1931 Romanian general election

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1931 Romanian general election
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  1928 1–8 June 1931 1932  

All 387 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
All 113 seats in the Senate
Turnout72.48%
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Leader Ion Duca Iuliu Maniu Gheorghe Brătianu
PartyNational Union PNȚ PNL–Brătianu
Leader since28 December 1930
(PNL-Duca)
10 October 1926
(party foundation)
15 June 1930
(party foundation)
Last election105 S / 348 D
Seats won108 S / 289 D 1 S / 30 D 0 S / 12 D
Seat changeNewDecrease2.svg 104 S / Decrease2.svg 296 D New
Popular vote1,389,901 D 438,747 D 173,586 D
Percentage48.86%15.42%6.10%
SwingNewDecrease2.svg63.8ppNew

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
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Leader Alexandru Averescu György Bethlen A. C. Cuza
Party PP PM LANC
Leader since3 April 1918
(party foundation)
1 April 1926March 1923
(party foundation)
Last election0 S / 5 D 0 S / 16 D 0 S / 0 D
Seats won0 S / 10 D 0 S / 10 D 0 S / 8 D
Seat changeSteady2.svg 0 S / Increase2.svg 5 D Steady2.svg 0 S / Decrease2.svg 6 D Steady2.svg 0 S / Increase2.svg 8 D
Popular vote141,141 D 139,003 D 113,863 D
Percentage4.96%4.89%4.00%
SwingIncrease2.svg2.5ppDecrease2.svg1.3ppIncrease2.svg2.8pp

Prime Minister before election

Nicolae Iorga
PND

Subsequent Prime Minister

Nicolae Iorga
PND

General elections were held in Romania in June 1931. [1] The Chamber of Deputies was elected on 1 June, whilst the Senate was elected in three stages on 4, 6 and 8 June. [1] The result was a victory for the governing National Union, an alliance of the National Party, the National Liberal Party, the German Party, the Agrarian Union Party, the Vlad Ţepeş League, the Agrarian League and several other parties. [2] [3] The Union won 289 of the 387 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 108 of the 113 seats in the Senate elected through universal vote. [3] The five seats won by the Communist-dominated Peasant Workers' Bloc were ultimately invalidated by the new Parliament.

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Results

Chamber of Deputies

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
National Union [lower-alpha 1] 1,389,90148.86289
National Peasants' Party 438,74715.4230–296
National Liberal Party–Brătianu 173,5866.1012New
People's Party 141,1414.9610
Magyar Party 139,0034.8910–6
National-Christian Defense League 113,8634.008+8
Peasants' Party–Lupu 100,6823.547+2
Social Democratic Party 94,9573.346–3
League Against UsuryPȚD-Stere [lower-alpha 2] 80,5702.836New
Peasant Workers' Bloc 73,7162.595+5
Jewish Party 64,1932.264+4
Legion of the Archangel Michael 30,7831.080New
Other parties3,4120.120
Total2,844,554100.003870
Valid votes2,844,55497.18
Invalid/blank votes82,5682.82
Total votes2,927,122100.00
Registered voters/turnout4,038,46472.48
Source: Sternberger et al., [6] Nohlen & Stöver

Senate

PartySeats
National Union108
Magyar Party 4
National Peasants' Party 1
Total113
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Notes

  1. Of the 289 National Union seats, eighty were taken by the National Liberal Party-Duca, ten by the German Party and eight by the Agrarian League. [4] Three mandates (Mircea Iorga, Dimitrie Pompeiu and Petre Topa) were taken by PND.
  2. Of the six seats won by the League against Usury and Democratic Peasants' Party–Stere, five were taken by the PȚD-S and one by the League against Usury. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1591 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1601
  3. 1 2 Nohlen & Stöver, p1610-1611
  4. Adevărul no. 14552 (1 June 1931), p. 5
  5. Nohlen & Stöver, p1610
  6. Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band I: Europa, Zweiter Halbband, pp1062–1064