2006 Transnistrian presidential election

The 2006 presidential election in Transnistria was held on December 10 of that year. 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, Pridnestrovie Communist Party candidate Nadezhda Bondarenko and journalist Andrey Safonov.

2006 Transnistrian presidential election
10 December 2006
 
Nominee Igor Smirnov Nadezhda Bondarenko
Party Republic KPP and PKP
Running mate Aleksandr Korolyov Anatoliy Bazhen
Popular vote 212,384 20,902
Percentage 82.4 8.1%
President before election

Igor Smirnov
Republic

 Elected President

Igor Smirnov
Republic

Transnistria
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Preelection period

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]

Official results
 Summary of the Transnistrian December 2006 presidential election results
Candidate Vice-pres. candidate Party Votes %
Igor Smirnov Aleksandr Korolyov Respublika 212,384 82.4
Nadezhda Bondarenko Anatoliy Bazhen KPP and PKP 20,902 8.1
Andrey Safonov Grigoriy Volov independent 10,162 3.9
Peter Tomaily Aleksandr Korshunov independent, MP for Obnovleniye 5,480 2.1
None of the above — — 4,216 1.6
Blank/Invalied — — 4,638 1.9
Total     257,782 100.0%
Sources: Regnum - Russian press agency

Contesting

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] and proceeded to challenge the election results in court.[4]

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. Russian information Agency Novosti – "Update: Opposition hopeful challenges Transdnestr vote results", December 11, 2006
  4. 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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