2008–12 legislature of the Romanian Parliament

In Romania's 2008 legislative election, held on November 30, no party won an outright majority. The Democratic Liberal Party won the largest number of seats, closely followed by the Social Democratic Party + Conservative Party Alliance. It was thought that the third-placed National Liberal Party would hold the key for the new Government, and asked for the post of Prime Minister in the negotiations with both parties.

In the end, the Democratic Liberal Party and Social Democratic Party signed a coalition agreement, with Theodor Stolojan as Prime Minister designate. Two days later, inexplicably, Stolojan renounced to this designation, and was quickly replaced by Emil Boc, Democratic Liberal Party president and incumbent Mayor of Cluj-Napoca at that time. The National Liberal Party, Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania, and the 18 Minorities Parties form the Parliamentary Opposition.

The coalition originally had approximately 70% Parliament support, but the Social Democrats pulled out of the coalition on October 1, 2009, in protest of the sacking of interior minister Dan Nica,^[1] and the government fell in a vote of no confidence on October 13.^[2]

Senate

The President of the Senate for this legislature was Mircea Geoană, former president of the Social Democratic Party, between 19 December 2008 and 23 November 2011. He was replaced by Vasile Blaga on 28 November 2011. In July 3, 2012, Crin Antonescu replaced Blaga at the Senate Presidency. During Antonescu's tenure as ad interim President of Romania, the day-to-day business of the Senate was carried by the Vicepresident Petru Filip, who switched parties form PDL to PSD during the vote of no confidence for the Ungureanu Cabinet. He also served as interim President of the Senate between the removal from office of Mircea Geoană and the election of Vasile Blaga in 2011. At that time he was a PDL Vicepresident.

**Seats in the Senate of Romania, 6th legislature**
Party		Election seating		Lost	Won	Present seating
Party		Seats	%	Lost	Won	Seats	%
	Democratic Liberal Party	51	37.22%	19	2	35	37.96%
	Social Democratic Party	49	35.77%	15	3	40	31.39%
	National Liberal Party	28	20.44%	16	4	27	16.79%
	Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania	9	6.57%	2	0	7	6.57%
	National Union for the Progress of Romania	—	—	4	12	12	7.3%
	Independents	—	—		2	2
	Vacant seats					14	—
Total		137	100	—		137	100

Chamber of Deputies

On 19 December 2008, President of the Chamber of Deputies was elected Roberta Anastase member of Democratic Liberal Party. She was removed from office on 3 July 2012, and replaced the same day by Valeriu Zgonea, Chamber Vicepresident at that time.

**Seats in the Chamber of Deputies of Romania, 6th legislature**
Parliamentary Group		Election seating		Lost	Won	Present
Parliamentary Group		Seats	%	Lost	Won	Seats	%
	Democratic Liberal Party	115	34.43%	29	12	106	37.24%
	Social Democratic Party	114	34.13%	29	2	91	28.53%
	National Liberal Party	65	19.46%	21	6	56	16.22%
	Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania	22	6.59%	2	0	20	6.61%
	Ethnic minorities parties	18	5.39%	2	0	16	5.41%
	National Union for the Progress of Romania	—	—	16	16	12	6.01%
	Deputies without a group					8	—
	Vacant seats					25	—
Total		334	100	—		334	100

During the 2009 Spring Session of the Parliament, there were constituted two Inquiry Committees, and an Inquiry Sub-Committee. The two Committees were formed for the Minister of Youth and Sport Monica Iacob-Ridzi, regarding the possible misuse of money spent by the Ministry she was running on the Youth Day festivities, and Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Nicolae Nemirschi, regarding the possible misuse of money spent by the Ministry he is running on the promotion of Governmental Programs. The Sub-Committee was formed for the former Prime Minister Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, regarding the possible fraudulent allocation of oil drilling rights in the Snake Island area, recently gained by Romania.

The Chamber of Deputies was called in an Extraordinary Session in July, to vote the reports of the Ridzi Inquiry Committee and Tăriceanu Inquiry Sub-Committee, and the formation of a new Inquiry Committee for the Minister of Tourism, Elena Udrea, regarding the possible misuse of money spent by the Ministry she is running on the tourism promoting TV spots.

By-elections

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**Summary of the Romanian legislative by-election results for the 2008 - 2012 legislature (LIII)**
Date	College - Constituency		Parties and alliances	Votes	%
17 January 2010	CD 1-42	Radu Stroe	National Liberal Party (Partidul Naţional Liberal)	7,625	70.17%
	CD 1-42	Honorius Prigoană	Democratic Liberal Party (Partidul Democrat-Liberal)	3,242	29.83%
	Total valid votes (40,583 expected voters) (turnout 27.12% - 11,006)			10,867	100.00%
	Source: Biroul Electoral Municipal
25 April 2010	CD 19-42	Teo Trandafir	Democratic Liberal Party (Partidul Democrat-Liberal)		53.59%
	CD 19-42	Liliana Mincă	PSD+PC Electoral Alliance (Alianţa Electorală PSD+PC)		46.41%
	Total valid votes (103,204 expected voters) (turnout 14.84%)			15,093	100.00%
	Source: Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă
28 November 2010	CD 3-22	Mariana Câmpeanu	National Liberal Party (Partidul Naţional Liberal)	8,738	34.86%
		Daniel Răducanu	Democratic Liberal Party (Partidul Democrat-Liberal)	7,339	29.28%
		Ţoloaș Liliana	PSD+PC Electoral Alliance (Alianţa Electorală PSD+PC)	5,218	20.81%
		Nicolae Timiș	Independent	2,683	10.70%
		Bela Fülöp	Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România)	438	1.75%
		Remus Cernea	Independent	269	1.07%
		Mircea Părăian	New Generation Party – Christian Democratic (Partidul Noua Generaţie - Creştin Democrat)	197	0.78%
		Iosif Danci	Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party (Partidul Naţional Ţărănesc Creştin Democrat)	187	0.75%
	Total valid votes (53,222 expected voters) (turnout 48.41% - 25,763)			25,069	100.00%
	Source: Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă
21 August 2011	CD 6-29	Adrian Rădulescu	Democratic Liberal Party (Partidul Democrat-Liberal)	17,186	54.95%
	CD 6-29	Liviu Harbuz	Social-Liberal Union (Uniunea Social Liberală)	14,089	45.05%
	Total valid votes (57,996 expected voters) (turnout 53.93% - 32,184)			31,275	100.00%
	Source: Autoritatea Electorala Permanenta
	CD 2-26	Florin Tătaru	Social-Liberal Union (Uniunea Social Liberală)	9,433	42.67%
		Mariana Pop	Democratic Liberal Party (Partidul Democrat-Liberal)	7,845	35.48%
		Mircea Dolha	Ecologist Party of Romania (Partidul Ecologist Român)	4,338	19.62%
		Felician Horzsa	Greater Romania Party (Partidul România Mare)	493	2.23%
	Total valid votes (79,241 expected voters) (turnout 27,90% - 22,478)			22,109	100.00%
	Source: Biroul Electoral Judeţean

References

↑ BBC News, 2009-10-01. Romanian government falls apart. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
↑ BBC News, 2009-10-13. Romanian government falls on vote. Retrieved 2009-10-14.

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