Romanian general election, 1996

Romanian general election

1992 ← 3 November 1996 17 November 1996 → 2000

Nominee Emil Constantinescu Ion Iliescu Petre Roman Party CDR PDSR PD Popular vote 3,569,941 7,057,906 4,081,093 5,914,579 2,598,545 - Percentage 28.21% 54.41% 32.25% 45.59% 20.54% -         Nominee György Frunda Corneliu Vadim Tudor 11 others Party UDMR PRM Popular vote 761,411 - 597,508 - 1,044,409 - Percentage 6.02% - 4.72% - 8.25% -

President before election Ion Iliescu Elected President Emil Constantinescu Nonpartisan

General elections were held in Romania on 3 November 1996, with a second round of the presidential election on 17 November. Whilst incumbent President Ion Iliescu of the Social Democracy Party of Romania received the most votes in the first round, he was defeated by Emil Constantinescu of the Romanian Democratic Convention in the second round. The Romanian Democratic Convention emerged as the largest party in Parliament, winning 122 of the 343 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 53 of the 143 seats in the Senate.

Results

President

Candidate	Party	First round		Second round
		Votes	%	Votes	%
Ion Iliescu	Social Democracy Party of Romania	4,081,093	32.3	7,057,906	54.4
Emil Constantinescu	Romanian Democratic Convention	3,569,941	28.2	5,914,579	45.6
Petre Roman	Democratic Party	2,598,545	20.5
György Frunda	Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania	761,411	6.0
Corneliu Vadim Tudor	Greater Romania Party	597,508	4.7
Gheorghe Funar	Romanian National Unity Party	407,828	3.2
Tudor Mohora	PS	160,387	1.3
Nicolaei Manolescu	National Liberal Alliance	90,122	0.7
Adrian Pǎunescu	Socialist Party of Labour	87,163	0.7
Ion Pop de Popa	PUR	59,752	0.5
George Muntean	Independent	54,218	0.4
Radu Câmpeanu	National Liberal Party	43,780	0.3
Nuţu Anghelina	Independent	43,319	0.3
Constantin Mudava	Independent	39,477	0.3
Constantin Niculescu	PNA	30,045	0.2
Nicolae Militaru	Independent	28,318	0.2
Invalid/blank votes		435,481	–	106,398	–
Total		13,088,388	100	13,078,883	100
Registered voters/turnout		17,218,654	76.0	17,230,654	75.9
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Chamber of Deputies

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Romanian Democratic Convention	3,692,321	30.2	122	+40
Social Democracy Party of Romania	2,633,860	21.5	91	–26
Social Democratic Union	1,582,231	12.9	53	+10
Romanian National Unity Party	533,384	4.4	18	–12
Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania	812,628	6.6	25	–2
Greater Romania Party	545,430	4.5	19	+3
Other parties	2,438,892	19.9	0	–
Parties of national minorities			15	+2
Invalid/blank votes	849,642	–	–	–
Total	13,088,388	100	343	+2
Registered voters/turnout	17,218,654	76.0	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

^a The Social Democratic Union was an alliance of the Social Democratic Party and the Democratic Party.

Senate

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Romanian Democratic Convention	3,772,084	30.7	53	+19
Social Democracy Party of Romania	2,836,011	23.1	41	–8
Social Democratic Union	1,617,384	13.2	23	+5
Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania	837,760	6.8	11	–1
Greater Romania Party	558,026	4.5	8	+2
Romanian National Unity Party	518,962	4.2	7	–7
Other parties	2,147,444	17.5	0	–
Invalid/blank votes	800,717	–	–	–
Total	13,088,388	100	143	0
Registered voters/turnout	17,218,654	76.0	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver