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The 2006 referendum in Transnistria took place in Transnistria on 17 September 2006. On that date, Transnistria voted to continue its de facto independence and seek closer ties with Russia.

Official Results

Data issued by Transnistrian authorities show of the 555,500 inhabitants, a total of 390,000 were registered to vote, down 7% from a year earlier.

The referendum asked voters:

  1. Do you support the course towards the independence of Transnistria and the subsequent free association with the Russian Federation?
    Yes: 97.1% - No: 2.3% - Invalid/undecided: 0.6%
  2. Do you consider it possible to renounce the Transnistria's independent status and subsequently become part of the Republic of Moldova?
    Yes: 3.4% - No: 94.6% - Invalid/undecided: 2.0%

Turnout was 78.6% of the electorate, substantially more than the 50%+1 required by law to validate the referendum. On the day of the referendum, no exit polling was allowed within 25 meters of polling stations, to prevent disruption of voting.

Reactions

International organisations, such as the OSCE, European Union, GUAM, and some other countries (Bulgaria, Norway, Romania, Turkey) did not recognize the referendum. In addition, the representatives of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Moldova (HCHRM) claim to have observed a series of infringements at the referendum. Some of the infrigements supposedly observed are:

  1. Groups of “activists” going into people’s homes, especially in Tiraspol and Bender districts, asking why they did not come to the referendum, and threatening that after the referendum they will be forced to look for a new home in Romania.
  2. Agents dressed in civil or militia uniforms forcing the observers from outside the sections to stay at a distance of 200-250 meters far from these places, in some voting sections.
  3. Information supposedly received from an important official of the Ministry for State Security (MGB) working closedly with groups of “political technologists” from Russia that the results of the referendum were well known since Saturday.
  4. Percentage of people who visited polling stating being less than 50%, generally between 10% and 30% .
  5. "Cleaning" of the list of voters by excluding some citizens who previously boycotted elections and referendums held in Transnistria.


Sergei Bagapsh, president of the breakaway republic of Abkhazia, has said his republic fully supports the aspirations of the self-proclaimed republic of Transdniestria toward independence and integration with Russia.

Criticism

The formulation of the questions is found far from being fair. In a clear manipulation of the public opinion, people are asked to choose between freedom ("free association") and loss of independence ("renounce the Transnistria's indepentent status"), between reality ("support the course") and something unlikely ("consider it possible") .

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References

  1. Transnistrian Electorate Shrinking Dramatically
  2. Landslide win for independence vote in Pridnestrovie's referendum
  3. Regnum.ru news agency: “Exit-polls can be held in Transdnestr not closer than 25 m to polling stations”, September 11,2006
  4. OSCE will not recognize results of referendum in Transnistria
  5. Russia Blocked Council of Europe Declaration Regarding the Disapproval of Transnistria Referendum
  6. HCHRM press release
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