1926 Romanian general election

General elections were held in Romania in May and June 1926.[1] The Chamber of Deputies was elected on 25 May, whilst the Senate was elected in two stages in May and 10 June.[1] The result was a victory for the governing People's Party, which, together with the allied Romanian National Party (as revived by Vasile Goldiș), Magyar Party and German Party, won 292 of the 387 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 107 of the 115 seats in the Senate elected through universal male vote.[2] With some exceptions, the Peasants' Party and the main branch of the National Party ran on common lists under the name of National Peasant Bloc.

Map of results by first placed party by constituency

Results edit

Chamber of Deputies edit

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
People's Party-led alliance1,366,16053.38292+279
National Peasant Bloc727,20228.4269New
National Liberal Party192,3997.5216–206
National-Christian Defense League124,7784.8810New
Social Democrats40,5941.590New
Peasant Workers' Bloc39,2031.530New
Romanian National Party37,6721.470New
Peasants' Party16,8240.660–40
Civic Union7,3000.290New
Traders Council1,8610.070New
Other parties5,0960.200
Total2,559,089100.00387+15
Valid votes2,559,08997.58
Invalid/blank votes63,4762.42
Total votes2,622,565100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,496,81475.00
Source: Sternberger et al.,[3] Nohlen & Stöver

Senate edit

PartySeats+/–
People's Party-led alliance107+105
National Peasant Bloc8New
Total115–33
Source: Sternberger et al.,[3] Nohlen & Stöver

References edit

  1. ^ a b Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1591 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, pp1609-1611
  3. ^ a b Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band I: Europa, Zweiter Halbband, pp1062–1064