Parliament of Romania

Parliament of Romania Parlamentul României
9th Legislature
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Senate Chamber of Deputies
History
Founded	1862 1990 (current form)
Leadership
President of the Senate	Nicolae Ciucă (PNL) since 13 June 2023
President of the Chamber of Deputies	Alfred Simonis (acting, PSD) since 15 June 2023
Structure
Seats	136 Senators 330 Deputies
49 36 20 13 9 8
Senate political groups	Government (85)   Social Democratic Party (49)[a]   National Liberal Party (36) Opposition (51)   Save Romania Union (20)   Alliance for the Union of Romanians (13)[b]   Democratic Alliance of Hungarians (9)   Non-affiliated (8)[c]
107 79 41 29 20 17 37
Chamber of Deputies political groups	Government (186)   Social Democratic Party (107)[d]   National Liberal Party (79) Supported by (17)   National minorities (17)[e] Opposition (125)   Save Romania Union (41)   Alliance for the Union of Romanians (29)[f]   Democratic Alliance of Hungarians (20)   Non-affiliated (37)[g]
Elections
Senate voting system	1992–2008, 2016–present: Closed list, D'Hondt method 2008–2016: Mixed member proportional representation
Chamber of Deputies voting system	1992–2008, 2016–present: Closed list, D'Hondt method 2008–2016: Mixed member proportional representation
Last Senate election	6 December 2020
Last Chamber of Deputies election	6 December 2020
Next Senate election	21 March 2025
Next Chamber of Deputies election	21 March 2025
Meeting place
Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest, Romania
Website
http://www.parlament.ro/

The Parliament of Romania (Romanian: Parlamentul României) is the national bicameral legislature of Romania, consisting of the Chamber of Deputies (Romanian: Camera Deputaților) and the Senate (Romanian: Senat). It meets at the Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest, the capital of the country.

Prior to the modification of the Constitution in 2003, the two houses had identical attributes. A text of a law had to be approved by both houses. If the text differed, a special commission (Romanian: comisie de mediere) was formed by deputies and senators, that "negotiated" between the two houses the form of the future law. The report of this commission had to be approved in a joint session of the Parliament.

After the 2003 referendum, a law still has to be approved by both houses, but each house has designated matters it gets to deliberate before the other, in capacity of "deciding chamber" (Romanian: cameră decizională). If that first chamber adopts a law proposal (relating to its competences), it is passed on to the other one, which can approve or reject. If it makes amendments, the bill is sent back to the deciding chamber, the decision of which is final.

In 2009, a referendum was held to consult the population about turning the parliament into a unicameral body and reducing the number of representatives to 300. Although the referendum passed, the results are not binding, a referendum explicitly mentioning the modification of the constitution being required to achieve this.^[1]

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