2008 Romanian parliamentary election

2008 Romanian parliamentary election
30 November 2008 (2008-11-30)
All 137 seats in the Senate
All 334 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
69 S and 167 D seats needed for a majority
Turnout39.20% ( 19.27pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Theodor Stolojan Mircea Geoană Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu
Party PDL PSD+PC PNL
Leader's seat not running S – Dolj D – Ilfov
Last election 21 S / 48 D 57 S / 132 D 28 S / 64 D
Seats won 51 S / 115 D 49 S / 114 D 28 S / 65 D
Seat change 30 S / 67 D 8 S / 18 D 0 S / 1 D
Popular vote 2,228,860 D 2,279,449 D 1,279,063 D
Percentage 32.36% D 33.10% D 18.60% D
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Béla Markó Varujan Pambuccian
Party UDMR/RMDSZ Romanian ethnic minority parties
Leader's seat D – Harghita D - Nationwide
Last election 10 S / 22 D 0 S / 18 D
Seats won 9 S / 22 D 0 S / 18 D
Seat change 1 S / 0 D 0 S / 18 D
Popular vote 425,008 D 243,908 D
Percentage 6.17% D 3.45% D
Results by county
Prime Minister before election

Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu
PNL

 Elected Prime Minister

Emil Boc
PDL

Parliamentary elections were held in Romania on 30 November 2008. The Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) won three more seats than PSD in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, although the alliance headed by the Social Democratic Party (PSD) won more votes and a fractionally higher vote share. The two parties subsequently formed a governing coalition with Emil Boc of the PDL as Prime Minister.

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