2006 Transnistrian presidential election

2006 Transnistrian presidential election

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Nominee Igor Smirnov Nadezhda Bondarenko
Party Republic KPPPKP
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

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.