1919 Romanian general election

1919 Romanian general election

4–8 November 1919
All 568 seats in the Chamber of Deputies All 216 seats in the Senate
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Alexandru Vaida-Voevod Ion I. C. Brătianu Pan Halippa Party PNR PNL PȚB Leader's seat Cluj County Gorj County Bălți County Seats won 169 C / 76 S 103 C / 54 S 72 C / 35 S
Prime Minister before election Artur Văitoianu Independent Subsequent Prime Minister Alexandru Vaida-Voevod PNR

General elections were held in Romania between 4 and 8 November 1919. The Romanian National Party, which ran mostly unopposed in Transylvania, emerged as the largest party in Parliament, winning 169 of the 568 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 76 of the 216 seats in the Senate. Though both the Socialist Party and People's League decided to boycott the elections, several of their candidates who had registered before the decision went on to win seats.

Results

Chamber of Deputies

Party		Seats
	Romanian National Party	169
	National Liberal Party	103
	Bessarabian Peasants' Party	72
	Peasants' Party	61
	Democratic Nationalist Party	27
	Democratic Union Party	20
	Progressive Conservative Party	13
	Group of Transylvanian Saxons	8
	National Democratic Hungarian-Szekler Party	8
	Socialist Party	7
	People's League	7
	Swabian Group	6
	Transylvanian Peasants' Party	4
	National Union from Banat	4
	Other parties	59
Total		568
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Senate

Party		Seats
	Romanian National Party	76
	National Liberal Party	54
	Bessarabian Peasants' Party	35
	Peasants' Party	28
	Democratic Nationalist Party	9
	Democratic Union Party	7
	Progressive Conservative Party	4
	Group of Transylvanian Saxons	3
Total		216
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

External links

• (in Romanian) Ciprian Stoleru, "Primele alegeri din România Mare, prima mare surpriză: Favoriţii, zdrobiţi la urna de vot", Adevărul, December 3, 2012