2000 Romanian general election

2000 Romanian general election

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Presidential election
26 November 2000 (first round) 10 December 2000 (second round)
Turnout	65.31% (first round) 57.50% (second round)
Nominee Ion Iliescu Corneliu Vadim Tudor Party PDSR PRM Popular vote 6,696,623 3,324,247 Percentage 66.83% 33.17%
First round results Second round results Iliescu:   30–40%   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   >90% Tudor:   20–30%   30–40%   40–50%   50–60% Frunda:   30–40%   70–80%   80–90%
President before election Emil Constantinescu CDR Elected President Ion Iliescu PDSR
Parliamentary election
26 November 2000
All 140 seats in the Senate All 345 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
Turnout	65.31%[1][2]
Party Leader % Seats +/– Chamber of Deputies PDSR Ion Iliescu 36.61 155 +64 PRM Corneliu Vadim Tudor 19.48 84 +65 PD Petre Roman 7.03 31 −12 PNL Mircea Ionescu-Quintus 6.89 30 −3 UDMR Béla Markó 6.80 27 +2 Minority parties Varujan Pambuccian[a] 2.57 18 +3 Senate PDSR Ion Iliescu 37.09 65 +24 PRM Corneliu Vadim Tudor 21.01 37 +29 PD Petre Roman 7.58 13 −9 PNL Mircea Ionescu-Quintus 7.48 13 −11 UDMR Béla Markó 6.90 12 +1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results for the Chamber of Deputies and Senate Prime Minister before Prime Minister-designate Mugur Isărescu Independent[b] Adrian Năstase PDSR

General elections were held in Romania on 26 November 2000, with a second round of the presidential election on 10 December.^[3] Former president Ion Iliescu of the Social Democracy Party of Romania (PDSR) was re-elected in the run-off, whilst the PDSR, as part of the Social Democratic Pole of Romania (PDSR), emerged as the largest party in Parliament, winning 155 of the 345 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 65 of the 140 seats in the Senate. The 2000 Romanian presidential election was the fourth of its kind held in post-1989 Romania.

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