2001 Moldovan parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Moldova on 25 February 2001.[1] The result was a victory for the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova, which won 71 of the 101 seats.[2]

Electoral system

Parliament was elected by proportional representation in a single national constituency. In 2000 the electoral law was amended to change the electoral threshold, which had previously been at 4% for both political parties and independents. For independent candidates the threshold was lowered to 3%, whilst for political parties and electoral blocs it was raised to 6%.[3]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Party of Communists	794,808	50.07	71
	Braghiș Alliance	212,071	13.36	19
	Christian-Democratic People's Party	130,810	8.24	11
	Party of Rebirth and Conciliation	91,894	5.79	0
	Democratic Party	79,757	5.02	0
	National Liberal Party	44,548	2.81	0
	Social Democratic Party	39,247	2.47	0
	National Christian Democratic Peasants' Party	27,575	1.74	0
	Electoral Bloc Motherland	25,009	1.58	0
	For Order and Justice	23,099	1.46	0
	Party of Democratic Forces	19,405	1.22	0
	Democratic Agrarian Party	18,473	1.16	0
	Alliance of Jurists and Economists (PDCM–NPNM)	14,810	0.93	0
	Faith and Justice Electoral Bloc (PR–PNR)	10,686	0.67	0
	Unity Electoral Bloc (PSRM–PRM)	7,277	0.46	0
	Republican Movement "Equality"	7,023	0.44	0
	Christian Democratic Peasants' Party	4,288	0.27	0
	Independents	36,477	2.30	0
Total		1,587,257	100.00	101
Valid votes		1,587,257	98.79
Invalid/blank votes		19,446	1.21
Total votes		1,606,703	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,379,491	67.52
Source: eDemocracy

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1330 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1342
3. Nohlen & Stöver, p1322