2020 Romanian parliamentary election

2020 Romanian parliamentary election

6 December 2020 (2020-12-06)

All 136 seats in the Senate
All 330 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
69 S and 166 D seats needed for a majority
Registered18,964,642
Turnout31.95% ( 6.49 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Marcel Ciolacu Ludovic Orban Dan Barna
Dacian Cioloș
Party PSD PNL USR PLUS
Leader's seat D - Buzău D - Bucharest D - Sibiu
MEP
Last election 67 S / 154 D 30 S / 69 D 13 S / 30 D
Seats after 47 S / 110 D 41 S / 93 D 25 S / 55 D
Seat change 20 S / 44 D 11 S / 24 D 12 S / 25 D
Popular vote 1,705,777 1,486,401 906,962
Percentage 28.90% 25.19% 15.37%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader George Simion
Claudiu Târziu
Hunor Kelemen Varujan Pambuccian
Party AUR UDMR Minority parties
Leader's seat D - Bucharest
S - Bucharest
D - Harghita D - Nationwide
Last election - 9 S / 21 D 0 S / 17 D
Seats after 14 S / 33 D 9 S / 21 D 0 S / 18 D
Seat change New 0 S / 0 D 0 S / 1 D
Popular vote 535,828 339,030 98,681
Percentage 9.08% 5.74% 1.67%


Prime Minister before election

Ludovic Orban
PNL

Prime Minister after election

Florin Cîțu
PNL

Parliamentary elections were held in Romania on 6 December 2020 to elect the 136 members of the Senate and the 330 constituent members of the Chamber of Deputies.

While the Social Democratic Party (PSD) remained the largest political party in the Parliament, its popular vote share dropped considerably, by a third. The elections resulted in a centre-right coalition government was formed by the National Liberal Party (PNL), USR PLUS, and the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians (UDMR/RMDSZ) (i.e. the former Cîțu Cabinet) with former Minister of Public Finance and former PNL president Florin Cîțu as Prime Minister.

The final voter turnout was approximately 32%, the lowest since the end of the communist era in Romania, partially due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.