Romanian general election, 1922

Romanian general election, 1922

1-3 March 1922

All 372 seats to the Chamber of Deputies All 148 seats in the Senate   Majority party Minority party   Leader Ion I. C. Brătianu Constantin Stere Party PNL PT Leader's seat Gorj County Soroca County Seats won 222 C / 111 S 40 C / 11 S Seat change 206 C / 110 S 15 C / 1 S

Prime Minister before election Take Ionescu Conservative-Democratic Party Subsequent Prime Minister Ion I. C. Brătianu National Liberal Party

General elections were held in Romania between 1 and 3 March 1922. In the first stage between 1 and 3 March, seats in the Senate were elected. In the second stage between 5 and 7 March the Chamber of Deputies was elected, and in the third and final stage from 9 to 11 March, additional Senate seats were elected.^[1] The result was a victory for the National Liberal Party, which won 222 of the 372 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 111 of the 148 seats in the Senate.^[2]

Both houses were combined to form a Constitutional Assembly,^[3] which passed the 1923 constitution.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Chamber		Senate
			Seats	+/–	Seats	+/–
National Liberal Party			222	+206	111	+110
Peasants' Party			40	+15	11	+1
Romanian National Party			26	–1	9	–5
Bessarabian Peasants' Party			22	–1	13	+7
Democratic Union Party			15	+14	0	0
People's Party			13	–193	2	–122
Democratic Nationalist Party			5	–	2	–
Hungarian Union			3	New	0	New
Conservative-Democratic Party			3	–14	0	–4
Federation of Socialist Parties from Romania			1	New	0	New
Other parties			22	–	0	–
Invalid/blank votes		–	–	–	–	–
Total	2,210,370	100	372	+6	148	–18
Registered voters/turnout	2,908,015	76.0	–	–	–	–
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, p1599
3. Nohlen & Stöver, p1592