2016 Romanian parliamentary election

2016 Romanian parliamentary election
11 December 2016 (2016-12-11)
All 136 seats in the Senate
All 329 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
69 S and 165 D seats needed for a majority
Registered18,403,044
Turnout39.46% ( 2.30 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Liviu Dragnea Alina Gorghiu Nicușor Dan
Party PSD PNL USR
Leader's seat D - Teleorman S - Timiș D - Bucharest
Last election 59 S / 150 D 50 S / 100 D -
Seats after 67 S / 154 D 30 S / 69 D 13 S / 30 D
Seat change 8 S / 4 D 20 S / 31 D New
Popular vote 3,204,864 1,412,377 625,154
Percentage 45.48% 20.04% 8.87%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Hunor Kelemen Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu Traian Băsescu
Party UDMR ALDE PMP
Leader's seat D - Harghita S - Bucharest S - Bucharest
Last election 9 S / 18 D - -
Seats after 9 S / 21 D 9 S / 20 D 8 S / 18 D
Seat change 0 S / 3 D New New
Popular vote 435,969 396,386 376,891
Percentage 6.19% 5.62% 5.35%
  Seventh party
 
Leader Varujan Pambuccian
Party Minority parties
Leader's seat D - Nationwide
Last election 0 S / 18 D
Seats after 0 S / 17 D
Seat change 0 S / 1 D
Popular vote 94,028
Percentage 1.33%
Prime Minister before election

Dacian Cioloș
Independent (technocratic)

 Prime Minister after election

Sorin Grindeanu
PSD

Parliamentary elections were held in Romania on 11 December 2016. They were the first held under a new electoral system adopted in 2015, which saw a return to the proportional electoral system last used in the 2004 elections. The new electoral legislation provides a norm of representation for deputies of 73,000 inhabitants and 168,000 inhabitants for senators, which decreased the number of MPs.

A total of 466 parliamentary seats (308 deputies, 18 minority deputies, and 134 senators) were contested, compared with the 588 parliamentarians elected in 2012. The diaspora was represented by four deputies and two senators, elected by postal vote. The elections saw a turnout of 39.5%, lower than in 2012 but slightly higher than in the 2008 elections.

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