Parliamentary elections were held in Moldova on 6 March 2005.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1330 The result was a victory for the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM), which won 56 of the 101 seats.Nohlen & Stöver, p1342

Electoral system The Parliament was elected by proportional representation in a single national constituency. In 2002 the electoral law was amended to change the electoral threshold, which had previously been at 3% for independent candidates and 6% for political parties and electoral blocs.Nohlen & Stöver, p1322 For electoral blocs of two parties it was raised to 9%, and for blocs of three or more it was raised to 12%.

Results

Results by administrative-territorial unit # Administrative-territorial unit Turnout Party/electoral bloc PCRM BMD PPCD BePR PSDM MRR 1 Chișinău 55.03% 37.97% 30.99% 14.86% 4.70% 3.04% 3.29% 2 Bălți 57.45% 40.83% 22.95% 5.37% 7.84% 3.50% 13.51% 3 Anenii Noi 68.37% 51.52% 24.21% 9.13% 3.70% 4.50% 0.68% 4 Basarabeasca 82.01% 57.49% 21.93% 3.88% 4.28% 1.90% 0.52% 5 Briceni 71.80% 50.14% 30.16% 4.56% 2.66% 1.20% 6.08% 6 Cahul 69.04% 39.08% 31.83% 14.60% 3.13% 3.11% 3.74% 7 Cantemir 78.40% 49.52% 32.58% 8.28% 1.18% 2.60% 0.12% 8 Călărași 71.55% 47.46% 34.26% 9.72% 0.82% 2.07% 0.21% 9 Căușeni 65.81% 49.05% 26.94% 9.47% 2.16% 4.71% 0.61% 10 Cimișlia 72.49% 61.09% 19.30% 8.42% 1.55% 2.64% 0.31% 11 Criuleni 67.31% 48.45% 32.92% 9.83% 0.95% 2.26% 0.29% 12 Donduseni 68.43% 55.19% 21.97% 5.36% 2.48% 2.58% 6.54% 13 Drochia 67.87% 49.92% 28.55% 5.95% 4.04% 2.58% 2.83% 14Dubăsari 66.56% 69.04% 19.02% 3.45% 1.66% 2.64% 0.20% 15 Edineț 67.89% 48.50% 24.63% 4.25% 2.13% 1.42% 12.92% 16 Fălești 73.82% 56.45% 26.49% 4.74% 3.01% 3.02% 1.61% 17 Floresti 73.91% 54.47% 29.93% 5.15% 4.45% 1.35% 0.25% 18 Glodeni 65.36% 47.58% 28.43% 4.04% 8.31% 1.16% 1.61% 19 Hîncești 65.69% 47.97% 31.47% 9.31% 1.27% 4.30% 0.49% 20 Ialoveni 62.73% 43.74% 35.96% 12.27% 0.80% 1.88% 0.17% 21 Leova 74.49% 49.64% 33.38% 8.49% 2.00% 0.80% 0.49% 22 Nisporeni 68.71% 47.80% 31.24% 11.65% 0.88% 2.29% 0.09% 23 Ocnița 76.42% 64.03% 17.14% 3.34% 3.66% 0.93% 7.31% 24 Orhei 64.31% 41.15% 33.95% 10.24% 1.38% 5.53% 0.42% 25 Rezina 74.65% 53.24% 27.62% 8.72% 1.63% 3.95% 0.65% 26 Rîșcani 71.01% 46.17% 29.32% 5.86% 5.07% 2.38% 4.37% 27 Sîngerei 69.97% 44.63% 30.09% 5.69% 4.18% 8.91% 1.28% 28 Soroca 68.47% 51.29% 31.38% 5.06% 2.01% 2.99% 1.96% 29 Strășeni 65.96% 41.92% 33.24% 12.33% 0.91% 1.86% 0.13% 30 Șoldănești 71.55% 60.86% 21.70% 8.73% 0.90% 1.53% 0.11% 31 Ștefan Vodă 65.67% 44.52% 31.19% 11.82% 1.37% 2.08% 1.06% 32 Taraclia 71.70% 49.86% 18.54% 2.28% 12.00% 2.12% 8.30% 33 Telenești 71.96% 42.32% 38.49% 9.41% 0.68% 4.51% 0.04% 34 Ungheni 66.54% 53.30% 27.64% 6.72% 2.37% 3.27% 1.25% 35 U.T.A. Găgăuzia 60.64% 30.75% 6.09% 0.81% 51.48% 0.95% 5.34% 36 Transnistria — 31.42% 41.59% 8.41% 6.01% 6.95% 1.49% 37 Diplomatic missions (Moldovan diaspora) 61.76% 11.61% 43.11% 32.32% 4.92% 3.82% 0.72%Total 64.84% 45.98% 28.53% 9.07% 4.97% 2.92% 2.83%

See also Moldovan Parliament 2005–2009

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