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A parliamentary election took place in Moldova on March 22, 1998.
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Background
Electoral threshold for the parties was 4%.
Results
Summary of the March 22, 1998 Parliament of Moldova election results Parties and coalitions Votes Votes % Seats Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova 487,002 30.01 40 "Democratic Convention" Electoral Bloc 315,206 19.42 26 "For a Democratic and Prosperous Moldova" Electoral Bloc 294,691 18.16 24 Party of Democratic Forces 143,428 8.84 11 Democratic Agrarian Party 58,874 3.63 — "Furnica" (Ant) Civic Alliance Electoral Bloc 53,338 3.29 — "Alliance of Democratic Forces" Electoral Bloc 36,344 2.24 — Party of Economic and Social Justice 31,663 1.95 — Social Democratic Party 30,169 1.86 — "Socialist Unity" Electoral Bloc 29,647 1.83 — "Speranta" (Hope) Social Democratic Electoral Bloc 21,282 1.31 — Party of Socialists 9,514 0.59 — Party of Reform 8,844 0.54 — Christian Democratic Union 8,342 0.51 — United Party of Labour 3,124 0.19 — Anatol Plugaru 17,736 1.09 — Valeriu Renita 2,983 0.18 — Gheorghe Porcescu 2,892 0.18 — Pavel Creanga 2,573 0.16 — Other independent candidates 64,813 3.99 — Total 1,622,987 100% 101 Blank and invalid votes Total (turnout 69.12%) 1,680,470 Source: alegeri.md At the legislative elections on March 22, 1998, the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova, which was re-legalized in 1994 after being banned in 1991, gained 40 of the 101 places in the Moldovan Parliament,
Seats distribution: PCRM — 40, BeCDM — 26, BepMDP — 24, PFD — 11.
Voter turnout: 69.12%.[1]
Follow-up
Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova was reduced to opposition when an Alliance for Democracy and Reforms was formed by the Democratic Convention of Moldova (26 MPs), Movement for a democratic and Prosperous Moldova (24 MPs), and Party of democratic Forces (11 MPs).
References
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