Romanian general election, 1920

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Romanian general election, 1920

← 1919 25-27 May 1920 1922 →

All 366 seats to the Chamber of Deputies
All 166 seats in the Senate
  Majority party Minority party
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Leader Alexandru Averescu Alexandru Vaida-Voevod
Party PP PNR
Leader's seat Bucharest Cluj County
Seats won 206 C / 124 S 27 C / 14 S

Prime Minister before election

Alexandru Vaida-Voevod
Romanian National Party

Subsequent Prime Minister

Alexandru Averescu
People's Party

General elections were held in Romania between 25 and 27 May 1920.[1] The result was a victory for the People's Party, which won 206 of the 366 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 124 of the 166 seats in the Senate.[2]

Results

Party Votes % Chamber Senate
Seats +/– Seats +/–
People's Party 206 +199 124 +124
Romanian National Party 27 –142 14 –62
National Liberal Party 16 –87 1 –53
Peasants' Party 25 –36 10 –18
Bessarabian Peasants' Party 23 –49 6 –29
Socialist Party 19 +12 3 +3
Conservative-Democratic Party 17 New 4 New
Democratic Nationalist Party–Iorga 10 New 2 New
German Party 10 New 2 New
Transylvanian Peasants' Party 6 +2 0 0
Democratic Nationalist Party–Cuza 2 New 0 New
Democratic Union Party 1 –19 0 –7
Other parties 4 0
Invalid/blank votes
Total 366 –202 166 –50
Registered voters/turnout
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1591 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, pp1609–1611