Moldovan presidential election, 1996

Moldovan presidential election

17 November 1996 1 December 1996

Nominee Petru Lucinschi Mircea Snegur Vladimir Voronin Popular vote 430,836 919,831 603,652 782,933 159,393 Percentage 27.7% 54.0% 38.8% 46.0% 10.2% -   Nominee Andrei Sangheli Valeriu Matei Popular vote 147,555 138,605 Percentage 9.5% - 8.9% -

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