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 PCRM Popular vote 919,831 782,933 Percentage 54.0% 46.0%

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 of Moldova	630,652	38.8	782,933	46.0
Petru Lucinschi	Independent	430,836	27.7	919,831	54.0
Vladimir Voronin	Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova	159,393	10.2
Andrei Sangheli	Democratic Agrarian Party of Moldova	147,555	9.5
Valeriu Matei	Party of Democratic Forces	138,605	8.9
Marina Leviţchi	Independent	33,115	2.1
Anatol Plugaru	Independent	28,159	1.8
Iuliana Gorea-Costin	Independent	9,926	0.6
Veronica Abramciuc	Independent	6,619	0.4
Invalid/blank votes		76,801	–	45,375	–
Total		1,634,661	100	1,748,139	100
Registered voters/turnout		2,399,156	68.1	2,441,074	71.6
Source: Nohlen & Stöver