1952 Romanian parliamentary election

1952 Romanian parliamentary election

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All 428 seats in the Great National Assembly
Turnout	97.91%
First party   Leader Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej Party PMR Alliance FDP Seats won 428 Seat change 23 Popular vote 10,187,833 Percentage 100.00% Swing 6.81pp
Prime Minister before election Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej PMR Elected Prime Minister Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej PMR

Parliamentary elections were held in Romania on 30 November 1952. ^[1] They were the second held under communist rule, and the first under a constitution adopted that September. ^[2] They were also the first held after longtime Prime Minister Petru Groza handed the post to Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, who as leader of the communist Romanian Workers' Party (PMR) had been the country's de facto leader since the communists seized full power in 1947.

Voters were presented with a single slate of candidates from the People's Democratic Front (FDP), which was dominated by PMR. ^[3] The Front won all 428 seats in the Great National Assembly. ^[4] This election set the tone for all elections held in Romania until 1989. For the remainder of the communist era, voters only had the choice of approving or rejecting a communist-dominated list.

Electoral system

The new constitution was promulgated on 24 September 1952 and three days later a new electoral law was passed. ^[5] Under the new system candidates were elected in single member constituencies, and had to receive over 50% of the vote. If no candidate passed this threshold, or if voter turnout in the constituency was less than 50%, re-runs were held until the requirements were met. ^[5] Candidates could be nominated by the FDP or mass organisations, although the latter were monitored by the Front. ^[5]

Results

428
Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats
	People's Democratic Front		Romanian Workers Party	10,187,833	100.00	428
			Ploughmen's Front
			Hungarian People's Union
			Jewish Democratic Committee
			Independents
Total				10,187,833	100.00	428
Valid votes				10,187,833	98.40
Invalid/blank votes				165,656	1.60
Total votes				10,353,489	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				10,574,475	97.91
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1591 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1604
3. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .Sergiu Verona (July 1989). "Government and Politics". In Bachman, Ronald D (ed.). Romania: a country study. Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. LCCN   90006449.
4. Nohlen & Stöver, p1612
5. Nohlen & Stöver, p1583