2016 Transnistrian presidential election

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{{Infobox election

| country = Transnistria

| type = presidential

| previous_election = 2011 Transnistrian presidential election

| previous_year = 2011

| election_date = 11 December 2016

| next_election = 2021 Transnistrian presidential election

| next_year = 2021

| turnout = 60.1%

| image1 = Vadim Krasnoselsky official photo 3.jpg

| nominee1 = Vadim Krasnoselsky

| party1 = Independent politician

| popular_vote1 = 157,410

| percentage1 = 63.52%

| image2 = Yevgeny Shevchuk (vspmr.org).jpg

| nominee2 = Yevgeny Shevchuk

| party2 = Independent politician

| popular_vote2 = 69,179

| percentage2 = 27.92%

| title = President

| before_election = Yevgeny Shevchuk

| before_party = Independent politician

| after_election = Vadim Krasnoselsky

| after_party = Independent politician

}}{{Politics of Transnistria}}

Presidential elections were held in Transnistria on 11 December 2016.[http://neweasterneurope.eu/articles-and-commentary/2019-transnistrian-house-of-cards Transnistrian “House of Cards”] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160711131954/http://neweasterneurope.eu/articles-and-commentary/2019-transnistrian-house-of-cards |date=2016-07-11 }} New Eastern Europe, 7 June 2016 The result was a victory for Supreme Council Speaker, Vadim Krasnoselsky, who defeated incumbent President Yevgeny Shevchuk. There were allegations of significant electoral fraud on behalf of Krasnoselsky, which might have determined who won the election.

Candidates

Seven candidates registered to contest the elections. However, former Interior Minister {{ill|Gennady Kuzmichev|ru|Кузьмичев, Геннадий Юрьевич}} later withdrew his candidacy.{{cite web |url=http://cikpmr.com/index.php/novosti/item/1092-ob-otmene-registratsii-gennadiya-kuzmicheva-v-kachestve-kandidata-v-prezidenty-pmr |title=Об отмене регистрации Геннадия Кузьмичёва в качестве кандидата в президенты ПМР |date=2016-12-01 |publisher=ЦИК ПМР |accessdate=2016-12-11 |archive-date=2016-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204101046/http://cikpmr.com/index.php/novosti/item/1092-ob-otmene-registratsii-gennadiya-kuzmicheva-v-kachestve-kandidata-v-prezidenty-pmr |url-status=dead }}[https://www.cikpmr.com/index.php/component/k2/item/946 Кандидаты в Президенты ПМР] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123010433/https://www.cikpmr.com/index.php/component/k2/item/946 |date=2019-01-23 }} ЦИК ПМР

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! colspan=2|Candidate

! Party

! Public office experience

style="background-color:{{party color|Independent politician}}" |

|{{ill|Alexander Deli|ru|Дели, Александр Фёдорович}}

|Independent

|Prosecutor of Transnistria (2012–2016)
Minister of Justice (2012)

style="background-color:{{party color|Independent politician}}" |

|Vladimir Grigoryev

|Independent

|None

style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of the Russian Federation}}" |

|Oleg Khorzhan

|Communist

|Member of the Supreme Council (2010–2018)

style="background-color:{{party color|Independent politician}}" |

|Vadim Krasnoselsky

|Independent

|Speaker of the Supreme Council (2015–2016)
Member of the Supreme Council (2015–2016)
Minister of the Interior (2007–2012)

style="background:#DDDDDD"

|style="background-color:{{party color|Independent politician}}" |

|{{ill|Gennady Kuzmichev|ru|Кузьмичев, Геннадий Юрьевич}}

|Independent

|Minister of the Interior (2013–2015)

style="background-color:{{party color|Independent politician}}" |

|Yevgeny Shevchuk

|Independent

|President of Transnistria (2011–2016)
Speaker of the Supreme Council (2005–2009)
Member of the Supreme Council (2000–2011)

style="background-color:{{party color|Independent politician}}" |

|Irina Vasilaki

|Independent

|None

Opinion polls

In the last opinion poll before the election, made public on 23 November, 53% of those polled indicated a preference for Evgeniy Vasilyevich Shevchuk, 30% for Vadim Nikolaevich Krasnoselsky, 6% against everyone, 5% for Oleg Olegovich Khorzhan, 3% for Gennady Yuryevich Kuzmichev, 1% for Alexander Fedorovich Deli, 0.9% for Irina Nikolaevna Vasilaki and 0.4% for Vladimir Anatolyevich Grigoriev.{{cite web|url=http://glsoccon.ru/news.html|title=Социологический опрос «Электоральные предпочтения избирателей Приднестровья накануне выборов Президента ПМР»|website=Global Social Consulting|date=23 November 2016|access-date=14 June 2024|archive-date=14 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161214065012/http://glsoccon.ru/news.html|url-status=bot: unknown}}