Moldovan parliamentary election, 2014

Moldovan parliamentary election, 2014

2010 ← 30 November 2014 → 2018

All the 101 seats to the Parliament of Moldova Turnout 55.85%   First party Second party Third party   Leader Igor Dodon Vlad Filat Vladimir Voronin Party PSRM Liberal Democratic PCRM Leader since 2011 2007 1994 Last election Ran on the PCRM's list 29.42%, 32 seats 39.34%, 42 seats Seats before 4 32 38 Seats won 25 23 21 Seat change 21 9 21 Popular vote 327,910 322,188 279,372 Percentage 20.51% 20.16% 17.48%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Marian Lupu Mihai Ghimpu Party Democratic Liberal Leader since 2009 1997 Last election 12.70%, 15 seats 9.96%, 12 seats Seats before 15 5 Seats won 19 13 Seat change 4 1 Popular vote 252,489 154,507 Percentage 15.80% 9.67%

Prime Minister before election Iurie Leancă Liberal Democratic Prime Minister Chiril Gaburici Liberal Democratic

Iurie Leancă
Liberal Democratic

Chiril Gaburici
Liberal Democratic

Parliamentary elections were held in Moldova on 30 November 2014, four years after the previous parliamentary election on 28 November 2010. The elections were the eighth parliamentary election since independence in 1991.

The elections were described as "more a loss than a victory" of the incumbent pro-European coalition, with center-right parties divided by sharp tensions. The pro-Russian Socialist Party (PSRM), composed of former communists, emerged as the winner of the 2014 elections and the strongest party in Parliament, gaining 20.51% of votes. The Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM) dropped from 38 to 21 seats.

The 101 members of Parliament were elected by party-list proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency. There were four separate electoral thresholds: 9 percent for electoral blocs with three or more parties, 7 percent for two-party electoral blocs, 4 percent for single parties or organisations, and 2 percent for independent candidates.

Documents for registration of electoral candidates had to be submitted to the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) between 3 and 30 October 2014. Once formally registered by the CEC, the candidates were allowed to begin campaigning.

Voter turnout had to be over 33 percent for the election to be validated.

A total of 41 parties registered at the Ministry of Justice by the 15 September deadline, but the final ballot included 19 parties, one bloc, and four independent candidates.

The main dividing line between the parties was foreign policy, setting the pro-European Union (EU) parties (the Democratic Party, the Liberal Democratic Party, and the Liberal Party) against those supporting rapprochement with the then incoming Eurasian Economic Union and the Russian Federation (PCRM and PSRM). The PSRM was the most radical by offering to cancel the agreement on political association and the free trade zone with the EU, and was openly supported by Russia. The leader of the party, Igor Dodon, publicly met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin.

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