2020 Romanian parliamentary election

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2020 Romanian parliamentary election
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All 136 seats in the Senate
All 330 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
69 S and 166 D seats needed for a majority
Registered18,964,642
Turnout31.95% (Decrease2.svg 6.49 pp)
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Marcel Ciolacu (18 January 2024) (cropped).jpg Ludovic Orban (2 April 2020) (cropped).jpg USR PLUS Leadership Portrait - Dan Barna & Dacian Ciolos.png
Leader Marcel Ciolacu Ludovic Orban Dan Barna
Dacian Cioloș
Party PSD PNL USR PLUS
Leader's seat D - Buzău D - Bucharest D - Sibiu
MEP
Last election67 S / 154 D 30 S / 69 D 13 S / 30 D
Seats after47 S / 110 D 41 S / 93 D 25 S / 55 D
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 20 S / Decrease2.svg 44 D Increase2.svg 11 S / Increase2.svg 24 D Increase2.svg 12 S / Increase2.svg 25 D
Popular vote1,705,7771,486,401906,962
Percentage28.90%25.19%15.37%
 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  AUR Leadership 2020 - George Simion & Claudiu Tarziu.png Kelemen Hunor (22 February 2023) (cropped).jpg Varujan Pambuccian (2).JPG
Leader George Simion
Claudiu Târziu 		Hunor Kelemen Varujan Pambuccian [a]
Party AUR UDMR Minority parties
Leader's seat D - Bucharest
S - Bucharest 		D - Harghita D - Nationwide [b]
Last election-9 S / 21 D 0 S / 17 D
Seats after14 S / 33 D 9 S / 21 D 0 S / 18 D
Seat changeNewSteady2.svg 0 S / Steady2.svg 0 D Steady2.svg 0 S / Increase2.svg 1 D
Popular vote535,828339,03098,681
Percentage9.08%5.74%1.67%
Romanian Parliamentary Elections 2020 - Chamber of Deputies.svg
Romanian Parliamentary Elections 2020 - Senate.svg
Prime Minister before election

Ludovic Orban
PNL

Prime Minister after election

Florin Cîțu
PNL

Parliamentary elections were held in Romania on 6 December 2020 to elect the 136 members of the Senate and the 330 constituent members of the Chamber of Deputies.

Contents

While the Social Democratic Party (PSD) remained the largest political party in the Parliament, its popular vote share dropped considerably, more specifically by a third. Following the elections, a centre-right coalition government was formed by the National Liberal Party (PNL), USR PLUS, and the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians (UDMR/RMDSZ) (i.e. the former Cîțu Cabinet) with former Minister of Public Finance and former PNL president Florin Cîțu as Prime Minister.

The final voter turnout was approximately 32%, the lowest since the end of the communist era in Romania, partially due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.

Electoral system

The 330 members of the Chamber of Deputies are elected by several methods: 308 are elected from 42 multi-member constituencies based on counties and Bucharest, using proportional representation, four are elected using proportional representation from a constituency representing Romanians living abroad. Parties must pass a threshold of 5% of the national vote or at least 20% of the vote in four constituencies. Further seats (currently 18) can be added for ethnic minority groups that compete in the elections and pass a special (lower) threshold (calculated as 10% of the votes needed to obtain one of the regular 312 seats). [2] [ failed verification ]

The 136 members of the Senate are also elected using party-list proportional representation, but from 43 constituencies based on the 41 counties (a total of 121 seats), Bucharest (13 seats), and one for Romanians living overseas (two seats). [2]

Government

The previous election saw the Social Democratic Party (PSD) led by Liviu Dragnea emerge as the largest political party in the parliament, although they fell short of an absolute majority. Nevertheless, the PSD eventually established a coalition agreement with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE), forming the Grindeanu Cabinet in January 2017. However, the new government did not last long and was replaced by the Tudose Cabinet in June 2017, which was also short-lived. Ultimately, the Dăncilă Cabinet took office in January 2018. It was dismissed by a motion of no confidence in October 2019, and replaced by a National Liberal Party (PNL) minority government under Ludovic Orban in November 2019. The Orban Cabinet was dismissed by a motion of no confidence on the 5 February 2020, but took office again on 14 March 2020.

Period before the political campaign

The government decided parliamentary elections would be held on 6 December 2020. [3] [4] On 30 September 2020, the president of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE), Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, proposed on Facebook that the elections be postponed to March 2021. [5] On 2 October 2020, former Save Romania Union (USR) deputy Adrian Dohotaru submitted a bill to the Senate, proposing the parliamentary elections be held on 14 March 2021, which received support from the Social Democratic Party (PSD). [6] On 7 October 2020, the first vice-president of the PSD, Sorin Grindeanu, claimed that the government's plan would lead to a surge in COVID-19 cases. [7] On 8 October, Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu and Victor Ponta announced in a press conference that their parties will run in the elections on a shared list under a single name: Social-Liberal PRO Romania (Romanian : PRO România Social-Liberal). [8] [9]

PSD president Marcel Ciolacu announced on 15 October that the World Health Organization's representative in Romania, Alexandru Rafila, was one of the party's candidates for the parliamentary elections. He will be top of the list of deputies for the Bucharest circumscription, while Gabriela Firea will lead the list of senators. [10]

Political parties

The following table presents the composition of the Parliament of Romania during the 2016–2020 parliamentary term.

PartyAbbr.FoundedLeaderIdeology 2016 result Seats at
dissolution		Government supportRef
Votes (%)Seats Grindeanu (2017)
Tudose (2017–18)
Dăncilă (2018–19)		 Orban I (2019–20)
Orban II (2020)
Social Democratic Party
(Romanian : Partidul Social Democrat)		PSD2001 Marcel Ciolacu Social democracy
Social conservatism
Left-wing nationalism
Soft Euroscepticism 		45.48% D
45.68% S 		Coalition governmentOpposition [11] [12] [13]
National Liberal Party
(Romanian : Partidul Național Liberal)		PNL1990
(1875)		 Ludovic Orban Conservative liberalism
Liberal conservatism
Pro-Europeanism 		20.04% D
20.42% S 		OppositionMinority government [14] [15]
Save Romania Union
(Romanian : Uniunea Salvați România)		USR2015 [16] Dan Barna Anti-corruption
Liberalism
Economic liberalism 		8.87% D
8.92% S 		OppositionSupporting government [17] [18]
Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania
( Hungarian: Romániai Magyar Demokrata Szövetség;
Romanian : Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România)		UDMR
RMDSZ		1989 Hunor Kelemen Hungarian minority interests
Liberal conservatism
Christian democracy 		6.19% D
6.24% S 		Supporting PSD–ALDE government (until August 2019)Opposition (since February 2020) [19] [20]
People's Movement Party
(Romanian : Partidul Mișcarea Populară)		PMP2014 Eugen Tomac Liberal conservatism
Christian democracy
Economic liberalism 		5.35% D
5.65% S 		OppositionSupporting government [21] [22]
PRO Romania Social-Liberal
(Romanian : PRO România Social-Liberal)		PRO2018 Victor Ponta Social liberalism
Pro-Europeanism 		Did not existOpposition
(formed February 2018)		Opposition [23] [24] [25] [26]
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats
(Romanian : Alianța Liberalilor și Democraților)		ALDE2015 Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu Liberalism
Conservative liberalism
Soft Euroscepticism 		5.62% D
6.01% S 		Subsequently merged with PRO Romania in 2020Government
minority partner
until August 2019		—
Humanist Power Party
(Romanian : Partidul Puterii Umaniste)		PPU-SL2015Daniel Ionașcu Humanism
Social liberalism 		0.04% D
0.04% S 		—Opposition [27]
Ethnic minority parties –––1.34% D
0.01% S 		Neutral
(Mostly supporting government)		 [28]
Non-inscrits ––––—Neutral [29]

Opinion polls

Graphical summary

The chart below shows opinion polls conducted for the 2020 Romanian parliamentary election. The trend lines represent local regressions (LOESS).

Party vote

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  Exit polls

DatePoll sourceSample size PSD PNL USR PLUS UDMR PRO ALDE PMP AUR OthersLead
6 December 20202020 parliamentary elections28.9
110		25.2
93		15.4
55		5.7
21		4.1
0		4.8
0		9.1
33		6.8
18 [c] 		3.7
6 December 2020 [d] CURS-Avangarde –30.529.015.95.75.05.05.23.71.5
6 December 2020 [d] Sociopol –28.028.016.36.25.74.35.85.7Tie
6 December 2020 [e] CURS-Avangarde –30.629.116.45.75.05.05.32.91.5
6 December 2020 [e] Sociopol –28.328.316.86.46.34.65.93.4Tie
6 December 2020 INSOMAR IC –28.232.815.65.84.56.03.04.14.6
6 Dec 2020 PNL —27.030.023.05.54.23.06.5–3.0
3 Dec 2020 Politico —283116473––3
2–3 Dec 2020 IRES 1,067353216373313
1 Dec 2020 PMP —312821656213
30 Nov 2020 PRO —22.031.017.05.07.83.0–14.29.0
28–29 Nov 2020 Sociopol 1,033282913663781
22–28 Nov 2020 IRSOP 1,004303317573–53
6–27 Nov 2020 IMAS 1,01023.628.518.04.79.53.34.6–7.84.9
20–25 Nov 2020 Verifield 1,10022.031.317.05.49.34.8–10.29.3
1–10 Nov 2020 CURS 1,067293216567––3
9 Nov 2020 PNL —27.032.021.06.05.06.0–3.05.0
25–30 Oct 2020 BCS 1,48228.632.217.64.85.27.4–4.23.6
7–28 Oct 2020 IMAS 1,01021.732.620.45.18.92.54.8–4.310.9
9–17 Oct 2020 USR–PLUS —233023585–67
8–11 Oct 2020 CURS 8003132125636–51
8 October 2020 ALDE and PRO Romania merge into PRO Romania Social Liberal [8] [30]
27 September 2020 Local elections
7–23 Sep 2020 IMAS 1,01019.634.7175.39.53.04.5–6.415.1
6–26 Aug 2020 IMAS 1,01020.833.618.35.710.62.44.1–4.612.8
15 August 2020 USR and PLUS merge [31]
29 Jul–5 Aug 2020 CURS 1,1002831144755–63
10–29 Jul 2020 IMAS 1,01023.433.417.25.69.73.43.9–3.410
19–30 Jun 2020 CURS 1,1002832165755–24
5–27 Jun 2020 IMAS 1,01021.933.012.35.83.411.23.74.7–4.011.1
8–27 May 2020 IMAS 1,01023.032.611.65.15.111.24.23.7–3.19.6
15–26 May 2020 Avangarde 1,0002935135644–46
21 May 2020 PSD —27351624844––8
15–20 May 2020 INSCOP 1,13225.838.510.26.09.43.63.5–2.912.7
1–7 May 2020 BCS 1,54522.533.022.05.35.11.46.5–4.310.5
6–24 Apr 2020 IMAS 1,01024.833.010.85.15.58.24.43.4–4.88.2
1–15 Apr 2020 BCS 1,00822.931.319.93.68.82.56.7–4.28.4
5–26 Mar 2020 IMAS —23.936.712.56.54.55.83.53.5–3.012.8
11–28 Feb 2020 IMAS 1,01025.840.710.03.54.44.64.33.6–3.114.9
13–31 Jan 2020 IMAS 1,00720.647.412.43.44.73.83.21.8–2.726.8
20–30 Jan 2020 CURS 1,2292637145644–111
13–18 Dec 2019 Sociopol 1,0002347134523–324
4–18 Dec 2019 IMAS 1,01118.545.011.53.55.06.43.53.0–4.626.5
12–17 Dec 2019 CURS 1,0673135144645–14
11–27 Nov 2019 IMAS 1,01121.339.012.65.64.26.43.32.9–4.717.7
24 November 2019 Iohannis re-elected President of Romania with 66.09% of the vote
25 Oct–3 Nov 2019 USR 1,22524.038.220.04.54.8–4.3–4.214.2
8–28 Oct 2019 IMAS 1,01021.229.616.45.65.510.74.33.4–4.48.4
15–23 Oct 2019 USR —24.936.819.94.06.5–4.0–3.911.9
12–19 Oct 2019 BCS 1,11723.836.316.85.75.63.35.6–2.912.5
10 October 2019 Dăncilă ousted as Prime Minister following a vote of no confidence from the opposition parties in the Parliament.
9–28 Sep 2019 IMAS 1,01019.527.717.95.25.39.16.23.3–5.38.2
3–24 Sep 2019 USR 1,50025.336.821.22.95.6–3.2–5.211.5
16–20 Sep 2019 Socio-Data 1,0702528225945–23
9–13 Sep 2019 Socio-Data 1,0702632224653–26
2–6 Sep 2019 Socio-Data 1,0702432214935–28
26–30 Aug 2019 Socio-Data 1,07022262441065–32
19–31 Aug 2019 Sociopol 1,00120351631155–515
26–30 Aug 2019 Verifield 1,0002528234862–43
5–28 Aug 2019 IMAS 1,01017.928.419.85.54.68.77.42.9–4.88.6
19 Jul–5 Aug 2019 CURS 1,6002431204785–17
15 Jul–2 Aug 2019 IMAS 1,01019.425.521.46.04.29.07.32.9–4.24.1
17–23 Jul 2019 BCS 1,12825.434.218.64.64.85.75.5–1.18.8
28 Jun–8 Jul 2019 CURS 1,0672629224854–23
7–26 Jun 2019 IMAS 1,01018.927.517.67.62.59.88.53.7–3.88.6
27 May 2019PSD Leader Liviu Dragnea jailed for 3 years and a half
26 May 2019 European elections 22.527.022.45.36.44.15.8–6.54.5
2–20 May 2019 IMAS 1,01021.429.314.46.33.38.010.25.5–1.77.9
5–28 Apr 2019 CURS 1,50032251259105–27
12–25 Mar 2019 CURS 1,06731231358106–48
1–21 Feb 2019 IMAS 1,01023.423.610.58.05.011.112.43.5–2.50.2
21 Jan–6 Feb 2019 CURS 1,06731219458105–710
28 Jan–4 Feb 2019 Sociopol 1,00333209648112–713
11–30 Jan 2019 IMAS 1,01125.322.111.08.94.48.113.43.8–3.23.2
12–20 Jan 2019 BCS —23.023.76.58.14.810.78.19.3–5.80.7
Jan 2019 PNL 26,00030.227.010.25.05.05.511.64.2–1.33.2
4–20 Dec 2018 IMAS 1,01025.226.111.58.14.66.29.62.5–6.20.9
24 Nov–9 Dec 2018 CURS 1,0673320756995–613
Nov 2018 IMAS 1,01024.923.314.88.25.8–11.72.1–9.21.6
Oct 2018 IMAS —27.621.913.19.64.7–10.64.1–8.45.7
6–7 Oct 2018 Constitutional referendum fails due to insufficient turnout
3–4 Oct 2018 Sociopol 87338236545101–815
20 Sep–1 Oct 2018 CURS 1,0673722855695–315
Sep 2018 IMAS —28.127.19.510.15.6–11.42.7–5.51.0
22–27 Sep 2018 Sociopol 1,004342010447112–816
7–20 Aug 2018 Sociopol 1,005351913443103–516
Jul 2018 IRI —2624751–63–282
Jun 2018 IMAS 1,20028.429.211.38.05.0–8.62.8–6.70.8
23 Jun–1 Jul 2018 CURS 1,0673724755584–413
22–26 Jun 2018 Sociopol 91741207745121–321
28 May–8 Jun 2018 Sociopol 1,0034018985371–922
27 Apr–8 May 2018 CURS 1,0673925636385–514
Mar 2018 CURS —39277–––125–1012
27 Feb–5 Mar 2018 Sociopol 1,000343312–6–55–51
20 February 2018 PRO Romania is founded, as a split-off from PSD.
Feb 2018 IMAS 1,01028.629.411.2–6.0–10.64.6–9.60.8
29 January 2018The Dăncilă Cabinet takes office, with the supply and confidence vote on behalf of the UDMR and other MPs from national minorities.
16 January 2018Prime minister Tudose resigns, followed by other ministers.
3–10 Jan 2018 CURS 1,0684227526295–615
24 Nov–7 Dec 2017 Avangarde 70046235–5–134–423
Nov 2017 CURS 1,06743275–6–96–416
Sep 2017 IMAS 1,00038.830.96.8–5.0–8.13.0–7.47.9
22 Sep–5 Oct 2017 Sociopol —61242–3–43–337
28 Aug–14 Sep 2017 Sociopol 1,00551277–4–63–224
11–23 Aug 2017 Avangarde 71046256–5–74–721
14–29 Jun 2017Ministers resign. A motion of no-confidence is passed against the Grindeanu cabinet with PSD support. The Tudose Cabinet is afterwards sworn in.
15–22 Jun 2017 Avangarde 78146309–3–65–116
Apr 2017 IMAS —40.625.48.2–––8.5–––15.2
6–14 Mar 2017 Sociopol 1,007472112–5–63–626
18 Jan–5 Mar 2017 Street protests force the government to withdraw some of its proposed policies
Jan 2017 IMAS —49.020.78.3–––6.8–––28.3
4 January 2017The Grindeanu Cabinet (PSD–ALDE coalition) assumes office
11 December 2016 2016 elections 45.5
154		20.0
69		8.9
30		–6.2
21		–5.6
20		5.4
18		–6.3
17 [c] 		25.5

Incidents

An 80-year-old man from Teiu, Argeș fell into cardiac arrest and died outside a polling station on election day. He was known to have heart problems. [32] [33]

Two polling stations from Sector 3 of Bucharest had their voting suspended: for about an hour at polling station 551, after a member of the electoral bureau tested positive for COVID-19; and for two and a half hours at station 643, after the death of a voter. [34]

Results

Participation was 33.30% and 5.9 million valid votes were cast. [35] After counting all votes, but before the settlement of any appeals, PSD has won around 29.5% of the votes, PNL around 25.5%, USR PLUS around 15.5%, AUR around 9%, and UDMR around 6%. The high result of the quasi-unknown party AUR was considered a huge surprise, while PMP and PRO Romania both failed to get 5% of the votes required to win any seats. [36]

Senate

Romania Senate 2020.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Social Democratic Party 1,732,27629.3247–20
National Liberal Party 1,511,22525.5841+11
USR PLUS 936,86215.8625+12
Alliance for the Union of Romanians 541,9359.1714New
Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania 348,2625.8990
People's Movement Party 291,4844.930–8
PRO Romania Social Liberal 244,2254.130–9
Ecologist Party of Romania 78,6541.3300
Humanist Power Party (Social-Liberal) 70,5361.1900
Greater Romania Party 38,4740.6500
National Rebirth Alliance 23,7730.400New
Romanian Socialist Party 23,0930.3900
Green Party 23,0850.3900
New Romania Party19,5160.3300
Noua Dreaptă 4,3450.0700
Social Democratic Workers' Party3,8550.070New
National Peasant Party Maniu-Mihalache2,8030.050New
Right Alternative 2,2330.040–
Romanian Nation Party2,0610.030New
Communists' Party 7630.010New
Re:Start Romania Party7530.010New
National Unity Bloc4100.0100
National Force Party2680.000New
Independents7,4400.1300
Total5,908,331100.001360
Valid votes5,908,33197.53
Invalid/blank votes149,4292.47
Total votes6,057,760100.00
Registered voters/turnout18,964,64231.94
Source: BEC

Chamber of Deputies

Romania Chamber of Deputies 2020.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Social Democratic Party 1,705,77728.90110–44
National Liberal Party 1,486,40125.1993+24
USR PLUS 906,96215.3755+25
Alliance for the Union of Romanians 535,8289.0833New
Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania 339,0305.74210
People's Movement Party 284,5014.820–18
PRO Romania Social-Liberal 241,2674.090–20
Ecologist Party of Romania 65,8071.1200
Party of Humanist Power (social-liberal) 59,4651.0100
Greater Romania Party 32,6540.5500
National Rebirth Alliance 21,6620.370New
Green Party 20,6140.3500
Romanian Socialist Party 19,6930.3300
Party of the Roma "Pro Europe" 14,5230.2510
New Romania Party14,0890.2400
League of Albanians of Romania 9,0290.1510
Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania 7,5820.1310
Association of Macedonians of Romania 7,1440.1210
Hellenic Union of Romania 6,0960.1010
Union of the Ukrainians of Romania 5,4570.0910
Democratic Union of Slovaks and Czechs 5,3860.0910
Community of the Lipovan Russians 5,1460.0910
Bulgarian Union of Banat–Romania 4,8530.0810
Union of Serbs of Romania 4,6910.0810
Association of Italians of Romania 4,1700.0710
Union of Armenians of Romania 3,8200.0610
Cultural Union of Ruthenians of Romania 3,7790.0610
Union of Poles of Romania 3,7500.0610
Noua Dreaptă 3,5510.0600
Democratic Turkish Union of Romania 3,5390.0610
Federation of the Jewish Communities in Romania 3,5090.0610
Union of Croats of Romania 3,3450.0610
Democratic Union of Turkish-Muslim Tatars 2,8620.051+1
National Peasant Party Maniu-Mihalache2,7270.0500
Right Alternative 2,0050.030New
Social Democratic Workers' Party1,9120.030New
Romanian Nation Party1,7520.030New
Re:Start Romania Party5370.010New
National Unity Bloc2930.0000
Communists' Party 2130.000New
National Force Party1480.000New
Independents56,3460.9500
Total5,901,915100.00330+1
Valid votes5,901,91597.43
Invalid/blank votes155,8592.57
Total votes6,057,774100.00
Registered voters/turnout18,964,64231.94
Source: BEC

Aftermath

On 18 December 2020 the National Liberal Party (PNL), the USR PLUS, and the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR/RMDSZ) announced that they had reached a coalition agreement, and proposed finance minister Florin Cîțu as prime minister. The government would have two deputy prime ministers (one from USR PLUS and one from UDMR) and 18 ministries, with 9 allocated for the PNL, 6 for USR PLUS, and 3 for UDMR. The allocations are as follows (with newly created ministries italicized): [37]

Cîțu was officially appointed as Prime Minister-designate on 22 December by President Klaus Iohannis. On 23 December, the Cabinet was invested by the parliament and took oath of office on the same evening.

The Romanian Electoral Authority stated that the campaign financing publicly subsidies amounted to a grand total of 166,850,315.50 Romanian Lei. The parties/candidates were required to achieve at least 3% of the vote to apply for a public subsidy of their campaign expenditures. [38]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Pambuccian, a member of the Union of Armenians of Romania, has been the parliamentary leader of the national minorities' group since 1996.
  2. ↑ National minorities have nationwide mandates and do not represent a specific county. [1]
  3. 1 2 MPs from the Romanian ethnic minority parties.
  4. 1 2 Poll measuring Chamber of Deputies results
  5. 1 2 Poll measuring Senate results

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