1996 Moldovan presidential election

1996 Moldovan presidential election

17 November 1996 (first round) 1 December 1996 (second round)

Nominee Petru Lucinschi Mircea Snegur Party Independent PRCM Popular vote 919,831 782,933 Percentage 54.02% 45.98%

President before election Mircea Snegur PCRM Elected President Petru Lucinschi Independent

Presidential elections were held in Moldova on 17 November 1996, with a second round on 1 December. Whilst incumbent President Mircea Snegur received the most votes in the first round, he was defeated in the second by Petru Lucinschi.

Results

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Mircea Snegur	Party of Rebirth and Conciliation	603,652	38.75	782,933	45.98
	Petru Lucinschi	Independent	430,836	27.66	919,831	54.02
	Vladimir Voronin	Party of Communists	159,393	10.23
	Andrei Sangheli	Democratic Agrarian Party	147,555	9.47
	Valeriu Matei	Party of Democratic Forces	138,605	8.90
	Marina Leviţchi	Independent	33,115	2.13
	Anatol Plugaru	Independent	28,159	1.81
	Iuliana Gorea-Costin	Independent	9,926	0.64
	Veronica Abramciuc	Independent	6,619	0.42
Total			1,557,860	100.00	1,702,764	100.00
Valid votes			1,557,860	95.30	1,702,764	97.40
Invalid/blank votes			76,801	4.70	45,375	2.60
Total votes			1,634,661	100.00	1,748,139	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			2,399,156	68.13	2,441,074	71.61
Source: Nohlen & Stöver