1933 Romanian general election

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1933 Romanian general election
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  1932 20–29 December 1933 1937  

All 387 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
All 108 seats in the Senate
Turnout68.00%
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Ion Gheorghe Duca - Foto02.jpg Vaida-Voevod.jpg Nicolae Lupu (politician).jpg
Leader Ion Duca Alexandru Vaida-Voevod Nicolae Lupu
Party PNL PNȚ PȚ–Lupu
Leader since193019331927
Last election1 S / 28 D 104 S / 265 D 1 S / 12 D
Seats won105 S / 300 D 0 S / 29 D 0 S / 11 D
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 104 S / Increase2.svg 272 D Decrease2.svg 104 S / Decrease2.svg 236 D Decrease2.svg 1 S / Decrease2.svg 1 D
Popular vote1,518,864 D 414,685 D 152,167 D
Percentage52.02% D 14.20% D 5.21% D

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  Gh. I. Bratianu.jpg A.c cuza.jpg Octavian Goga - 2.jpg
Leader Gheorghe Brătianu Alexandru Cuza Octavian Goga
Party PNL–Brătianu LANC PNA
Leader since193019231932
Last election0 S / 14 D 2 S / 11 D 2 S / 11 D
Seats won0 S / 10 D 0 S / 9 D 0 S / 9 D
Seat changeSteady2.svg 0 S / Decrease2.svg 4 D Decrease2.svg 2 S / Decrease2.svg 2 D Steady2.svg 0 S / Increase2.svg 1 D
Popular vote147,665 D 133,205 D 121,748 D
Percentage5.06% D 4.56% D 4.17% D

Prime Minister before election

Ion Duca
PNL

Subsequent Prime Minister

Gheorghe Tătărescu
PNL

General elections were held in Romania in December 1933, the third in three years. [1] The Chamber of Deputies was elected on 20 December, whilst the Senate was elected in three stages on 22, 28 and 29 December. [1]

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The result was a victory for the governing National Liberal Party (PNL), which won 300 of the 387 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 105 of the 108 seats in the Senate elected through universal male suffrage. [2]

Results

Chamber of Deputies

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
National Liberal Party 1,518,86452.02300+272
National Peasants' Party 414,68514.2029–236
Peasants' Party–Lupu 152,1675.2111–1
National Liberal Party–Brătianu 147,6655.0610–4
National-Christian Defense League 133,2054.569–2
National Agrarian Party 121,7484.179+1
Magyar Party 119,5624.098–6
Radical Peasants' Party 82,9302.846New
Agrarian Union Party 73,2082.515+3
People's PartyConservative Party 47,1141.610–4
Jewish Party 38,5651.320–5
Social Democratic Party 37,6721.290–7
Citizen Bloc13,5600.4600
Ploughmen's Front 7,9700.270New
Labour League3,5150.120New
United Socialist Party 1,6440.060New
Labour Party and Traders' Council1,3280.0500
Independents4,3910.150
Total2,919,793100.003870
Valid votes2,919,79398.02
Invalid/blank votes58,9551.98
Total votes2,978,748100.00
Registered voters/turnout4,380,35468.00
Source: Sternberger et al., [3] Nohlen & Stöver, Monitorul oficial [4]

Senate

PartySeats+/–
National Liberal Party 105+104
Magyar Party 30
Total108–5
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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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, p1610-1611
  3. Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band I: Europa, Zweiter Halbband, pp1062–1064
  4. Monitorul oficial, no. 300, 29 December 1933