Government of Moldova Elections for the post of mayor of Chișinău were held on 10 July, 24 July, 27 November, and 11 December 2005.
Elections for the post of mayor of Chișinău on 10 July 2005 have been declared invalid, as they participated in only 27% of voters.
These elections were also declared invalid because of the participation of less than one-third of voters on the electoral lists.
Another attempt to elect the mayor of the capital was made on 11 December 2005.
On 25 January 2007 Vasile Ursu was appointed Minister of Transport and acting mayor of Chișinău became Veaceslav Iordan, former deputy of Ursu.