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1928 Romanian general election

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1928 Romanian general election

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All 387 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
All 110 seats in the Senate
Turnout77.4% (Increase0.4%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Iuliu Maniu Vintilă Brătianu György Bethlen
Party PNȚ-led Alliance PNL PM
Leader since 10 October 1926
(party foundation)
24 November 1927 1 April 1926
Last election 17 S
54 D, 22.5%
92 S
318 D, 62.7%
1 S
15 D, 6.4%†
Seats won 105 S / 348 D 0 S / 13 D 3 S / 16 D
Seat change Increase 88 S / Increase 294 D Decrease 92 S / Decrease 305 D Increase 2 S / Increase 1 D
Popular vote 2,208,922 D 185,939 D 172,099 D
Percentage 79.2% 6.7% 6.2%
Swing Increase56.7% Decrease56.0% Decrease0.2%†

† Participated in the previous election as the BMG,
in coalition with the PG.

Prime Minister before election

Iuliu Maniu
PNȚ

Elected Prime Minister

Iuliu Maniu
PNȚ

General elections were held in Romania in December 1928.[1] The Chamber of Deputies was elected on 12 December, whilst the Senate was elected in three stages on 15, 17 and 19 December.[1] The result was a victory for the governing National Peasants' Party-led alliance, which won 348 of the 387 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 105 of the 110 seats in the Senate elected through universal male vote.[2] Of the 348 Chamber seats won by the alliance, the National Peasants' Party won 326, the Social Democratic Party won 9, the German Party won 8, the Hungarian People's Party won 2 and three were won by Jewish candidates.[2] It is generally regarded as the freest election ever held in Romania until the 1990s.[3]

Results

Party Chamber Senate
Votes % Seats +/– Votes % Seats +/–
National Peasants' Party-led alliance 2,208,922 79.2 348 +294 105 +88
National Liberal Party 185,939 6.7 13 –305 0 –92
Magyar Party 172,099 6.2 16 New 3 New
National PartyPeople's Party 70,790 2.5 5 +5 0 0
Peasants' Party–Lupu 70,506 2.5 5 New 0 New
Peasant Workers' Bloc 38,851 1.4 0 New 0 New
National-Christian Defense League 32,273 1.2 0 New 0 New
Other parties 8,051 0.3 0 3
Jewish Party 0 2 New
Invalid/blank votes 53,249
Total 2,840,680 100 387 0 110 –3
Registered voters/turnout 3,671,352 77.4
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. ^ a b Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1591 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ a b Nohlen & Stöver, pp1610-1611
  3. ^ Romania from Encyclopædia Britannica.