2020 Romanian parliamentary election

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.

2020 Romanian parliamentary election

6 December 2020
Turnout31.94% ( 6.20pp)
Senate

All 136 seats in the Senate
69 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
PSD Marcel Ciolacu 29.32 47 −20
PNL Ludovic Orban 25.58 41 +11
USR PLUS Dacian Cioloș
Dan Barna
15.86 25 +12
AUR George Simion
Claudiu Târziu
9.17 14 New
UDMR Hunor Kelemen 5.89 9 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Chamber of Deputies

All 330 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
166 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
PSD Marcel Ciolacu 28.90 110 −44
PNL Ludovic Orban 25.18 93 +24
USR PLUS Dacian Cioloș
Dan Barna
15.37 55 +25
AUR George Simion
Claudiu Târziu
9.08 33 New
UDMR Hunor Kelemen 5.74 21 0
Minority parties Varujan Pambuccian 1.72 18 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
The results for the Senate and for the Chamber of Deputies
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Ludovic Orban
PNL
Florin Cîțu
PNL

While the Social Democratic Party (PSD) remained the largest political party in the Parliament, its popular vote share dropped considerably, more specifically by a third. Following the elections, 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.

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