Elections in Romania

For full details of the electoral system and results of all post-Communist elections see Richard Rose and Neil Munro, Parties and Elections in New European Democracies (Colchester: ECPR Press, 2009)

For European Parliament election results, go to http://www.europarl.europa.eu/parliament/archive/elections2009/en/romania_en.html

TABLE 1.5 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 28 NOVEMBER & 12 DECEMBER 2004
	First	%	Second	%
Electorate	18,449,344		18,316,104
Valid Votes	10,452,205	56.7	10,008,314	54.6
Invalid Votes	339,010	1.8	103,245	0.6
Total Votes	10,791,215	58.5	10,111,559	55.2
Adrian Nastase, PSD	4,278,864	40.9	4,881,520	48.8
Traian Basescu, PD	3,545,236	33.9	5,126,794	51.2
Corneliu Vadim Tudor, PRM	1,313,714	12.6	-	-
Marko Bela, UMDR	533,446	5.1	-	-
Gheorghe Coriolan Ciuhandu, PNTCD	198,394	1.9	-	-
George Becali	184,560	1.8	-	-
Petre Roman	140,702	1.3	-	-
Gheorghe Dinu	113,321	1.1	-	-
Marian Petre Milut	43,378	0.4	-	-
Ovidiu Tudorici	37,910	0.4	-	-
Aurel Radulescu	35,455	0.3	-	-
Alexandru Raj Tunaru	27,225	0.3	-	-

Source: Biroul Electoral Central, www.bec2004.ro/ accessed 22 May 2005

Romania : Percentage of Votes for the Camera Deputatilor
		20 May 1990	27 September 1992	3 November 1996	26 November 2000	28 November 2004	30 November 2008
	Valid Votes	79.7	66.4	71.1	61.3	55.2	37.3
	Invalid Votes	6.5	9.7	4.8	4.0	3.3	1.9
	Total Votes	86.2	76.1	75.9	65.3	58.5	39.2

1	National Salvation Front	66.3	�	�	�	�	�
2	Hungarian Democratic Union	7.2	7.5	6.6	6.8	6.2	6.2
3	National Liberal Party: PNL	6.4	2.6	�	6.9	�	18.6
29	Justice and Truth: PNL+PD	�	�	�	�	31.3	�
14	Democratic Liberal Party: PDL	�	10.2	�	7.0	�	32.4
20	Social Democratic Union: PD+PSDR	�	�	12.9	�	�	�
10	Romanian Social Democrats: PSDR	0.5	�	�	�	�	�
5	Christian Dem. Nat'l Peasants: PNTCD	2.6	�	�	�	1.8	�
13	Democratic Convention of Romania: CDR	�	20.0	30.2	5.0	�	�
8	Romanian Ecologist Party: PER	1.7	�	�	0.9	0.7	�
4	Ecological Movement: MER	2.6	2.3	�	�	�	�
6	Romanian Unity Alliance	2.1	�	�	�	�	�
7	Agrarian Democratic Party	1.8	3.0	�	�	�	�
9	Romanian Socialist Democratic Party	1.0	0.9	�	�	�	�
11	Democratic Group of the Centre	0.5	�	�	�	�	�
12	Democratic National Salvation Front	�	27.7	�	�	�	�
19	Social Democracy Party of Romania: PDSR	�	�	21.5	�	�	�
25	Social Democratic Pole	�	�	�	36.6	�	�
28	Soc. Dem.�Conservative Alliance PSD +PC	�	�	�	�	36.6	33.1
15	Romanian National Unity Party	�	7.7	4.4	1.4	0.5	�
16	Greater Romania Party	�	3.9	4.5	19.5	12.9	3.2
17	Socialist Labour Party	�	3.0	2.1	0.8	�	�
18	Republican Party	�	1.6	�	0.1	�	�
21	Socialist Party	�	�	2.3	�	�	�
22	Romanian Socialist Workers' Party	�	�	1.7	�	�	�
23	National Liberal Alliance	�	�	1.6	�	�	�
24	Pensioners' Party in Romania	�	�	1.4	0.7	�	�
26	Alliance for Romania	�	�	�	4.1	�	�
27	National Liberal Party�Campeanu	�	�	�	1.4	�	�
30	Party of the New Generation: PNG �CD	�	�	�	�	2.2	2.3
	Others	7.2	9.6	10.7	8.7	7.7	4.4

Source: Richard Rose and Neil Munro, Parties and Elections in New European Democracies (Colchester: ECPR Press, 2009), p.224f

Romania: Number of Seats in the Camera Deputatilor
		20 May 1990	27 September 1992	3 November 1996	26 November 2000	28 November 2004	30 November 2008
1	National Salvation Front	263	�	�	�	�	�
2	Hungarian Democratic Union	29	27	25	27	22	22 1
3	National Liberal Party: PNL	29	0	�	30	�	65 2
29	Justice and Truth: PNL+PD	�	�	�	�	112 3	�
14	Democratic Liberal Party: PDL	�	43	� 4	31	� 3	115 5
20	Social Democratic Union: PD+PSDR	�	�	53 4	�	�	�
10	Romanian Social Democrats: PSDR	2	�	�	�	�	�
5	Christian Dem. Nat'l Peasants: PNTCD	12	� 6	� 7	� 8	0	�
13	Democratic Convention of Romania: CDR	�	82 6	122 7	0	�	�
8	Romanian Ecologist Party: PER	8	� 6	� 7	0	0	�
4	Ecological Movement: MER	12	0	�	�	�	�
6	Romanian Unity Alliance	9	�	�	�	�	�
7	Agrarian Democratic Party	9	0	�	�	�	�
9	Romanian Socialist Democratic Party	5	0	�	�	�	�
11	Democratic Group of the Centre	2	�	�	�	�	�
12	Democratic National Salvation Front	�	117	�	�	�	�
19	Social Democracy Party: PDSR	�	�	91	�	�	�
25	Social Democratic Pole	�	�	�	155	�	�
28	Soc. Dem.�Conservative Alliance PSD +PC	�	�	�	�	132 9	114 10
15	Romanian National Unity Party	�	30	18	0	0	�
16	Greater Romania Party	�	16	19	84	48	0
17	Socialist Labour Party	�	13	0	0	�	�
18	Republican Party	�	0	�	0	�	�
21	Socialist Party	�	�	0	�	�	�
22	Romanian Socialist Workers' Party	�	�	0	�	�	�
23	National Liberal Alliance	�	�	0	�	�	�
24	Pensioners' Party in Romania	�	�	0	0	�	�
26	Alliance for Romania	�	�	�	0	�	�
27	National Liberal Party�Campeanu	�	�	�	0	�	�
30	Party of the New Generation: PNG �CD	�	�	�	�	0	0
	Minority organizations 11	9	13	15	19	18	18
	Others	7 12	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	396	341	343	346	332	334
1 Includes 14 seats won by absolute majority in SMDs. 2 Includes 4 seats won by absolute majority in SMDs. 3 Justice and Truth includes 64 seats for PNL and 48 seats for PD, now known as PDL . 4 Social Democratic Union includes 43 seats for PD, now known as PDL , and 10 seats for PSDR. 5 Includes 27 seats won by absolute majority in SMDs. 6 CDR in 1992 includes 42 seats for PNTCD, 10 for PSDR, 4 for PER , and 26 spread amongst more than a dozen other parties. 7 CDR in 1996 includes 88 seats for PNTCD, 25 for PNL, 5 for PER , 4 for others. 8 Part of CDR in 2000, with no seats. 9 Includes 113 seats for PSD and 19 seats for PUR, now known as PC. 10 Includes 111 seats for PSD and 3 seats for PC; 40 seats were won by absolute majority in SMDs, all by PSD . 11 All seats allocated under special guarantees for minorities, except for 3 seats won in 1992 in open contest. 12 Seven separate parties, each winning less than 0.5 per cent of the vote.

Source: Richard Rose and Neil Munro, Parties and Elections in New European Democracies (Colchester: ECPR Press, 2009), p.226f

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