Country: | Moldova |
Previous Election: | 1990 |
Next Election: | 1998 |
Seats For Election: | All 104 seats in Parliament |
Majority Seats: | 53 |
Election Date: | 27 February 1994 |
Turnout: | 79.31% |
Leader1: | Dumitru Moțpan |
Party1: | PDAM |
Last Election1: | New |
Seats1: | 56 |
Percentage1: | 43.18 |
Leader2: | Valeriu Senic |
Party2: | PSM–MUE |
Last Election2: | New |
Seats2: | 28 |
Percentage2: | 22.00 |
Leader3: | Simion Certan |
Party3: | Bloc of Peasants and Intellectuals |
Last Election3: | New |
Seats3: | 11 |
Percentage3: | 9.21 |
Leader4: | Iurie Roșca |
Party4: | Alliance of the Christian Democratic Popular Front |
Last Election4: | New |
Seats4: | 9 |
Percentage4: | 7.53 |
Map: | MdAlegeri1994.png |
Prime Minister | |
Before Election: | Andrei Sangheli |
After Election: | Andrei Sangheli |
Before Party: | PDAM |
After Party: | PDAM |
Early parliamentary elections were held in Moldova on 27 February 1994.[1] They were the country's first competitive elections, and followed deadlock in Parliament over the issue of joining the Commonwealth of Independent States.[2] The result was a victory for the Democratic Agrarian Party of Moldova (PDAM), which won 56 of the 104 seats.[3]
In 1993 a new electoral law was passed,[4] which removed the right to vote from serving members of the military, whilst removing the right to run for election from all members of the military, the judiciary, the police force, national security services and prosecutors.[5] A special Central Election Commission was formed by the Supreme Court, consisting of the five judges in the Court and one representative of each party or alliance.[6] The parliament was elected by proportional representation in a single national constituency. The electoral threshold was set at 4% for both independent candidates and political parties.[6]