Romanian general election, 1919

Romanian general election, 1919

4-8 November 1919

All 568 seats to the Chamber of Deputies All 216 seats in the Senate   Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Alexandru Vaida-Voevod Ion I. C. Brătianu Pan Halippa Party PNR PNL PTB Leader's seat Cluj County Gorj County Bălți County Seats won 169 C / 76 S 103 C / 54 S 72 C / 35 S

Prime Minister before election Artur Văitoianu Independent Subsequent Prime Minister Alexandru Vaida-Voevod Romanian National Party

General elections were held in Romania between 4 and 8 November 1919.^[1] The Romanian National Party emerged as the largest party in Parliament, winning 169 of the 568 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 76 of the 216 seats in the Senate.^[2]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats
			Chamber	Senate
Romanian National Party			169	76
National Liberal Party			103	54
Bessarabian Peasants' Party			72	35
Peasants' Party			61	28
Democratic Nationalist Party			27	9
Democratic Union Party			20	7
Progressive Conservative Party			13	4
Group of Transylvanian Saxons			8	3
National Democratic Hungarian-Szekler Party			8	0
Socialist Party			7	0
People's League			7	0
Swabian Group			6	0
Transylvanian Peasants' Party			4	0
National Union from Banat			4	0
Other parties			59	0
Invalid/blank votes		–	–	–
Total			568	216
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

External links

• (Romanian) Ciprian Stoleru, "Primele alegeri din România Mare, prima mare surpriză: Favoriţii, zdrobiţi la urna de vot", Adevărul, December 3, 2012