2011 Transnistrian presidential election

none 2011 Transnistrian presidential election Transnistria presidential no 2006 Transnistrian presidential election 2006 2016 Transnistrian presidential election 2016 11 December 2011 (first round)25 December 2011 (second round) Евгений Шевчук 9 мая 2013 (cropped).jpg Yevgeny Shevchuk Independent politician 165,502 75.38% Anatoly Kaminsky.jpg Anatoliy Kaminski Obnovlenie 44,071 20.07% President Igor Smirnov Yevgeny Shevchuk Presidential elections were held in Transnistria on 11 December 2011.http://ria.ru/world/20110715/401889741.html ru:Ведущая партия Приднестровья определит своего кандидата в президенты 15 July 2011 RIA Novosti Russian 4 August 2011 Tiraspolhttp://cikpmr.idknet.com/iov/kp/index.htm Schedule for the elections 11 August 2011 Transnistrian Central Electoral Commission Russian 15 August 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110713004138/http://cikpmr.idknet.com/iov/kp/index.htm 13 July 2011 dead dmy-all As no candidate received more than 50% of the vote in the first round, a run-off was held on 25 December.http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/12/11/62031077.html Transnistria elections valid: Voice of Russia 2011-12-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20120203171346/http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/12/11/62031077.html 2012-02-03 dead Candidates Incumbent president Igor Smirnov, running for re-election, had been in power since Transnistria declared independence in 1990, and was not term-limited. Candidate registration was open from 11 September to 11 November. On 14 September, opposition MP and former speaker of the Supreme Council Yevgeny Shevchuk was the first to nominate himself at the CEC. Shevchuk is affiliated with Obnovlenie, who are already supporting Kaminski, signalling a possible split. Shevchuk had been followed by Transnistrian Communist Party chairman and MP Oleg Khorzhan, as well as newspaper editor Andrey Safonov, who was also a candidate in the 2006 election.http://cikpmr.idknet.com/iov/svk/index.htm Nominated candidates Transnistrian Central Electoral Commission Russian 29 September 2011 https://archive.today/20120708072904/http://cikpmr.idknet.com/iov/svk/index.htm 8 July 2012 dead dmy-all On 28 September, Proriv founder and MP Dmitry Soin also nominated himself as a candidate. Soin, Smirnov, Khorzhan, Safonov, Shevchuk and Kaminsky were registered as candidates,Список зарегистрированных кандидатов https://web.archive.org/web/20111124191715/http://cikpmr.idknet.com/spisokzaregkand.html 2011-11-24 ru Safonov was initially refused registration by CEC with reference to more than 15% of invalid signatures among those gathered in his support,ЦИК ПМР зарегистрировала Соина Д. Ю. кандидатом в Президенты ПМР https://archive.today/20120712154335/http://cikpmr.idknet.com/30-cik-pmr-zaregistrirovala-soina-dyu-kandidatom-v-prezidenty-pmr.html 2012-07-12 ru but later registered according to a ruling by Tiraspol city court.Сегодня, 26 ноября 2011 года ЦИК осуществила регистрацию Сафонова Андрея Михайловича как кандидата в Президенты Приднестровской Молдавской Республики https://archive.today/20120711031634/http://cikpmr.idknet.com/31-segodnya-26-noyabrya-2011-goda-cik-osuschestvila-registraciyu-safonova-andreya-mihaylovicha-kak-kandidata-v-prezidenty-pridnestrovskoy-moldavskoy-respubliki.html 2012-07-11 ru According to the 2004 Transnistrian census, only 90% of the population of Transnistria had Transnistrian citizenship."2004 Census: PMR urban, multilingual, multicultural" at https://web.archive.org/web/20090318044749/http://pridnestrovie.net/2004census.html. Results An exit poll taken showed Smirnov in the lead in the first round with 47.38%, with opposition vote split between Shevchuk (23.21%) and Kaminski (22.6%).http://www.focus-fen.net/?id=n266041 Igor Smirnov won presidential elections in Transnistria, according to exit poll data 11 December 2011 FOCUS News Agency / Interfax 12 December 2011 Transnistrian law requires a majority to be elected, meaning a second round would be necessary. After the first round, Smirnov called for the results to be annulled due to irregularities. The announcement of results was postponed from 12 to 14 December.https://www.rferl.org/a/votes_counted_after_transdniester_ballot/24418812.html Transdniester Leader Wants Vote Scrapped Preliminary results (at 95% counted) showed that Smirnov was only in third place with 25.5%, with Shevchuk at 39% and Kaminski at 27.7% reaching the run-off round. Kaminski was reportedly Russia's preferred candidate.http://derstandard.at/1323222759943/Transnistrien-Praesident-Smirnow-nicht-in-Stichwahl-will-Wahl-anfechten DerStandard.at A run-off was held on 25 December and won by Shevchuk, who was elected with 75% of the vote. His rival Anatoliy Kaminskiy received only 20% and acknowledged his defeat. Yevgeny Shevchuk Independent 95765 165502 Anatoliy Kaminski Obnovlenie 65330 44071 Igor Smirnov Independent 61248 Oleg Khorzhan Independent (PKP) 12646 Dmitry Soin Proriv 1441 Andrey Safonov Independent 1303 Against all 4667 9977 5986 4460 426958 58.88 Olvia Press 2 Transnistrian CEC References External links Transnistrian Central Electoral Commission Category:2011 elections in Moldova Category:Elections in Transnistria Category:2011 in Transnistria Category:December 2011 in Europe Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results