Moldovan parliamentary election, 2001

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 of the Republic of Moldova	794,808	50.1	71
Braghiş Alliance	212,071	13.4	19
Christian-Democratic People's Party	130,810	8.2	11
Party of Rebirth and Conciliation of Moldova	91,894	5.8	0
Democratic Party of Moldova	79,757	5.0	0
National Liberal Party	44,548	2.8	0
Social Democratic Party	39,247	2.5	0
National Christian Democratic Peasants' Party of Moldova	27,575	1.7	0
Electoral Bloc Motherland	25,009	1.6	0
Social-Political Movement "For Order and Justice"	23,099	1.5	0
Party of Democratic Forces	19,405	1.2	0
Democratic Agrarian Party of Moldova	18,473	1.2	0
Alliance of Jurists and Economists (PDCM–NPNM)	14,810	0.9	0
Faith and Justice Electoral Bloc (PR–PNR)	10,686	0.7	0
Unity Electoral Bloc (PRM–PSRM)	7,277	0.5	0
Social-Political Movement "Equality in Rights"	7,032	0.4	0
Christian Democratic Peasants' Party of Moldova	4,288	0.3	0
Independents	36,447	2.3	0
Invalid/blank votes	19,146	–	–
Total	1,606,703	100	101
Registered voters/turnout	2,379,491	67.5	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

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