Moldova Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova, is a Landlocked country, landlocked country in Eastern Europe, with an area of and population of 2.42 million. Moldova is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. ...

elects a

legislature A legislature (, ) is a deliberative assembly with the legal authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country, nation or city on behalf of the people therein. They are often contrasted with the executive and judicial power ...

at national level. The

Parliament In modern politics and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing ...

(''Parlamentul'') has 101 members, elected for a four-year term by

proportional representation Proportional representation (PR) refers to any electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to political divisions (Political party, political parties) amon ...

with a 6%

electoral threshold The electoral threshold, or election threshold, is the minimum share of votes that a candidate or political party requires before they become entitled to representation or additional seats in a legislature. This limit can operate in various ...

. The President used to be elected for a four-year term by a constitutional majority of 60% members of the Parliament, but a

Constitutional Court A constitutional court is a high court that deals primarily with constitutional law. Its main authority is to rule on whether laws that are challenged are in fact unconstitutional, i.e. whether they conflict with constitutionally established ru ...

's ruling on 4 March 2016, reverted the election method of the President to a

two-round system The two-round system (TRS or 2RS), sometimes called ballotage, top-two runoff, or two-round plurality, is a single-winner electoral system which aims to elect a member who has support of the majority of voters. The two-round system involves one ...

direct election Direct election is a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the persons or political party that they want to see elected. The method by which the winner or winners of a direct election are chosen ...

Parliamentary elections

* 1917 Sfatul Țării election * 1941 Moldavian Supreme Soviet election * Elections in the Moldavian SSR, 1946 * Elections in the Moldavian SSR, 1950 * Elections in the Moldavian SSR, 1954 * Elections in the Moldavian SSR, 1958 * Elections in the Moldavian SSR, 1962 * Elections in the Moldavian SSR, 1966 * Elections in the Moldavian SSR, 1970 * Elections in the Moldavian SSR, 1974 * Elections in the Moldavian SSR, 1979 * Elections in the Moldavian SSR, 1984 *

1990 Moldavian Supreme Soviet election Parliamentary elections were held in the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, Moldavian SSR in February and March 1990 to elect the 380 members of the Supreme Soviet. They were the first and only free elections to the Supreme Soviet of the MSSR, ...

1994 Moldovan parliamentary election Early parliamentary elections were held in Moldova on 27 February 1994.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1330 They were the country's first competitive elections, and followed deadlock in Parliament ...

* 1998 Moldovan parliamentary election * 2001 Moldovan parliamentary election *

2005 Moldovan parliamentary election 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 ...

April 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Moldova on 5 April 2009. The Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM) won a majority of seats (60 out of 101) for the third consecutive occasion. Turnout was 59%, exceeding the 50% necessary for ...

* July 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election * 2010 Moldovan parliamentary election * 2014 Moldovan parliamentary election *

2019 Moldovan parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Moldova on 24 February 2019 in order to elect the 101 members of the Parliament of Moldova. The Constitution holds that elections are to be held no later than four years and three months from the date of inaug ...

* 2021 Moldovan parliamentary election * '' 2025 Moldovan parliamentary election''

Local elections

* 1995 Moldovan local elections * 1999 Moldovan local elections * 2003 Moldovan local elections * 2007 Moldovan local elections * 2011 Moldovan local elections * 2015 Moldovan local elections * 2019 Moldovan local elections

Presidential elections

* 1991 Moldovan presidential election *

1996 Moldovan presidential election Presidential elections were held in Moldova on 17 November 1996, with a second round on 1 December.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1330 Whilst incumbent President Mircea Snegur received the most ...

* 2001 Moldovan presidential election * 2005 Moldovan presidential election * May–June 2009 Moldovan presidential election * November–December 2009 Moldovan presidential election * 2011–2012 Moldovan presidential election * 2016 Moldovan presidential election * 2020 Moldovan presidential election * '' 2024 Moldovan presidential election''

Referendums

* 1994 Moldovan referendum * 1999 Moldovan constitutional referendum * 2010 Moldovan constitutional referendum * 2019 Moldovan referendum * 2024 Moldovan European Union membership constitutional referendum

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