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 |
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|
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|
|
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 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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 |
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|
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|
|
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