1920 Romanian general election

1920 Romanian general election

25–27 May 1920

All 366 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
All 166 seats in the Senate
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Alexandru Averescu Alexandru Vaida-Voevod
Party People's Party (interwar Romania) PNR
Leader's seat Bucharest Cluj County
Seats won 206 C / 124 S 27 C / 14 S
Seat change 199 C / 124 S 142 C / 62 S

Prime Minister before election

Alexandru Averescu
People's Party (interwar Romania)

Subsequent Prime Minister

Alexandru Averescu
People's Party (interwar Romania)

General elections were held in Romania between 25 and 27 May 1920.[1] The result was a victory for the governing 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

Chamber of Deputies

PartySeats+/–
People's Party206+199
Romanian National Party27–142
National Liberal Party16–87
Peasants' Party25–36
Bessarabian Peasants' Party23–49
Socialist Party19+12
Conservative-Democratic Party17New
Democratic Nationalist Party–Iorga10New
German Party10New
Transylvanian Peasants' Party6+2
Democratic Nationalist Party–Cuza2New
Democratic Union Party1–19
Other parties4
Total366–202
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Senate

PartySeats+/–
People's Party124+124
Romanian National Party14–62
Peasants' Party10–18
Bessarabian Peasants' Party6–29
Conservative-Democratic Party4New
Socialist Party3+3
Democratic Nationalist Party–Iorga2New
German Party2New
National Liberal Party1–53
Total166–50
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

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