Romania 2020 parliamentary election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democratic Party won 110 of 330 seats with 28.9% of the vote; 31.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 7.5 points on 2016.
- Romania
- Held
Result
- 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
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party | 110 | −44 | 28.9 | −16.6 | 1,705,777 |
| National Liberal Party | 93 | +24 | 25.2 | +5.2 | 1,486,401 |
| Save Romania Union / Party of Liberty, Unity and Solidaritywith Party of Liberty, Unity and Solidarity | 55 | +25 | 15.4 | +6.5 | 906,962 |
| Alliance for the Union of Romanians | 33 | 9.1 | 535,828 | ||
| Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania | 21 | 0 | 5.7 | −0.5 | 339,030 |
| People's Movement Party | 0 | −18 | 4.8 | −0.5 | 291,484 |
| PRO Romania | 0 | 4.1 | 241,267 | ||
| Romanian Ecologist Party | 0 | 1.1 | 65,807 | ||
| Humanist Party / Conservative Party | 0 | 1.0 | 59,465 | ||
| Romanian ethnic minorities parties | 18 | +1 |
± is the change against the Romania 2016 parliamentary election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Social Democratic Party 1,705,777
- National Liberal Party 1,486,401
- Save Romania Union / Party of Liberty, Unity and Solidarity 906,962
- Alliance for the Union of Romanians 535,828
- Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania 339,030
- People's Movement Party 291,484
- PRO Romania 241,267
- Romanian Ecologist Party 65,807
- Humanist Party / Conservative Party 59,465
- 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
31.9% of the 18,964,642 registered voters cast a ballot (6,057,774 ballots), down 7.5 points on 2016. 5,901,915 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 Party28.9% of votes33.3% of seats
- National Liberal Party25.2% of votes28.2% of seats
- Save Romania Union / Party of Liberty, Unity and Solidarity15.4% of votes16.7% of seats
- Alliance for the Union of Romanians9.1% of votes10.0% of seats
- Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania5.7% of votes6.4% of seats
- People's Movement Party4.8% of votes0.0% of seats
- PRO Romania4.1% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 7.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.4 by votes and 4.2 by seats; Social Democratic Party led National Liberal Party by 3.7 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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