2020 Romanian parliamentary election

2020 Romanian parliamentary election

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All 136 seats in the Senate All 330 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 69 S and 166 D seats needed for a majority
Registered	18,964,642
Turnout	31.94% ( 6.20 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Marcel Ciolacu Ludovic Orban Dan Barna Dacian Cioloș Party PSD PNL USR PLUS Leader's seat D - Buzău D - Bucharest D - Sibiu MEP Last election 67 S / 154 D 30 S / 69 D 13 S / 30 D Seats after 47 S / 110 D 41 S / 93 D 25 S / 55 D Seat change 20 S / 44 D 11 S / 24 D 12 S / 25 D Popular vote 1,705,777 1,486,401 906,962 Percentage 28.90% 25.19% 15.37%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader George Simion Claudiu Târziu Hunor Kelemen Varujan Pambuccian[a] Party AUR UDMR Minority parties Leader's seat D - Bucharest S - Bucharest D - Harghita D - Nationwide[b] Last election - 9 S / 21 D 0 S / 17 D Seats after 14 S / 33 D 9 S / 21 D 0 S / 18 D Seat change New 0 S / 0 D 0 S / 1 D Popular vote 535,828 339,030 98,681 Percentage 9.08% 5.74% 1.67%
The results for the Senate and for the Chamber of Deputies
Prime Minister before election Ludovic Orban PNL Prime Minister after election Florin Cîțu PNL

Parliamentary elections were held in Romania on 6 December 2020 to elect the 136 members of the Senate and the 330 constituent members of the Chamber of Deputies.

While the Social Democratic Party (PSD) remained the largest political party in the Parliament, its popular vote share dropped considerably, more specifically by a third. Following the elections, a centre-right coalition government was formed by the National Liberal Party (PNL), USR PLUS, and the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians (UDMR/RMDSZ) (i.e. the former Cîțu Cabinet) with former Minister of Public Finance and former PNL president Florin Cîțu as Prime Minister.

The final voter turnout was approximately 32%, the lowest since the end of the communist era in Romania, partially due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.

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