2016 Transnistrian presidential election

2016 Transnistrian presidential election

11 December 2016
Turnout	60.1%
Nominee Vadim Krasnoselsky Yevgeny Shevchuk Party Independent Independent Popular vote 157,410 69,179 Percentage 63.52% 27.92%
President before election Yevgeny Shevchuk Independent Elected President Vadim Krasnoselsky Independent

Presidential elections were held in Transnistria on 11 December 2016. The result was a victory for Supreme Council Speaker, Vadim Krasnoselsky, who defeated incumbent President Yevgeny Shevchuk. There were allegations of significant electoral fraud on behalf of Krasnoselsky, which might have determined who won the election.

Candidates

Seven candidates registered to contest the elections. However, former Interior Minister Gennady Kuzmichev later withdrew his candidacy.

Candidate		Party	Public office experience
	Alexander Deli	Independent	Prosecutor of Transnistria (2012–2016) Minister of Justice (2012)
	Vladimir Grigoryev	Independent	None
	Oleg Khorzhan	Communist	Member of the Supreme Council (2010–2018)
	Vadim Krasnoselsky	Independent	Speaker of the Supreme Council (2015–2016) Member of the Supreme Council (2015–2016) Minister of the Interior (2007–2012)
	Gennady Kuzmichev	Independent	Minister of the Interior (2013–2015)
	Yevgeny Shevchuk	Independent	President of Transnistria (2011–2016) Speaker of the Supreme Council (2005–2009) Member of the Supreme Council (2000–2011)
	Irina Vasilaki	Independent	None

Opinion polls

In the last opinion poll before the election, made public on 23 November, 53% of those polled indicated a preference for Evgeniy Vasilyevich Shevchuk, 30% for Vadim Nikolaevich Krasnoselsky, 6% against everyone, 5% for Oleg Olegovich Khorzhan, 3% for Gennady Yuryevich Kuzmichev, 1% for Alexander Fedorovich Deli, 0.9% for Irina Nikolaevna Vasilaki and 0.4% for Vladimir Anatolyevich Grigoriev.

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Vadim Krasnoselsky	Independent	157,410	63.52
	Yevgeny Shevchuk	Independent	69,179	27.92
	Oleg Khorzhan	Transnistrian Communist Party	8,012	3.23
	Vladimir Grigoryev	Independent	1,698	0.69
	Irina Vasilaki	Independent	1,526	0.62
	Alexander Deli	Independent	1,379	0.56
Against all			8,593	3.47
Total			247,797	100.00
Valid votes			247,797	98.08
Invalid/blank votes			4,862	1.92
Total votes			252,659	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				60.1
Source: CIK