1927 Romanian general election

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1927 Romanian general election
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  1926 7–14 July 1927 1928  

All 387 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
All 110 seats in the Senate
Turnout77.0% (Increase2.svg2.0pp)
 First partySecond partyThird party
  IonelBratianu3b40761r.jpg Bundesarchiv Bild 183-2000-0518-507, Julius Maniu.jpg Gyorgy Bethlen.jpg
Leader Ion I. C. Brătianu Iuliu Maniu György Bethlen (pictured) and Rudolf Brandsch
Party PNL PNȚ BMG
Leader since11 January 190910 October 1926
(party foundation)
1 April 1926 (Bethlen)
6 September 1919 (Brandsch)
Last election0 S
16 D, 7.5%
Seats won92 S / 318 D 17 S / 54 D 1 S / 15 D
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 92 S / Increase2.svg 302 D NewNew
Popular vote1,704,435 D 610,149 D 173,517 D
Percentage62.7%22.5%6.4%
SwingIncrease2.svg55.2ppNewNew

Prime Minister before election

Ion I. C. Brătianu
PNL

Subsequent Prime Minister

Ion I. C. Brătianu
PNL

General elections were held in Romania in July 1927. The Chamber of Deputies was elected on 7 July, whilst the Senate was elected in three stages on 10, 12 and 14 July. The result was a victory for the governing National Liberal Party (PNL), which won 318 of the 387 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 92 of the 110 seats in the Senate elected through universal male vote. [1]

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Results

Chamber of Deputies

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
National Liberal Party 1,704,43562.72318+302
National Peasants' Party 610,14922.4554New
Hungarian German Bloc 173,5176.3915New
People's Party 53,3711.960–292
National-Christian Defense League 52,4811.930–10
Romanian Social Democratic Party 50,0591.8400
Peasant Workers' Bloc 31,5051.1600
National Party 28,1571.040New
Legion of the Archangel Michael 10,7610.400New
Traders Council1540.0100
Other parties2,8840.110
Total2,717,473100.003870
Valid votes2,717,47398.36
Invalid/blank votes45,3061.64
Total votes2,762,779100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,586,08677.04
Source: Sternberger et al., [2] Nohlen & Stöver

Senate

PartySeats+/–
National Liberal Party 92+92
National Peasants' Party 17New
Hungarian German Bloc 1New
Other parties3
Total113–2
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp1609-1611 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band I: Europa, Zweiter Halbband, pp1062–1064