Romania 2012 parliamentary election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democratic Party won 150 of 412 seats with 58.6% of the vote; 41.8% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 2.6 points on 2008.
- Romania
- Held
Result
- Social Democratic Party150
- National Liberal Party100
- Democratic Liberal Party52
- People's Party – Dan Diaconescu47
- Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania18
- Romanian ethnic minorities parties18
- Humanist Party / Conservative Party13
- National Union for the Progress of Romania10
- Civic Force3
- Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party1
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party | 150 | +40 | 58.6 | +25.5 | 4,344,288 |
| Democratic Liberal Party | 52 | −63 | 16.5 | −15.8 | 1,223,189 |
| People's Party – Dan Diaconescu | 47 | 14.0 | 1,036,730 | ||
| Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania | 18 | −4 | 5.1 | −1.0 | 380,656 |
| Greater Romania Party | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | −1.9 | 92,382 |
| National Liberal Party | 100 | +35 | |||
| Romanian ethnic minorities parties | 18 | 0 | |||
| Humanist Party / Conservative Party | 13 | +9 | |||
| National Union for the Progress of Romania | 10 | ||||
| Civic Force | 3 | ||||
| Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party | 1 |
± is the change against the Romania 2008 parliamentary election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Social Democratic Party 4,344,288
- Democratic Liberal Party 1,223,189
- People's Party – Dan Diaconescu 1,036,730
- Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania 380,656
- Greater Romania Party 92,382
- National Liberal Party
- Romanian ethnic minorities parties
- Humanist Party / Conservative Party
- National Union for the Progress of Romania
- Civic Force
- Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party
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.
Share of the vote
Turnout
41.8% of the 18,423,066 registered voters cast a ballot (7,694,180 ballots), up 2.6 points on 2008. 7,409,626 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Social Democratic Party58.6% of votes36.4% of seats
- Democratic Liberal Party16.5% of votes12.6% of seats
- People's Party – Dan Diaconescu14.0% of votes11.4% of seats
- Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania5.1% of votes4.4% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 23.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.5 by votes and 4.4 by seats; Social Democratic Party led Democratic Liberal Party by 42.1 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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