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1931 Romanian general election Turnout 72.5% ( 4.9%)
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Ion Duca
Iuliu Maniu
Gheorghe Brătianu
Party
[[National Union (Political Alliance) |National Union (Political Alliance) ]]
PNȚ
PNL–Brătianu
Leader since
28 December 1930 (PNL-Duca )
10 October 1926(party foundation)
15 June 1930(party foundation)
Last election
New
105 S 348 D , 79.2%
New
Seats won
108 S / 289 D
1 S / 30 D
0 S / 12 D
Seat change
New
104 S / 296 D
New
Popular vote
1,389,901 D
438,747 D
173,586 D
Percentage
48.9%
15.4%
6.1%
Swing
New
63.8%
New
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Leader
Alexandru Averescu
György Bethlen
A. C. Cuza
Party
PP
PM
LANC
Leader since
3 April 1918(party foundation)
1 April 1926
March 1923 (party foundation)
Last election
0 S 5 D , 2.5%
0 S 16 D , 6.2%
0 S 0 D , 1.2%
Seats won
0 S / 10 D
0 S / 10 D
0 S / 8 D
Seat change
0 S / 5 D
0 S / 6 D
0 S / 8 D
Popular vote
141,141 D
139,003 D
113,863 D
Percentage
5.0%
4.9%
4.0%
Swing
2.5%
1.3%
2.8%
General elections were held in Romania in June 1931.[ 1] The Chamber of Deputies was elected on 1 June, whilst the Senate was elected in three stages on 4, 6 and 8 June.[ 1] The result was a victory for the governing National Union, an alliance of the National Party , the National Liberal Party , the German Party , the Agrarian Union Party , the Vlad Ţepeş League , the Agrarian League and several other parties.[ 2] [ 3] The Union won 289 of the 387 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 108 of the 113 seats in the Senate elected through universal vote.[ 3] The five seats won by the Communist-dominated Peasant Workers' Bloc were ultimately invalidated by the new Parliament.
Results
Party
Chamber
Senate
Votes
%
Seats
+/–
Votes
%
Seats
+/–
National Union[a]
1,389,901
48.9
289
–
108
–
National Peasants' Party
438,747
15.4
30
–296
1
–104
National Liberal Party-Brătianu
173,586
6.1
12
New
0
New
People's Party
141,141
5.0
10
–
0
0
Magyar Party
139,003
4.9
10
–6
4
+1
National-Christian Defense League
113,863
4.0
8
+8
0
0
Peasants' Party–Lupu
100,682
3.5
7
+2
0
0
Social Democratic Party
94,957
3.3
6
–3
0
0
League against Usury –PȚD-Stere [b]
80,570
2.8
6
New
0
New
Peasant Workers' Bloc
73,716
2.6
5
+5
0
0
Jewish Party
64,193
2.3
4
+4
0
–2
Legion of the Archangel Michael
30,783
1.1
0
New
0
New
Other parties
3,412
0.1
0
–
0
–
Invalid/blank votes
82,568
–
–
–
–
–
–
Total
2,927,122
100
387
0
113
+3
Registered voters/turnout
4,038,464
72.5
–
–
–
–
Source: Sternberger et al.,[ 4] Nohlen & Stöver
a Of the National Union deputy seats, eighty were taken by the National Liberal Party-Duca , ten by the German Party and eight by the Agrarian League .[ 5] Three mandates (Mircea Iorga, Dimitrie Pompeiu and Petre Topa) were taken by PND .
b Of the six seats won by the League against Usury and Democratic Peasants' Party–Stere , five were taken by the PȚD-S and one by the League against Usury.[ 6]
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