Parliamentary election in Romania 2012

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Result (in%)

 %

60

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

58.6

16.5

14.0

5.1

1.3

0.8

3.6

USL

ARD

PP-DD

UDMR

PRM

BY

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 2008

 % p

 30th

 25th

 20th

 15th

 10

   5

   0

  -5

-10

-15

-20

+25.5

-15.9

+14.0

-1.1

-1.9

± 0.0

-0.5

USL

ARD

PP-DD

UDMR

PRM

BY

Otherwise.

The parliamentary elections in Romania in 2012 took place on December 9th. The Social Liberal Union of Victor Ponta won an absolute majority in both the Chamber of Deputies and in the Senate. The turnout rose despite poor weather conditions in much of the country to 41.7% from 39.1% in the last election.

initial situation

For a detailed description of the events, see: State crisis in Romania 2012

After weeks of protests against his government's austerity policy , which he pledged to the International Monetary Fund in return for a loan of US $ 1 million to overcome Romania's economic crisis , the liberal Prime Minister Emil Boc resigned from his post on February 6, 2012. Opposition leaders Victor Ponta and Crin Antonescu called for immediate elections. Since the three parties PDL , UNPR and UDMR continued to support the government, it remained in office, albeit under the leadership of a non-party technocrat, the former head of the intelligence service, Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu . The opposition Social Liberal Union brought in a successful vote of no confidence in the government on April 27, 2012, whereupon President Traian Băsescu appointed Victor Ponta as the new Prime Minister. In July 2012, a referendum - the second after 2007 - on the impeachment of President Băsescu, decided by parliament, failed due to insufficient voter turnout. The opposition organized for the parliamentary elections in the Social Liberal Union, consisting of the liberal-conservative center-right alliance ( Alianța de Centru Dreapta ) and the Social Democratic Party and also won the support of the UNPR. The liberal-conservative PDL of Boc and Basescu formed the alliance of right-wing Romania ( Alianța România Dreaptă ) with some smaller parties .

Results

The number of representatives in the Senate increased by 39 from this legislative term , those in the Chamber of Deputies by 78. This meant that 176 seats in the Senate and 412 seats in the Chamber of Deputies were available for election. Eighteen seats in the Chamber of Deputies were reserved for representatives of minorities.

senate

Mandates won and composition of the Senate

Political party	Share of votes in 2012 in percent	Mandates 2012	Share of votes in 2008 in percent	Mandates 2008
Social Liberal Union	60.1	122	34.2	77
ARD	33.6	24	31.8	51
Partidul Poporului - Dan Diaconenescu	14.7	21st	-	-
UDMR	5.2	9	6.4	9
PRM	1.5	0	3.6	0
Partidul Ecologist Român	0.8	0	0.8	0
PPMT	0.8	0	-	0
Others	0.3	0	3.5	0
total	100.0	176	100.0	137

Chamber of Deputies

Mandates won and composition of the Chamber of Deputies

Political party	Share of votes in 2012 in percent	Mandates 2012	Share of votes in 2008 in percent	Mandates 2008
Social Liberal Union	58.6	273	33.1	179
ARD	16.5	56	32.4	115
Partidul Poporului - Dan Diaconenescu	14.0	47	-	-
UDMR	5.2	18th	6.2	22nd
PRM	1.3	0	3.2	0
Partidul Ecologist Român	0.8	0	0.8	0
PPMT	0.7	0	-	0
Minorities *	2.7	18th	3.4	18th
Others	0.2	0	0.8	0
total	100.0	412	100.0	334

• 18 seats in the Chamber of Deputies are reserved for representatives of ethnic minorities . These are: Romanian Germans , Roma , Macedonians , Armenians , Bulgarians , Jews , Albanians , Greeks , Tatars , Czechs and Slovaks , Lipovans , Serbs , Poles , Italians , Ukrainians , Turks , Croats and Ruthenians .

Web links

• House of Representatives website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Result of the parliamentary elections 2012 on December 11, 2012 from ziare.com accessed on March 21, 2016 (Romanian)
2. ↑ Information from the Senate ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on March 21, 2016 (Romanian; PDF; 598 kB) 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Information from the Chamber of Deputies ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on March 21, 2016 (Romanian; PDF; 1.3 MB)