1931 Romanian general election

General elections were held in Romania in June 1931.[1] The Chamber of Deputies was elected on 1 June, whilst the Senate was elected in three stages on 4, 6 and 8 June.[1] The result was a victory for the governing National Union, an alliance of the National Party, the National Liberal Party, the German Party, the Agrarian Union Party, the Vlad Ţepeş League, the Agrarian League and several other parties.[2][3] The Union won 289 of the 387 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 108 of the 113 seats in the Senate elected through universal vote.[3] The five seats won by the Communist-dominated Peasant Workers' Bloc were ultimately invalidated by the new Parliament.

1931 Romanian general election
1–8 June 1931
All 387 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
All 113 seats in the Senate
Turnout72.48%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Ion Duca Iuliu Maniu Gheorghe Brătianu
Party National Union PNȚ PNL–Brătianu
Leader since 28 December 1930
(PNL-Duca)		 10 October 1926
(party foundation)		 15 June 1930
(party foundation)
Last election – 105 S / 348 D –
Seats won 108 S / 289 D 1 S / 30 D 0 S / 12 D
Seat change New Decrease 104 S / Decrease 296 D New
Popular vote 1,389,901 D 438,747 D 173,586 D
Percentage 48.86% 15.42% 6.10%
Swing New Decrease63.8pp New
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Alexandru Averescu György Bethlen A. C. Cuza
Party PP PM LANC
Leader since 3 April 1918
(party foundation)		 1 April 1926 March 1923
(party foundation)
Last election 0 S / 5 D 0 S / 16 D 0 S / 0 D
Seats won 0 S / 10 D 0 S / 10 D 0 S / 8 D
Seat change Steady 0 S / Increase 5 D Steady 0 S / Decrease 6 D Steady 0 S / Increase 8 D
Popular vote 141,141 D 139,003 D 113,863 D
Percentage 4.96% 4.89% 4.00%
Swing Increase2.5pp Decrease1.3pp Increase2.8pp
Prime Minister before election

Nicolae Iorga
PND

 Subsequent Prime Minister

Nicolae Iorga
PND

Results

Chamber of Deputies
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
National Union[lower-alpha 1]1,389,90148.86289–
National Peasants' Party438,74715.4230–296
National Liberal Party–Brătianu173,5866.1012New
People's Party141,1414.9610–
Magyar Party139,0034.8910–6
National-Christian Defense League113,8634.008+8
Peasants' Party–Lupu100,6823.547+2
Social Democratic Party94,9573.346–3
League Against Usury–PȚD-Stere[lower-alpha 2]80,5702.836New
Peasant Workers' Bloc73,7162.595+5
Jewish Party64,1932.264+4
Legion of the Archangel Michael30,7831.080New
Other parties3,4120.120–
Total2,844,554100.003870
Valid votes2,844,55497.18
Invalid/blank votes82,5682.82
Total votes2,927,122100.00
Registered voters/turnout4,038,46472.48
Source: Sternberger et al.,[6] Nohlen & Stöver

Senate
PartySeats
National Union108
Magyar Party4
National Peasants' Party1
Total113
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Notes
  1. Of the 289 National Union seats, eighty were taken by the National Liberal Party-Duca, ten by the German Party and eight by the Agrarian League.[4] Three mandates (Mircea Iorga, Dimitrie Pompeiu and Petre Topa) were taken by PND.
  2. Of the six seats won by the League against Usury and Democratic Peasants' Party–Stere, five were taken by the PȚD-S and one by the League against Usury.[5]

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1591 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1601
  3. Nohlen & Stöver, p1610-1611
  4. Adevărul no. 14552 (1 June 1931), p. 5
  5. Nohlen & Stöver, p1610
  6. Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band I: Europa, Zweiter Halbband, pp1062–1064
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