1919 Romanian general election

1919 Romanian general election

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All 568 seats in 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
PNR

General elections were held in Romania between 4 and 8 November 1919.[1] 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.[2] 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

Chamber of Deputies

PartySeats
Romanian National Party169
National Liberal Party103
Bessarabian Peasants' Party72
Peasants' Party61
Democratic Nationalist Party27
Democratic Union Party20
Progressive Conservative Party13
Group of Transylvanian Saxons8
National Democratic Hungarian-Szekler Party8
Socialist Party7
People's League7
Swabian Group6
Transylvanian Peasants' Party4
National Union from Banat4
Other parties59
Total568
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Senate

PartySeats
Romanian National Party76
National Liberal Party54
Bessarabian Peasants' Party35
Peasants' Party28
Democratic Nationalist Party9
Democratic Union Party7
Progressive Conservative Party4
Group of Transylvanian Saxons3
Total216
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1591 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, pp1609–1611

External links

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