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
Turnout68.00%
  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 Increase 104 S / Increase 272 D Decrease 104 S / Decrease 236 D Decrease 1 S / Decrease 1 D
Popular vote 1,518,864 D 414,685 D 152,167 D
Percentage 52.02% D 14.20% D 5.21% 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 Steady 0 S / Decrease 4 D Decrease 2 S / Decrease 2 D Steady 0 S / Increase 1 D
Popular vote 147,665 D 133,205 D 121,748 D
Percentage 5.06% D 4.56% D 4.17% D
Prime Minister before election

Ion Duca
PNL

 Subsequent Prime Minister

Ion Duca
PNL

The result was a victory for the governing National Liberal Party (PNL), 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

Chamber of Deputies
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
National Liberal Party1,518,86452.02300+272
National Peasants' Party414,68514.2029–236
Peasants' Party–Lupu152,1675.2111–1
National Liberal Party–Brătianu147,6655.0610–4
National-Christian Defense League133,2054.569–2
National Agrarian Party121,7484.179+1
Magyar Party119,5624.098–6
Radical Peasants' Party82,9302.846New
Agrarian Union Party73,2082.515+3
People's Party–Conservative Party47,1141.610–4
Jewish Party38,5651.320–5
Social Democratic Party37,6721.290–7
Citizen Bloc13,5600.4600
Ploughmen's Front7,9700.270New
Labour League3,5150.120New
United Socialist Party1,6440.060New
Labour Party and Traders' Council1,3280.0500
Independents4,3910.150–
Total2,919,793100.003870
Valid votes2,919,79398.02
Invalid/blank votes58,9551.98
Total votes2,978,748100.00
Registered voters/turnout4,380,35468.00
Source: Sternberger et al.,[3] Nohlen & Stöver, Monitorul oficial[4]

Senate
PartySeats+/–
National Liberal Party105+104
Magyar Party30
Total108–5
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, p1610-1611
  3. Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band I: Europa, Zweiter Halbband, pp1062–1064
  4. Monitorul oficial, no. 300, 29 December 1933
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