Presidential elections in Romania 1996

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Ion Iliescu
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Emil Constantinescu


The 1996 presidential elections in Romania took place on November 3rd and 17th, 1996. In the first round, Ion Iliescu from the Romanian Social Democratic Party (PDSR, now PSD ) and Emil Constantinescu , the candidate for the “Democratic Convention” - a larger bourgeois party alliance - received the most votes. In the runoff election, Constantinescu was able to prevail against Iliescu.

First ballot on November 3, 1996

Candidates with the highest number of votes (1st ballot) by district
  • Eligible voters: 17,218,654
  • votes cast: 13,088,388 (76.0%)
  • valid votes: 12,652,900
candidate Political party be right percent
Ion Iliescu PDSR 4,081,093 32.25
Emil Constantinescu Democratic Convention 3,569,941 28.22
Petre Roman Social Democratic Union 2,369,941 20.54
György Frunda UDMR 761.411 6.02
Corneliu Vadim Tudor PRM 597.508 4.72
Gheorghe Funar PUNR 407,828 3.22
Tudor Mohora PS 160,387 1.27
Nicolae Manolescu ANL 90.122 0.71
Adrian Păunescu PSM 87.163 0.69
Ioan Pop de Popa UNC 59,752 0.47
George Muntean PPR 54,218 0.43
Radu Câmpeanu ANLE 43,780 0.35
Nuțu Anghelina independent 43,319 0.34
Constantin Mudava independent 38,477 0.41
Constantin Niculescu PNA 30,045 0.24
Nicolae Militaru independent 28,311 0.22

  • Ion Iliescu

  • Emil Constantinescu

  • Petre Roman

  • György Frunda

  • Corneliu Vadim Tudor

Second ballot on November 17, 1996

Candidates with the highest number of votes (2nd ballot) by district
  • Eligible voters: 17,230,654
  • votes cast: 13,078,883 (75.9%)
  • valid votes: 12,972,485
candidate Political party be right percent
Emil Constantinescu Democratic Convention 7,057,906 54.41
Ion Iliescu PDSR 5,914,579 45.59

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