Romanian general election, 1992

Romanian general election

1990 ← 27 September 1992 11 October 1992 → 1996

Nominee Ion Iliescu Emil Constantinescu Gheorghe Funar Party FDSN CDR PUNR Popular vote 5,633,456 7,393,429 3,717,006 4,641,207 1,294,388 - Percentage 47.34% 61.43% 31.24% 38.57% 10.88% -   Nominee Caius Traian Dragomir Mircea Druc Ioan Mânzatu Party Independent MER PR Popular vote 564,655 - 326,866 - 362,485 - Percentage 4.74% - 2.75% - 3.05% -

President before election Ion Iliescu Elected President Ion Iliescu Nonpartisan

General elections were held in Romania on 27 September 1992, with a second round of the presidential election on 11 October. Ion Iliescu was re-elected President, whilst his Democratic National Salvation Front emerged as the largest party in Parliament, winning 117 of the 341 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 49 of the 143 seats in the Senate.

Results

President

Candidate	Party	First round		Second round
		Votes	%	Votes	%
Ion Iliescu	Democratic National Salvation Front	5,633,465	47.2	7,393,429	61.4
Emil Constantinescu	Romanian Democratic Convention	3,717,006	31.1	4,641,207	38.6
Gheorghe Funar	Romanian National Unity Party	1,294,388	10.8
Caius Traian Dragomir	Independent	564,655	4.7
Mircea Druc	Ecological Movement of Romania	362,866	3.0
Ioan Mânzatu	Republican Party	362,485	3.0
Invalid/blank votes		597,565	–	119,174	–
Total		12,496,430	100	12,153,810	100
Registered voters/turnout		16,380,663	76.3	16,597,508	73.2
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Chamber of Deputies

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Democratic National Salvation Front	3,015,708	27.7	117	New
Romanian Democratic Convention	2,117,144	19.5	82	+33
National Salvation Front	1,108,500	10.2	43	–220
Romanian National Unity Party	839,586	7.7	30	New
Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania	811,290	7.5	27	–2
Greater Romania Party	424,061	3.9	16	New
Socialist Party of Labour	330,378	3.0	13	New
Parties of national minorities	115,774	1.1	13	+2
Other parties	2,117,811	19.5	0	–
Invalid/blank votes	1,616,178	–	–	–
Total	12,496,430	100	341	–54
Registered voters/turnout	16,380,663	76.3	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Senate

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Democratic National Salvation Front	3,102,201	28.3	49	New
Romanian Democratic Convention	2,210,722	20.2	34	+22
National Salvation Front	1,139,033	10.4	18	–73
Romanian National Unity Party	890,410	8.1	14	New
Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania	831,469	7.6	12	0
Greater Romania Party	422,545	3.9	6	New
Romanian Democratic Agrarian Party	362,427	3.3	5	+5
Socialist Party of Labour	349,470	3.2	5	New
Other parties	1,656,541	15.1	0	–
Invalid/blank votes	1,531,612	–	–	–
Total	12,496,430	100	143	+25
Registered voters/turnout	16,380,663	76.3	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver