1919 Romanian general election

1919 Romanian general election

4–8 November 1919
All 568 seats to the Chamber of Deputies All 216 seats in the Senate
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Alexandru Vaida-Voevod Ion I. C. Brătianu Pan Halippa Party PNR PNL PȚB Leader's seat Cluj County Gorj County Bălți County Seats won 169 C / 76 S 103 C / 54 S 72 C / 35 S
Prime Minister before election Artur Văitoianu Independent Subsequent Prime Minister Alexandru Vaida-Voevod Romanian National Party

General elections were held in Romania between 4 and 8 November 1919. The Romanian National Party, which ran mostly unopposed in Transylvania, emerged as the largest party in Parliament, winning 169 of the 568 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 76 of the 216 seats in the Senate. Though both the Socialist Party and People's League decided to boycott the elections, several of their candidates who had registered before the decision went on to win seats.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats
			Chamber	Senate
Romanian National Party			169	76
National Liberal Party			103	54
Bessarabian Peasants' Party			72	35
Peasants' Party			61	28
Democratic Nationalist Party			27	9
Democratic Union Party			20	7
Progressive Conservative Party			13	4
Group of Transylvanian Saxons			8	3
National Democratic Hungarian-Szekler Party			8	0
Socialist Party			7	0
People's League			7	0
Swabian Group			6	0
Transylvanian Peasants' Party			4	0
National Union from Banat			4	0
Other parties			59	0
Invalid/blank votes		–	–	–
Total			568	216
Registered voters/turnout			–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

External links

• (in Romanian) Ciprian Stoleru, "Primele alegeri din România Mare, prima mare surpriză: Favoriţii, zdrobiţi la urna de vot", Adevărul, December 3, 2012