Elections in Romania

As of 5 October 2026, the latest result in our data is the 2020 parliamentary election: Social Democratic Party won 110 of 330 seats. This page lists 13 elections, past and coming.

Latest result in our data

Romania 2020 parliamentary election

166 for a majority

Social Democratic Party110
National Liberal Party93
Save Romania Union / Party of Liberty, Unity and Solidarity55
Alliance for the Union of Romanians33
Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania21
Romanian ethnic minorities parties18

Turnout at national parliament elections

Turnout at national parliament elections, share of registered voters who cast a ballot

Past elections

The latest result we hold for Romania comes from ParlGov, which reaches June 2023: a later election is not in our data yet.

Election and largest party	%	Seats	Turnout %
2020 parliamentary electionSocial Democratic Party	28.9	110 of 330	31.9
2016 parliamentary electionSocial Democratic Party	45.5	154 of 329	39.5
2012 parliamentary electionSocial Democratic Party	58.6	150 of 412	41.8
2008 parliamentary electionDemocratic Liberal Party	32.4	115 of 334	39.2
2004 parliamentary electionSocial Democratic Party	36.6	132 of 332	58.5
2000 parliamentary electionSocial Democratic Party	36.6	155 of 345	65.3
1996 parliamentary electionSocial Democratic Party	21.8	91 of 343	76.0
1992 parliamentary electionSocial Democratic Party	27.7	117 of 341	76.3
1990 parliamentary electionDemocratic Party	66.3	263 of 396	86.2

European Parliament elections

Election and largest party	%	Turnout %
2019 European Parliament electionNational Liberal Party	27.0	51.2
2014 European Parliament electionSocial Democratic Party	37.6	32.4
2009 European Parliament electionSocial Democratic Party	31.1	27.7
2007 European Parliament electionDemocratic Party	28.8	29.5

Parties

Every party

Social Democratic Party28.9% 2020
National Liberal Party25.2% 2020
Save Romania Union / Party of Liberty, Unity and Solidarity15.4% 2020
Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania5.7% 2020
People's Movement Party4.8% 2020
PRO Romania4.1% 2020
Romanian Ecologist Party1.1% 2020
Humanist Party / Conservative Party1.0% 2020
Romanian ethnic minorities parties 2020
Liberal Reformist Party / Alliance of Liberals and Democrats5.6% 2016
Greater Romania Party1.0% 2016
Democratic Liberal Party16.5% 2012

Each party's share of the vote at its latest election in our data, and the year of that election.

Sources and licence

ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal

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