1927 Romanian general election

General elections were held in Romania in June 1927.[1] The Chamber of Deputies was elected on 7 June, whilst the Senate was elected in three stages on 10, 12 and 14 June.[1] The result was a victory for the governing National Liberal Party, which won 318 of the 387 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 92 of the 113 seats in the Senate elected through universal male vote.[2]

1927 Romanian general election

7-14 June 1927

All 387 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
All 113 seats in the Senate
Turnout77.0% (2.0%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Ion I. C. Brătianu Iuliu Maniu György Bethlen (pictured) and Rudolf Brandsch
Party PNL PNȚ BMG
Leader since 11 January 1909 10 October 1926
(party foundation)
1 April 1926 (Bethlen)
6 September 1919 (Brandsch)
Last election 0 S
16 D, 7.5%
New New
Seats won 92 S / 318 D 17 S / 54 D 1 S / 15 D
Seat change 92 S / 302 D New New
Popular vote 1,704,435 D 610,149 D 173,517 D
Percentage 62.7% 22.5% 6.4%
Swing 55.2% New New

Prime Minister before election

Alexandru Averescu
PP

Elected Prime Minister

Ion I. C. Brătianu
PNL

Results

Party Chamber Senate
Votes % Seats +/– Votes % Seats +/–
National Liberal Party1,704,43562.7318+30292+92
National Peasants' Party610,14922.554New17New
Hungarian German Bloc173,5176.415New1New
People's Party53,3712.00–2920–107
Romanian Social Democratic Party50,0591.80000
Peasant Workers' Bloc31,5051.30000
National Party28,1571.00New0New
Legion of the Archangel Michael10,7610.40New0New
Traders Council1540.00000
Other parties2,8840.100
Invalid/blank votes45,306
Total2,762,7791003870113–2
Registered voters/turnout3,586,08677.0
Source: Sternberger et al.,[3] Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1591 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, pp1609-1611
  3. Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band I: Europa, Zweiter Halbband, pp1062–1064
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