2006 Transnistrian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Transnistria on 10 December 2006. 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: Bender MP for the Renewal party Peter Tomaily, Transnistrian Communist Party candidate Nadezhda Bondarenko and journalist Andrey Safonov.

2006 Transnistrian presidential election
10 December 2006
 
Nominee Igor Smirnov Nadezhda Bondarenko
Party Republic KPP–PKP
Running mate Aleksandr Korolyov Anatoliy Bazhen
Popular vote 212,384 20,902
Percentage 83.90% 8.26%
President before election

Igor Smirnov
Republic

 Elected President

Igor Smirnov
Republic

Politics of Transnistria
Constitution
Executive
Legislature
Supreme Council
Speaker
Alexander Korshunov
Political parties
Elections
Administrative divisions
  • Five Raions
  • One Municipality
Foreign relations
Diplomatic missions of / in Transnistria

Background

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]

Conduct

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]

Results
CandidateRunning matePartyVotes%
Igor SmirnovAleksandr KorolyovRepublic212,38483.90
Nadezhda BondarenkoAnatoliy BazhenKPP–PKP20,9028.26
Andrey SafonovGrigoriy VolovIndependent10,1624.01
Peter TomailyAleksandr KorshunovIndependent5,4802.16
None of the above4,2161.67
Total253,144100.00
Valid votes253,14498.20
Invalid/blank votes4,6381.80
Total votes257,782100.00
Source: Regnum

References
  1. Back in the race: Tiraspol Court overrules Election Commission on Safonov candidacy Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Республика Молдова. "Infotag - Early voting begins in Transnistria". Infotag.md. Retrieved 2013-09-21.
  3. CANDIDAT INDEPENDENT A ATACAT IN JUSTITIE REZULTATELE "ALEGERILOR PREZIDENTIALE" DIN TRANSNISTRIA Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine (in Romanian)
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