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1927 Romanian general election

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General elections were held in Romania in June 1927.[1] The Chamber of Deputies was elected on 7 June, whilst the Senate was elected in three stages on 10, 12 and 14 June.[1] The result was a victory for the governing National Liberal Party, which won 318 of the 387 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 92 of the 113 seats in the Senate elected through universal male vote.[2]

Results

Party Chamber Senate
Votes % Seats +/– Votes % Seats +/–
National Liberal Party 1,704,435 62.7 318 +302 92 +92
National Peasants' Party 610,149 22.5 54 New 17 New
Hungarian German Bloc 173,517 6.4 15 New 1 New
People's Party 53,371 2.0 0 –292 0 –107
Romanian Social Democratic Party 50,059 1.8 0 0 0 0
Peasant Workers' Bloc 31,505 1.3 0 0 0 0
National Party 28,157 1.0 0 New 0 New
Legion of the Archangel Michael 10,761 0.4 0 New 0 New
Traders Council 154 0.0 0 0 0 0
Other parties 2,884 0.1 0 0
Invalid/blank votes 45,306
Total 2,762,779 100 387 0 113 –2
Registered voters/turnout 3,586,086 77.0
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