1952 Romanian legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Romania on 30 November 1952.[1] They were the second held under undisguised Communist rule, and the first under a constitution adopted that September.[2] Voters were presented with a single slate of candidates from the People's Democratic Front, which was dominated by the Romanian Workers' Party.[3] The Front won all 428 seats in the Great National Assembly.[4] This election set the tone for all elections held in Romania until 1989. For the remainder of the Communist era, voters only had the choice of approving or rejecting a Communist-dominated list.

1952 Romanian legislative election
30 November 1952
All 428 seats in the Great National Assembly
  Majority party
 
Leader Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
Party PMR
Alliance People's Democratic Front
Seats won 428
Seat change 23
Popular vote 10,187,833
Prime Minister before election

Gheorghe
Gheorghiu-Dej
PMR

 Elected Prime Minister

Gheorghe
Gheorghiu-Dej
PMR

Electoral system

The new constitution was promulgated on 24 September 1952 and three days later a new electoral law was passed.[5] Under the new system candidates were elected in single member constituencies, and had to receive over 50% of the vote. If no candidate passed this threshold, or if voter turnout in the constituency was less than 50%, re-runs were held until the requirements were met.[5] Candidates could be nominated by the People's Democratic Front or mass organisations, although the latter were monitored by the Front.[5]

Results
Party Votes % Seats
People's Democratic Front10,187,833100428
Invalid votes and votes against165,656––
Total10,353,489100428
Registered voters/turnout10,574,47597.9–
Source: 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, p1604
  3. Sergiu Verona. "Government and Politics". This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. Nohlen & Stöver, p1612
  5. Nohlen & Stöver, p1583
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