1933 Romanian general election

General elections were held in Romania in December 1933, the third in three years.[1] The Chamber of Deputies was elected on 20 December, whilst the Senate was elected in three stages on 22, 28 and 29 December.[1]

1933 Romanian general election
20–29 December 1933
All 387 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
All 108 seats in the Senate
Turnout68.0%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Ion Duca Alexandru Vaida-Voevod Nicolae Lupu
Party PNL PNȚ PȚ–Lupu
Leader since 1930 1933 1927
Last election 1 S / 28 D 104 S / 265 D 1 S / 12 D
Seats won 105 S / 300 D 0 S / 29 D 0 S / 11 D
Seat change 104 S / 272 D 104 S / 236 D 1 S / 1 D
Popular vote 1,518,864 D 414,685 D 152,167 D
Percentage 52.0% D 14.2% D 5.2% D
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Gheorghe Brătianu Alexandru Cuza Octavian Goga
Party PNL–Brătianu LANC PNA
Leader since 1930 1923 1932
Last election 0 S / 14 D 2 S / 11 D 2 S / 11 D
Seats won 0 S / 10 D 0 S / 9 D 0 S / 9 D
Seat change 0 S / 4 D 2 S / 2 D 0 S / 1 D
Popular vote 147,665 D 133,205 D 121,748 D
Percentage 5.1% D 4.6% D 4.2% D
Prime Minister before election

Alexandru Vaida-Voevod
PNȚ

 Elected Prime Minister

Ion Duca
PNL

The result was a victory for the governing National Liberal Party, which won 300 of the 387 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 105 of the 108 seats in the Senate elected through universal male suffrage.[2]

Results
Party Chamber Senate
Votes % Seats +/– Votes % Seats +/–
National Liberal Party1,518,86452.0300+272105+104
National Peasants' Party414,68514.229–2360–104
Peasants' Party–Lupu152,1675.211–10–1
National Liberal Party-Brătianu147,6655.110–400
National-Christian Defense League133,2054.69–20–2
National Agrarian Party121,7484.29+100
Magyar Party119,5624.18–630
Radical Peasants' Party82,9302.56New0New
Agrarian Union Party73,2082.55+300
People's Party—Conservative Party alliance47,1141.60–400
Jewish Party38,5651.30–500
Social Democratic Party37,6721.30–700
Citizen Bloc13,5600.50000
Ploughmen's Front7,9700.30New0New
Labour League3,5150.10New0New
Unitary Socialist Party1,6440.00New0New
Labour Party and Traders' Council1,3280.00000
Independents4,3910.10–0–
Invalid/blank votes58,955––––––
Total2,978,7481003870108–5
Registered voters/turnout4,380,35468.0––––
Source: Sternberger et al.,[3] Nohlen & Stöver, Monitorul oficial no. 300 of December 29, 1933

Chamber of Deputies:

↓
152 22 11 29
PNL PN-Ț

Senate:

↓
105 3
PNL

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1591 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1610-1611
  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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