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1926 Romanian general election

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General elections were held in Romania in May and June 1926.[1] The Chamber of Deputies was elected on 25 May, whilst the Senate was elected in two stages in May and 10 June.[1] The result was a victory for the governing People's Party, which, together with the allied Romanian National Party–Goldiș, Magyar Party and German Party, won 292 of the 387 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 107 of the 115 seats in the Senate elected through universal male vote.[2] With some exceptions, the Peasants' Party and the main branch of the National Party ran on common lists under the name of National Peasant Bloc.

Results

Party Chamber Senate
Votes % Seats +/– Votes % Seats +/–
People's Party-led alliance 1,366,160 52.2 292 +279 107 +105
National Peasant Bloc 727,202 28.4 69 New 8 New
National Liberal Party 192,399 7.5 16 –206 0 –111
National-Christian Defense League 124,778 4.9 10 New 0 New
Social Democrats 40,594 1.6 0 New 0 New
Peasant Workers' Bloc 39,203 1.5 0 New 0 New
Romanian National Party 37,672 1.4 0 New 0 New
Peasants' Party 16,824 0.7 0 –40 0 –11
Civic Union 7,300 0.3 0 New 0 New
Traders Council 1,861 0.1 0 New 0 New
Other parties 5,096 0.2 0 0
Invalid/blank votes 63,476
Total 2,622,565 100 387 +15 115 –33
Registered voters/turnout 3,496,814 75.0
Source: Sternberger et al.,[3] 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. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, pp1609-1611
  3. ^ Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band I: Europa, Zweiter Halbband, pp1062–1064