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2016 Transnistrian presidential election
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Transnistria presidential 2011 Transnistrian presidential election 2011 11 December 2016 2021 Transnistrian presidential election 2021 60.1% Vadim Krasnoselsky official photo 3.jpg Vadim Krasnoselsky Independent politician 157,410 63.52% Yevgeny Shevchuk (vspmr.org).jpg Yevgeny Shevchuk Independent politician 69,179 27.92% President Yevgeny Shevchuk Independent politician Vadim Krasnoselsky Independent politician
Presidential elections were held in Transnistria on 11 December 2016.Transnistrian “House of Cards” https://web.archive.org/web/20160711131954/http://neweasterneurope.eu/articles-and-commentary/2019-transnistrian-house-of-cards 2016-07-11 New Eastern Europe, 7 June 2016 The result was a victory for Supreme Council Speaker, Vadim Krasnoselsky, who defeated incumbent President Yevgeny Shevchuk. There were allegations of significant electoral fraud on behalf of Krasnoselsky, which might have determined who won the election.
Candidates
Seven candidates registered to contest the elections. However, former Interior Minister Gennady Kuzmichev ru Кузьмичев, Геннадий Юрьевич later withdrew his candidacy.http://cikpmr.com/index.php/novosti/item/1092-ob-otmene-registratsii-gennadiya-kuzmicheva-v-kachestve-kandidata-v-prezidenty-pmr Об отмене регистрации Геннадия Кузьмичёва в качестве кандидата в президенты ПМР 2016-12-01 ЦИК ПМР 2016-12-11 2016-12-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20161204101046/http://cikpmr.com/index.php/novosti/item/1092-ob-otmene-registratsii-gennadiya-kuzmicheva-v-kachestve-kandidata-v-prezidenty-pmr dead Кандидаты в Президенты ПМР https://web.archive.org/web/20190123010433/https://www.cikpmr.com/index.php/component/k2/item/946 2019-01-23 ЦИК ПМР
Candidate Party Public office experienceAlexander Deli ru Дели, Александр ФёдоровичIndependentProsecutor of Transnistria (2012–2016)Minister of Justice (2012)Vladimir GrigoryevIndependentNoneOleg KhorzhanCommunistMember of the Supreme Council (2010–2018)Vadim KrasnoselskyIndependentSpeaker of the Supreme Council (2015–2016)Member of the Supreme Council (2015–2016)Minister of the Interior (2007–2012)Gennady Kuzmichev ru Кузьмичев, Геннадий ЮрьевичIndependentMinister of the Interior (2013–2015)Yevgeny ShevchukIndependentPresident of Transnistria (2011–2016)Speaker of the Supreme Council (2005–2009)Member of the Supreme Council (2000–2011)Irina VasilakiIndependentNone
Opinion polls
According to an opinion poll conducted between 2 and 9 June, 24% indicated that they were planning to vote for Krasnoselsky and 11% for Shevchuk.https://www.moldova.org/en/poll-86-people-transnistria-think-adhering-russia-optimal-way-development/ Poll: 86% of people of Transnistria think adhering to Russia is the most optimal way of development Moldovahttp://wciom.ru/index.php?id=236&uid=115738 Пресс-выпуск № 3130 WCIOM 17 June 2016 7 January 2026 12 November 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161112082738/http://wciom.ru/index.php?id=236&uid=115738 bot: unknown In the last opinion poll before the election, made public on 23 November, 53% of those polled indicated a preference for Yevgeny Vasilyevich Shevchuk, 30% for Vadim Nikolaevich Krasnoselsky, 6% against everyone, 5% for Oleg Olegovich Khorzhan, 3% for Gennady Yuryevich Kuzmichev, 1% for Alexander Fedorovich Deli, 0.9% for Irina Nikolaevna Vasilaki and 0.4% for Vladimir Anatolyevich Grigoriev.http://glsoccon.ru/news.html Социологический опрос «Электоральные предпочтения избирателей Приднестровья накануне выборов Президента ПМР» Global Social Consulting 23 November 2016 14 June 2024 14 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161214065012/http://glsoccon.ru/news.html bot: unknown
Results
Vadim Krasnoselsky Independent 157410 Yevgeny Shevchuk Independent 69179 Oleg Khorzhan Transnistrian Communist Party 8012 Vladimir Grigoryev Independent 1698 Irina Vasilaki Independent 1526 Alexander Deli Independent 1379 Against all 8593 4862 60.1 CIK
References
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