Presidential elections were held in the breakaway republic of

Transnistria Transnistria, officially the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR), is an unrecognised breakaway state that is internationally recognised as a part of Moldova. Transnistria controls most of the narrow strip of land between the Dniester riv ...

on 9 December 2001.''Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2003'', Taylor & Francis, p265 The result was a victory for incumbent President Igor Smirnov, who received 82% of the vote. The other candidates were

Tom Zenovich Tom Markovich Zenovich (russian: Том Маркович Зенович; born February 25, 1939) was a politician and former presidential candidate from Transnistria, a break-away region of Moldova. Prior to his presidential run in 2001 he was m ...

, mayor of Bender (the second largest city in the country), and Alexander Radchenko of the Power to the People party, which advocated reunion with

Moldova Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The unrecognised state of Transnist ...

Results

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Elections in Transnistria Presidential