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An
indirect presidential election was held in
Moldova on 4 April 2005. In the
parliamentary elections in March 2005, the
Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM) received 46.1% of the vote and won 56 seats in the 101-member Parliament — more than enough for the 51-vote minimum required to remain in government, but short of the 61 votes necessary to elect a president. However, President Voronin received the necessary support from the
Christian Democratic People's Party, the
Democratic and
Social Liberal factions, after he promised to deliver on needed reforms and
Euro-
Atlantic integration for the country. (The latter two factions broke away from the
Electoral Bloc “Moldova Democrată” following the election, leaving the
Our Moldova Alliance (AMN) of the former
Mayor of Chişinău
Serafim Urechean as the second-largest party in Parliament, with 26 seats). Voronin was re-elected with 75 votes; another candidate,
Gheorghe Duca, received one vote, and two votes were invalid.
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^ "Moldovan parliament re-elects Voronin as president", Moldova One TV (nl.newsbank.com), April 4, 2005.