2005 Chișinău election

Elections for the post of mayor of Chișinău were held on July 10, July 24, November 27, and December 11, 2005.

Elections for the post of mayor of Chișinău on July 10, 2005 have been declared invalid, as they participated in only 27% of voters. The by-election on 24 July 2005 was attended by only 19,8% of voters. These elections were also declared invalid because of the participation of less than one-third of voters on the electoral lists.

Following elections were held on November 27, 2005. 22,42% of the voters was not enough to recognize the election. Another attempt to elect the mayor of the capital was made on December 11, 2005. At this time the polls were 22.62% of the inhabitants of Chişinău. The mayor was not elected. From 2005 to 2007 mayor was Vasile Ursu. On January 25, 2007 Vasile Ursu was appointed Minister of Transport and acting mayor of Chișinău became Veaceslav Iordan, former deputy of Ursu.

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