1990 Romanian general election

Romanian presidential election, 1990
Turnout	86.2%
President before election; Ion Iliescu; FSN	Elected President ; Ion Iliescu; FSN

General elections were held in Romania on 20 May 1990.^[1] They were the first elections held after the overthrow of the Communist regime six months earlier, and also the first public presidential elections.^[1] They were also the first free elections held in the country since 1937.^[2]

Ion Iliescu was elected President, whilst the National Salvation Front won 263 of the 395 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 91 of the 118 seats in the Senate.

Results

President

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
Template:Romanian politics/party colours/PSD\|	Ion Iliescu	National Salvation Front	12,232,498	85.1
style="background-color:Template:Romanian politics/party colours"\|	Radu Câmpeanu	National Liberal Party	1,529,188	10.6
style="background-color:Template:Romanian politics/party colours"\|	Ion Rațiu	Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party	617,007	4.3
Invalid/blank votes			447,923	–
Total			14,826,616	100
Registered voters/turnout			17,200,722	86.2
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Ion Iliescu
Radu Câmpeanu
Ion Rațiu
Overview

Parliament

Senate

Party		Votes	%	Seats
Template:Romanian politics/party colours/FSN\|	National Salvation Front	9,353,006	67.02	91
Template:Romanian politics/party colours/UDMR\|	Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania	1,004,353	7.20	12
Template:Romanian politics/party colours/PNL\|	National Liberal Party	985,094	7.06	10
Template:Romanian politics/party colours/PNTCD\|	Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party	348,637	2.50	1
Template:Romanian politics/party colours/PER\|	Ecological Movement of Romania	341,478	2.50	1
	Alliance for Romanian Unity	300,473	2.15	2
	Romanian Democratic Agrarian Party	221,790	1.59	0
Template:Romanian politics/party colours/PER\|	Ecologist Party of Romania	192,574	1.38	1
	Romanian Socialist Democratic Party	152,989	1.10	0
	Romanian Social Democratic Party	69,762	0.50	0
	Democratic Group of the Centre	65,440	0.47	0
	National Reconstruction Party	52,465	0.38	0
	Party of Free Change	46,247	0.33	0
	Democratic Party of Labour	44,360	0.32	0
Template:Romanian politics/party colours/PNL\|	Liberal Union–Bratiănu	35,943	0.26	0
	Party of Young Free Democrats	32,506	0.23	0
	Cooperatist Party	22,869	0.16	0
	Christian Democratic Union	21,210	0.15	0
	Democratic Union of the Roma of Romania	19,847	0.14	0
Template:Romanian politics/party colours/FDGR\|	Democratic Forum of Germans	19,105	0.14	0
Template:Romanian politics/party colours/PNL\|	Liberal Party of Freedom of Romania	14,546	0.10	0
	Democratic Enivronmentalist Party	14,496	0.10	0
	Party of Democratic Unity	14,009	0.10	0
	Party of Democratic Unity of Moldova	13,111	0.09	0
	Party of Labour	11,397	0.08	0
	Republican Christian Party	11,045	0.08	0
	Grouping of the Centre 'New Romania'	9,405	0.07	0
	Humanistic Ecological Party - founded in Arad	8,888	0.06	0
	Turkish Muslim Democratic Union	8,439	0.06	0
	Union of the Ukrainians of Romania	8,310	0.06	0
	Party Christian Orthodox Union	7,324	0.05	0
	Democratic Union 'Tara Oasului'	7,131	0.05	0
	Party of Christian Union of Romania	7,045	0.05	0
	Romanian Christian Social Democratic Party	6,964	0.05	0
	Party of the Gypsies of Romania	5,565	0.04	0
	Party of Social Justice	5,344	0.04	0
	Party Alliance for Democracy	4,958	0.04	0
	Party of Labour and Social Justice of Romania	4,400	0.03	0
	Romanian Party for a New Society	3,860	0.03	0
	Romanian Peasant Party	3,547	0.03	0
	Republican Union Party	3,280	0.02	0
	Party for National and Democratic Reconstruction	3,228	0.02	0
	Democratic Party of Cluj	2,751	0.02	0
	Radical Democratic Party	2,600	0.02	0
	Free Democratic Union of Roma of Romania	2,505	0.02	0
	Romanian Popular Front of National Salvation	1,660	0.01	0
	Association of Former Political Prisoners/Detainees and Victims of the Dictatorship in Romania	1,613	0.01	0
	Humanitarian Party of Peace	1,599	0.01	0
	Constitutional Democratic Party of Romania	1,224	0.01	0
	Party for the Honouring of the Heroes of the Revolution and National Salvation	1,089	0.01	0
	Romanian National Party	1,019	0.01	0
	Party Democratic Future of the Motherland	1,008	0.01	0
	Democratic Progressive Party	914	0.01	0
	Union of Poles of Romania	848	0.01	0
	National Republican Party	754	0.01	0
	Workers Alliance 'Freedom' Anticommunist and Antifascist	672	0.00	0
	National Progressive Party	634	0.00	0
	Party of the Romanian House of Democratic Europe	553	0.00	0
	Movement 'Young Democracy'	462	0.00	0
Template:Romanian politics/party colours/Independent\|	Independents	427,535	3.06	1
Invalid/blank votes		869,584	–	–
Total		14,825,764	100	119
Registered voters/turnout		17,200,722	86.2	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, University of Essex

Chamber of Deputies

Party		Votes	%	Seats
Template:Romanian politics/party colours/FSN\|	National Salvation Front	9,089,659	66.31	263
Template:Romanian politics/party colours/UDMR\|	Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania	991,601	7.23	29
Template:Romanian politics/party colours/PNL\|	National Liberal Party	879,290	6.41	29
Template:Romanian politics/party colours/PER\|	Ecological Movement of Romania	358,864	2.62	12
Template:Romanian politics/party colours/PNTCD\|	Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party	351,357	2.56	12
	Alliance for Romanian Unity	290,875	2.12	9
	Romanian Democratic Agrarian Party	250,403	1.83	9
Template:Romanian politics/party colours/PER\|	Ecologist Party of Romania	232,212	1.69	8
	Romanian Socialist Democratic Party	143,393	1.05	5
	Romanian Social Democratic Party	73,014	0.53	2
	Democratic Group of the Centre	65,914	0.48	2
	Democratic Party of Labour	52,595	0.38	1
	Party of Free Change	47,017	0.34	1
	National Reconstruction Party	43,808	0.32	1
	Party of Young Free Democrats	43,188	0.32	1
Template:Romanian politics/party colours/FDGR\|	Democratic Forum of Germans	38,768	0.28	1
Template:Romanian politics/party colours/PNL\|	Liberal Union–Bratiănu	36,869	0.27	1
	Democratic Union of the Roma of Romania	29,162	0.21	1
	Democratic Enivronmentalist Party	26,058	0.19	0
	Cooperatist Party	24,749	0.18	0
	Christian Democratic Union	24,001	0.18	0
	United Democratic Party of the Roma Woodworkers and Fiddlers in Romania	21,847	0.16	0
	Romanian Peasant Party	21,588	0.16	0
Template:Romanian politics/party colours/PNL\|	Liberal Party of Freedom of Romania	20,744	0.15	0
	Community of the Lippovan Russians	17,974	0.13	1
	Party Christian Orthodox Union	17,521	0.13	0
	Socialist Party of Justice	17,484	0.13	0
	Party of the Gypsies of Romania	16,865	0.12	0
	Party of Democratic Unity from Moldova	16,863	0.12	0
	Party of Democratic Unity	16,354	0.12	0
	Union of the Ukrainians of Romania	16,179	0.12	1
	Party of Christian Union	14,902	0.11	0
	Humanistic Ecological Party	12,739	0.09	0
	Romanian Party for the New Society	12,305	0.09	0
	Party of Labour	10,744	0.08	0
	Democratic Union of the Serbs of Romania	9,095	0.07	1
	Grouping of the Centre 'New Romania'	9,073	0.07	0
	Christian Republican Party	8,939	0.07	0
	Turkish Muslim Democratic Union	8,600	0.06	1
	Democratic Christian Party of the Roma of Romania	7,939	0.06	0
	Party Alliance for Democracy	6,695	0.05	0
	Democratic Union 'Țara Oasului'	6,215	0.05	0
	Romanian Social Democratic Christian Party	6,194	0.05	0
	Romanian Popular Front of National Salvation	5,208	0.04	0
	Hellenic Union of Romania	4,932	0.04	1
	Free Democratic Union of Roma in Romania	4,605	0.03	0
	Democratic Union of Slovaks and Czechs of Romania	4,584	0.03	1
	National Romanian Party	3,983	0.03	0
	Bulgarian Union of Banat – Bulgarian Cultural Association from Bucharest	3,451	0.03	1
	Radical Democratic Party	3,240	0.02	0
	Party for National and Democratic Reconstruction	3,223	0.02	0
	Republican Union Party	2,693	0.02	0
	Independent Hungarian Party	2,578	0.02	0
	Modern Democratic Movement	2,488	0.02	0
	Union of Poles of Romania	2,372	0.02	1
	Forum of Democracy and National Unity of Romania	2,176	0.02	0
	Party of Labour and Social Justice of Romania	2,146	0.02	0
	Party of the Democratic Future of the Motherland	2,091	0.02	0
	Party of Social Justice (New Democracy) of the North West of Romania	2,073	0.02	0
	National Republican Party	1,610	0.01	0
	Progressive Democratic Party	1,495	0.01	0
	Association of Former Political Prisoners/Detainees and Victims of the Dictatorship in Romania	1,404	0.01	0
	National Progressive Party	1,116	0.01	0
	Democratic Constitutional Party of Romania	946	0.01	0
	Party for the Honouring of the Heroes of the Revolution and National Salvation	891	0.01	0
	Democratic Party of Cluj	425	0.00	0
	Union of Armenians of Romania	399	0.00	1
	Party of the Romanian House of Democratic Europe	390	0.00	0
	Movement 'Young Democracy'	328	0.00	0
Template:Romanian politics/party colours/Independent\|	Independents	256,656	1.9	0
Invalid/blank votes		1,118,605	–	–
Total		14,825,017	100	395
Registered voters/turnout		17,200,722	86.1	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, University of Essex

References

^ ^a ^b Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1591 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^ Reaves, Joseph A. Romanians Hope Free Elections Mark Revolution's Next Stage. Chicago Tribune, 1990-03-30.

[NS-1] Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1591 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

[2] Reaves, Joseph A. Romanians Hope Free Elections Mark Revolution's Next Stage. Chicago Tribune, 1990-03-30.

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v t e Ion Iliescu
2nd President of Romania Born (1930-03-03)3 March 1930
Political activities	President of Iași County Council (1974–79) President of the National Salvation Front (1990–92) President of Romania (1990–96; 2000–04) Honorary President of the Social Democratic Party (2001–present)
Parties	Communist Party (1953–84) National Salvation Front (1990–92) Democratic National Salvation Front (1992–93) Party of Social Democracy in Romania (1993–2001) Social Democratic Party (2001–present)
Elections and referendums	1990 general election 1991 constitutional referendum 1992 general election 1996 general election 2000 general election 2003 constitutional referendum
Events	Mineriads January 1990 February 1990 June 1990 September 1991 Ethnic clashes of Târgu Mureș (1990) Golaniad (1990) Bridge of Flowers (1990) 1990 Vrancea earthquakes Caritas (1992–94) 1993 Hădăreni riots 2002 floods 2002–07 property bubble
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