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Romania 2000 parliamentary election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democratic Party won 155 of 345 seats with 36.6% of the vote; 65.3% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 10.7 points on 1996.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Social Democratic Partywith Humanist Party / Conservative Party and Romanian Social Democratic Party155+6436.6+14.83,968,464
Greater Romania Party84+6519.5+15.02,112,027
Democratic Party31−127.0−5.9762,365
National Liberal Party30+56.9747,263
Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania27+26.8+0.2736,863
Romanian Democratic Convention005.0−25.1546,135
Alliance for Romania04.1441,228
National Liberal Party Campeanu01.4151,518
Romanian National Unity Party0−181.4−3.0149,525
Romanian ethnic minorities parties18+3

± is the change against the Romania 1996 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Social Democratic Party 3,968,464
  • Greater Romania Party 2,112,027
  • Democratic Party 762,365
  • National Liberal Party 747,263
  • Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania 736,863
  • Romanian Democratic Convention 546,135
  • Alliance for Romania 441,228
  • National Liberal Party Campeanu 151,518
  • Romanian National Unity Party 149,525
  • Romanian ethnic minorities parties

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

65.3% of the 17,699,727 registered voters cast a ballot (11,559,458 ballots), down 10.7 points on 1996. 10,839,424 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1990. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Social Democratic Party36.6% of votes44.9% of seats
  • Greater Romania Party19.5% of votes24.3% of seats
  • Democratic Party7.0% of votes9.0% of seats
  • National Liberal Party6.9% of votes8.7% of seats
  • Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania6.8% of votes7.8% of seats
  • Romanian Democratic Convention5.0% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Alliance for Romania4.1% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

Social Democratic Party led Greater Romania Party by 17.1 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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