1920 Romanian general election

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1920 Romanian general election
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  1919 25–27 May 1920 1922  

All 366 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
All 166 seats in the Senate
 Majority partyMinority party
  Alexandru Averescu - Foto01.jpg Vaida-Voevod.jpg
Leader Alexandru Averescu Alexandru Vaida-Voevod
Party PP PNR
Leader's seat Bucharest Cluj County
Seats won206 C / 124 S 27 C / 14 S
Seat changeIncrease2.svg199 C / Increase2.svg124 S Decrease2.svg142 C / Decrease2.svg62 S

Prime Minister before election

Alexandru Averescu
PP

Subsequent Prime Minister

Alexandru Averescu
PP

General elections were held in Romania between 25 and 27 May 1920. [1] The result was a victory for the governing People's Party, which won 206 of the 366 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 124 of the 166 seats in the Senate. [2]

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Results

Chamber of Deputies

PartySeats+/–
People's Party 206+199
Romanian National Party 27–142
National Liberal Party 16–87
Peasants' Party 25–36
Bessarabian Peasants' Party 23–49
Socialist Party 19+12
Conservative-Democratic Party 17New
Democratic Nationalist Party–Iorga 10New
German Party 10New
Transylvanian Peasants' Party 6+2
Democratic Nationalist Party–Cuza 2New
Democratic Union Party 1–19
Other parties4
Total366–202
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Senate

PartySeats+/–
People's Party 124+124
Romanian National Party 14–62
Peasants' Party 10–18
Bessarabian Peasants' Party 6–29
Conservative-Democratic Party 4New
Socialist Party 3+3
Democratic Nationalist Party–Iorga 2New
German Party 2New
National Liberal Party 1–53
Total166–50
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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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