Romania 1996 parliamentary election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democratic Party won 91 of 343 seats with 21.8% of the vote; 76.0% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.3 points on 1992.
- Romania
- Held
Result
- Social Democratic Party91
- Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party83
- Democratic Party43
- Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania25
- National Liberal Party25
- Greater Romania Party19
- Romanian National Unity Party18
- Romanian ethnic minorities parties15
- Romanian Social Democratic Party10
- National Liberal Party -- Democratic Convention5
- Romanian Ecologist Party5
- Alternative Party of Romania3
- Ecological Movement of Romania1
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romanian Democratic Convention | 0 | 0 | 30.2 | +10.2 | 3,692,321 |
| Social Democratic Party | 91 | −26 | 21.8 | −5.9 | 2,633,860 |
| Democratic Party | 43 | 0 | 12.9 | +2.7 | 1,582,231 |
| Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania | 25 | −2 | 6.6 | −0.9 | 812,628 |
| Greater Romania Party | 19 | +3 | 4.5 | +0.6 | 546,430 |
| Romanian National Unity Party | 18 | −12 | 4.4 | −3.3 | 533,348 |
| Socialist Party | 0 | 2.3 | 280,364 | ||
| Socialist Party of Labour | 0 | −13 | 2.1 | −0.9 | 262,563 |
| Party of the Civic Alliancewith Liberal Party / Democratic Convention | 0 | −14 | 1.6 | 192,495 | |
| Party of Pensioners of Romania | 0 | 1.4 | 175,676 | ||
| Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party | 83 | +42 | |||
| National Liberal Party | 25 | +25 |
The other parties and groups
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romanian ethnic minorities parties | 15 | +2 | |||
| Romanian Social Democratic Party | 10 | 0 | |||
| National Liberal Party -- Democratic Convention | 5 | ||||
| Romanian Ecologist Party | 5 | +1 | |||
| Alternative Party of Romania | 3 | ||||
| Ecological Movement of Romania | 1 | +1 | |||
| Romanian Socialist Party of Workers | 0 | 1.7 |
± is the change against the Romania 1992 parliamentary election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Romanian Democratic Convention 3,692,321
- Social Democratic Party 2,633,860
- Democratic Party 1,582,231
- Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania 812,628
- Greater Romania Party 546,430
- Romanian National Unity Party 533,348
- Socialist Party 280,364
- Socialist Party of Labour 262,563
- Party of the Civic Alliance 192,495
- Party of Pensioners of Romania 175,676
- Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party
- National Liberal Party
- Romanian ethnic minorities parties
- Romanian Social Democratic Party
- National Liberal Party -- Democratic Convention
- Romanian Ecologist Party
- Alternative Party of Romania
- Ecological Movement of Romania
- Romanian Socialist Party of Workers
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.
Share of the vote
Turnout
76.0% of the 17,218,654 registered voters cast a ballot (13,088,388 ballots), down 0.3 points on 1992. 12,238,746 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Social Democratic Party21.8% of votes26.5% of seats
- Democratic Party12.9% of votes12.5% of seats
- Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania6.6% of votes7.3% of seats
- Greater Romania Party4.5% of votes5.5% of seats
- Romanian National Unity Party4.4% of votes5.2% of seats
- Romanian Democratic Convention30.2% of votes0.0% of seats
- Socialist Party2.3% of votes0.0% of seats
- Socialist Party of Labour2.1% of votes0.0% of seats
Romanian Democratic Convention led Social Democratic Party by 8.4 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
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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