24, November 27, and December 11, 2005.

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July Election

Elections for the post of mayor of Chișinău on July 10 2005 have been declared invalid, as they participated in only 27% of voters. The by-election on 24 July 2005 was attended by only 19,8% of voters. These elections were also declared invalid because of the participation of less than one-third of voters on the electoral lists.

November-December Election

Following elections were held on November 27, 2005. 22,42% of the voters was not enough to recognize the election. Another attempt to elect the mayor of the capital was made on December 11, 2005. At this time the polls were 22.62% of the inhabitants of Chişinău. The mayor was not elected. From 2005 to 2007 mayor was Vasile Ursu. On January 25, 2007 Vasile Ursu was appointed Minister of Transport and acting mayor of Chișinău became Veaceslav Iordan, former deputy of Ursu.

Results

The election of mayor of Chișinău
Candidate / Party July 10 July 24 November 27 December 11
Votes  % Votes  % Votes  % Votes  %
Dumitru Braghiș, Independent Candidate 32 126 20,65 %
Vladimir Braga, Ecologist Party of Moldova "Green Alliance" 599 0,39 %
Juliana Woe-Costin, Independent Candidate 7 699 4,95 %
Zinaida Greceanîi, (Party of Communists) 78 018 50,15 % 96 250 87,78 %
Vladimir Guritsenko, Democratic Party of Moldova 2 925 1,88 %
Dorin Chirtoacă, Liberal Party 11 091 7,13 % 32 098 25,14 % 45 299 35,62 %
Valeri Klimenko, Blocul Electoral Patria - Rodina 5 848 3,76 % 13 400 12,22 %
Valentin Krilov, Blocul Electoral Patria - Rodina 8 151 6,38 % 8 803 6,92 %
Eduard Mușuc Social Democratic Party (Moldova) 5 991 4,69 %
Olga Nikolenko, Social Liberal Party (Moldova) 2 276 1,78 %
Mircea Rusu, Party Alliance Our Moldova 13 096 10,26 %
Mihai Severovan, Independent Candidate 5 574 3,58 %
Gheorghe Sima Labor Union "Patria-Rodina" 783 0,5 % 1 521 1,19 % 1 324 1,04 %
George Susarenco, Christian-Democratic People's Party 10 914 7.02 %
Vasile Ursu, Independent Candidate 59 570 46,66 % 67 279 52,91 %
Oleg Cernei, Ecologist Party of Moldova "Green Alliance" 4 970 3,89 % 4 462 3,51 %

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