Romanian general election, 1933
General elections were held in Romania in December 1933, the third in three years.[1] The Chamber of Deputies was elected on 20 December, whilst the Senate was elected in three stages on 22, 28 and 29 December.[1] The result was a victory for the National Liberal Party, which won 300 of the 387 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 105 of the 108 seats in the Senate.[2]
Results
| Party |
Chamber |
Senate |
|---|
| Votes |
% |
Seats |
+/– |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
+/– |
| National Liberal Party | 1,518,864 | 52.0 | 300 | +272 | | | 105 | +104 |
| National Peasants' Party | 414,685 | 14.2 | 29 | –236 | | | 0 | –104 |
| Peasants' Party–Lupu | 152,167 | 5.2 | 11 | –1 | | | 0 | –1 |
| National Liberal Party-Brătianu | 147,665 | 5.1 | 10 | –4 | | | 0 | 0 |
| National-Christian Defense League | 133,205 | 4.6 | 9 | –2 | | | 0 | –2 |
| National Agrarian Party | 121,748 | 4.2 | 9 | +1 | | | 0 | 0 |
| Magyar Party | 119,562 | 4.1 | 8 | –6 | | | 3 | 0 |
| Radical Peasants' Party | 82,930 | 2.5 | 6 | New | | | 0 | New |
| Agrarian Union Party | 73,208 | 2.5 | 5 | +3 | | | 0 | 0 |
| People's Party—Conservative Party alliance | 47,114 | 1.6 | 0 | –4 | | | 0 | 0 |
| Jewish Party | 38,565 | 1.3 | 0 | –5 | | | 0 | 0 |
| Social Democratic Party | 37,672 | 1.3 | 0 | –7 | | | 0 | 0 |
| Citizen Bloc | 13,560 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | 0 |
| Ploughmen's Front | 7,970 | 0.3 | 0 | New | | | 0 | New |
| Labour League | 3,515 | 0.1 | 0 | New | | | 0 | New |
| Unitary Socialist Party | 1,644 | 0.0 | 0 | New | | | 0 | New |
| Labour Party and Traders' Council | 1,328 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | 0 |
| Independents | 4,391 | 0.1 | 0 | – | | | 0 | – |
| Invalid/blank votes | 58,955 | – | – | – | | – | – | – |
| Total | 2,978,748 | 100 | 387 | 0 | | | 108 | –5 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,380,354 | 68.0 | – | – | | | – | – |
| Source: Sternberger et al.,[3] Nohlen & Stöver, Monitorul oficial no. 300 of December 29, 1933 |
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