Romanian general election, 1927
General elections were held in Romania in June 1927.[1] The Chamber of Deputies was elected on 7 June, whilst the Senate was elected in three stages on 10, 12 and 14 June.[1] The result was a victory for the National Liberal Party, which won 318 of the 387 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 92 of the 113 seats in the Senate.[2]
Results
Party |
Chamber |
Senate |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
+/– |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
+/– |
National Liberal Party | 1,704,435 | 62.7 | 318 | +302 | | | 92 | +92 |
National Peasants' Party | 610,149 | 22.5 | 54 | New | | | 17 | New |
Hungarian German Bloc | 173,517 | 6.4 | 15 | New | | | 1 | New |
People's Party | 53,371 | 2.0 | 0 | –292 | | | 0 | –107 |
Romanian Social Democratic Party | 50,059 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | 0 |
Peasant Workers' Bloc | 31,505 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | 0 |
National Party | 28,157 | 1.0 | 0 | New | | | 0 | New |
Legion of the Archangel Michael | 10,761 | 0.4 | 0 | New | | | 0 | New |
Traders Council | 154 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | 0 |
Other parties | 2,884 | 0.1 | 0 | – | | | 0 | – |
Invalid/blank votes | 45,306 | – | – | – | | – | – | – |
Total | 2,762,779 | 100 | 387 | 0 | | | 113 | –2 |
Registered voters/turnout | 3,586,086 | 77.0 | – | – | | | – | – |
Source: Sternberger et al.,[3] Nohlen & Stöver |
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