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			{{Infobox election
⚫	{{Politics of Transnistria}}
		⚫	\| election_name = 2006 Transnistrian presidential election
			\| country = Transnistria
			\| type = presidential
			\| ongoing = no
			\| previous_election = 2001 Transnistrian presidential election
			\| previous_year = 2001
			\| next_election = 2011 Transnistrian presidential election
			\| next_year = 2011
			\| election_date = 10 December 2006

			\| image1 = Igor Smirnov (2017-10-04).jpg
⚫	~~The~~ ~~'''2006~~ ~~presidential~~ ~~election'''~~ in ] ~~was held~~ on ] of ~~that year~~. Incumbent President ] won despite opposition having stiffened during the final weeks of the campaign. Three candidates registered to run besides the incumbent Smirnov: ] MP for ''the ]'' party ], ] candidate ] and journalist ].
			\| nominee1 = ''']'''
			\| party1 = Republic (Transnistria)
			\| running_mate1 = ]
			\| popular_vote1 = '''212,384'''
			\| percentage1 = '''83.90%'''

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	==Preelection period==
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			\| party2 = ]–]
			\| running_mate2 = ]
			\| popular_vote2 = 20,902
			\| percentage2 = 8.26%

			\| title = President
⚫	Andrey Safonov's candidacy was at first rejected on the basis of insufficient and allegedly fraudulent signatures<ref></ref>, but on ] the Tiraspol law court accepted it. ~~The Transnistrian authorities have deliberately given little time for Safonov's election campaign, claimed Safonov's candidate for vice president, ].<ref></ref>~~
			\| before_election = ]
			\| before_party = Republic (Transnistria)
			\| after_election = ]
			\| after_party = Republic (Transnistria)
		⚫	}}{{Politics of Transnistria}}

		⚫	Presidential elections were held in ] on 10 December 2006. Incumbent President ] won despite opposition having stiffened during the final weeks of the campaign. Three candidates registered to run besides the incumbent Smirnov: ] MP for ''the ]'' party ], ] candidate ] and journalist ].
⚫	Despite the court ruling, at the Electoral ~~Comission~~ meeting on ] Safonov's registration was not accepted with some members claiming that the court decision needed to be challenged at a higher instance. The Commission finally allowed the candidacy on ].

			==Background==
⚫	Starting with ], early voting was allowed for those persons for whom it was impossible to come to the polls on ].<ref>~~</ref>~~ ~~Little more than 1,000 voters availed themselves of this right, out of a total electorate of 394,000 eligible voters<ref>~~</ref>.
		⚫	Andrey Safonov's candidacy was at first rejected on the basis of insufficient and allegedly fraudulent signatures,<ref> {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927192948/http://www.tiraspoltimes.com/node/370 \|date=September 27, 2007 }}</ref> but on 30 November the Tiraspol law court accepted it.

		⚫	Despite the court ruling, at the Electoral Commission meeting on 27 November Safonov's registration was not accepted with some members claiming that the court decision needed to be challenged at a higher instance. The Commission finally allowed the candidacy on 5 December.
	==Official results==
⚫	{{Transnistrian presidential election~~, 2006}}~~

		⚫	Starting with 7 December, early voting was allowed for those persons for whom it was impossible to come to the polls on 10 December.<ref>{{cite web\|author=Республика Молдова \|url=http://infotag.md/inews/65594/ \|title=Infotag - Early voting begins in Transnistria \|publisher=Infotag.md \|date= \|accessdate=2013-09-21}}</ref>
	==Contestation==
	Andrey Safonov, one of the opposition candidates, suggested that election results were rigged in favour of the incumbent leader. He claimed that there was a strange difference between the exit polls results and the official results<ref></ref> and proceeded to challenge the election results in court.<ref></ref>

	==~~Reactions~~==		==Conduct==
			Andrey Safonov, one of the opposition candidates, suggested that election results were rigged in favour of the incumbent leader. He claimed that there was a strange difference between the exit polls results and the official results.<ref> {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927024911/http://transnistria.md/ro/news//775/ \|date=2007-09-27 }} {{in lang\|ro}}</ref> “It is not clear to me why, according to exit polls conducted by the Pridnestrovian Independent Center for Analytical Research “New Century”, President Smirnov received 63.34%, and according to official data this figure is much higher. At the same time, it is not clear to me why dataCEC1.6% voted against all. Firstly, more than 16% refused to answer questions on voting day - I think they clearly did not vote for Smirnov. Secondly, the level of protest voting in the PMR is generally traditionally higher,” said opposition candidate Andrei Safonov.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Оппозиционер Сафонов: уровень протестного голосования был намного выше (Приднестровье) \|url=https://regnum.ru/news/753957 \|access-date=2024-08-30 \|website=Оппозиционер Сафонов: уровень протестного голосования был намного выше (Приднестровье) \|language=ru}}</ref> According to an article by the ethnic Russian researcher from Moldova Alla Skvortsova, "polls and elections in the PMR may to some extent have been rigged".<ref>Alla Skvortsova, "The Cultural and Social Makeup of Moldova: A Bipolar or Dispersed Society?", in Pal Kolsto (ed.), ''National Integration and Violent Conflict in Post-Soviet Societies'' (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.), p. 176.</ref>
	] considers the elections in Transnistria illegitimate.<ref></ref>

	== ~~References~~ ==		==Results==
			{{Election results
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			\|cand2=]\|vp2=Anatoliy Bazhen\|party2=]–]\|votes2=20902\|color2=red
			\|cand3=]\|vp3=Grigoriy Volov\|party3=Independent\|votes3=10162
			\|cand4=]\|vp4=Aleksandr Korshunov\|party4=Independent\|votes4=5480
			\|row5=None of the above\|votes5=4216
			\|invalid=4638
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			==References==
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2006 Transnistrian presidential election

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Nominee	Igor Smirnov	Nadezhda Bondarenko
Party	Republic	KPP–PKP
Running mate	Aleksandr Korolyov	Anatoliy Bazhen
Popular vote	212,384	20,902
Percentage	83.90%	8.26%

President before election

Igor Smirnov
Republic

Elected President

Igor Smirnov
Republic

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Presidential elections were held in Transnistria on 10 December 2006. Incumbent President Igor Smirnov won despite opposition having stiffened during the final weeks of the campaign. Three candidates registered to run besides the incumbent Smirnov: Bender MP for the Renewal party Peter Tomaily, Transnistrian Communist Party candidate Nadezhda Bondarenko and journalist Andrey Safonov.

Background

Andrey Safonov's candidacy was at first rejected on the basis of insufficient and allegedly fraudulent signatures, but on 30 November the Tiraspol law court accepted it.

Despite the court ruling, at the Electoral Commission meeting on 27 November Safonov's registration was not accepted with some members claiming that the court decision needed to be challenged at a higher instance. The Commission finally allowed the candidacy on 5 December.

Starting with 7 December, early voting was allowed for those persons for whom it was impossible to come to the polls on 10 December.

Conduct

Andrey Safonov, one of the opposition candidates, suggested that election results were rigged in favour of the incumbent leader. He claimed that there was a strange difference between the exit polls results and the official results. “It is not clear to me why, according to exit polls conducted by the Pridnestrovian Independent Center for Analytical Research “New Century”, President Smirnov received 63.34%, and according to official data this figure is much higher. At the same time, it is not clear to me why dataCEC1.6% voted against all. Firstly, more than 16% refused to answer questions on voting day - I think they clearly did not vote for Smirnov. Secondly, the level of protest voting in the PMR is generally traditionally higher,” said opposition candidate Andrei Safonov. According to an article by the ethnic Russian researcher from Moldova Alla Skvortsova, "polls and elections in the PMR may to some extent have been rigged".

Results


Candidate		Running mate	Party	Votes	%
	Igor Smirnov	Aleksandr Korolyov	Republic	212,384	83.90
	Nadezhda Bondarenko	Anatoliy Bazhen	KPP–PKP	20,902	8.26
	Andrey Safonov	Grigoriy Volov	Independent	10,162	4.01
	Peter Tomaily	Aleksandr Korshunov	Independent	5,480	2.16
None of the above				4,216	1.67
Total				253,144	100.00

Valid votes				253,144	98.20
Invalid/blank votes				4,638	1.80
Total votes				257,782	100.00
Source: Regnum

References

Back in the race: Tiraspol Court overrules Election Commission on Safonov candidacy Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
Республика Молдова. "Infotag - Early voting begins in Transnistria". Infotag.md. Retrieved 2013-09-21.
CANDIDAT INDEPENDENT A ATACAT IN JUSTITIE REZULTATELE "ALEGERILOR PREZIDENTIALE" DIN TRANSNISTRIA Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine (in Romanian)
"Оппозиционер Сафонов: уровень протестного голосования был намного выше (Приднестровье)". Оппозиционер Сафонов: уровень протестного голосования был намного выше (Приднестровье) (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-08-30.
Alla Skvortsova, "The Cultural and Social Makeup of Moldova: A Bipolar or Dispersed Society?", in Pal Kolsto (ed.), National Integration and Violent Conflict in Post-Soviet Societies (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.), p. 176.

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