Romanian general election, 2000

Romanian Presidential election

1996 ← 26 November 2000 10 December 2000 → 2004

Nominee Ion Iliescu Corneliu Vadim Tudor Theodor Stolojan Party PDSR PRM PNL Popular vote 4,076,273 6,696,623 3,178,293 3,324,247 1,321,420 - Percentage 36.35% 66.83% 28.34% 33.17% 11.78% -   Nominee Mugur Isărescu György Frunda Seven others Party Independent UDMR Popular vote 1,069,463 - 696,989 - 897,536 - Percentage 9.54% - 6.22% - 7.99% -

President before election Emil Constantinescu Elected President Ion Iliescu Nonpartisan

General elections were held in Romania on 26 November 2000, with a second round of the presidential election on 10 December. Ion Iliescu of the Social Democracy Party of Romania (PDSR) won the presidential elections, whilst the PDSR emerged as the largest party in Parliament, winning 155 of the 345 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 65 of the 140 seats in the Senate.

Results

President

Candidate	Party	First round		Second round
		Votes	%	Votes	%
Ion Iliescu	Social Democracy Party of Romania	4,076,273	36.4	6,696,623	66.8
Corneliu Vadim Tudor	Greater Romania Party	3,178,293	28.3	3,324,247	33.2
Theodor Stolojan	National Liberal Party	1,321,420	11.8
Mugur Isărescu	Independent	1,069,463	9.5
György Frunda	Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania	696,989	6.2
Petre Roman	Democratic Party	334,852	3.0
Teodor Meleşcanu	Alliance for Romania	241,642	1.9
Eduard Gheorghe Manole	Independent	133,991	1.2
Graziela-Elena Bârlă	Independent	61,455	0.5
Paul-Philippe Hohenzollern	PRN	55,238	0.5
Ion Sasu	Socialist Party of Labour	38,375	0.3
Niculae Cerveni	PLDR	31,983	0.3
Invalid/blank votes		346,484	–	163,845	–
Total		11,559,458	100	10,184,715	100
Registered voters/turnout		17,699,727	65.3	17,711,757	57.5
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Chamber of Deputies

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democracy Party of Romania	3,968,464	36.6	155	+64
Greater Romania Party	2,112,027	19.5	84	+65
Democratic Party	762,365	7.0	31	–
National Liberal Party	747,263	6.9	30	–
Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania	736,863	6.8	27	+2
Romanian Democratic Convention	546,135	5.0	0	–122
Romanian National Unity Party	149,525	1.5	0	–18
National Liberal Party–Câmpeanu	151,518	1.4	0	New
Other parties	1,665,264	15.4	0	–
Parties of national minorities			18	+3
Invalid/blank votes	706,761	–	–	–
Total	11,574,158	100	345	+2
Registered voters/turnout	17,699,727	65.3	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Senate

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democracy Party of Romania	4,040,212	37.1	65	+24
Greater Romania Party	2,288,483	21.0	37	+29
Democratic Party	825,437	7.6	13	–
National Liberal Party	814,381	7.5	13
Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania	751,310	6.9	12	+1
Romanian Democratic Convention	575,706	5.3	0	–53
Alliance for Romania	465,535	4.3	0	New
Romanian National Unity Party	154,761	1.4	0	–7
National Liberal Party–Câmpeanu	133,081	1.2	0	New
Other parties	843,004	7.7	0	–
Invalid/blank votes	653,834	–	–	–
Total	11,545,744	100	140	–3
Registered voters/turnout	17,699,727	65.3	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver