1952 Romanian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Romania on 30 November 1952.[1] They were the second held under communist rule, and the first under a constitution adopted that September.[2] They were also the first held after longtime Prime Minister Petru Groza handed the post to Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, who as leader of the communist Romanian Workers' Party (PMR) had been the country's de facto leader since the communists seized full power in 1947.

1952 Romanian parliamentary election
30 November 1952
All 428 seats in the Great National Assembly
  First party
 
Leader Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
Party PMR
Alliance FDP
Seats won 428
Seat change Increase 23
Popular vote 10,187,833
Percentage 100%
Prime Minister before election

Gheorghe
Gheorghiu-Dej
PMR

 Elected Prime Minister

Gheorghe
Gheorghiu-Dej
PMR

Voters were presented with a single slate of candidates from the People's Democratic Front (FDP), which was dominated by PMR.[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.

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 FDP or mass organisations, although the latter were monitored by the Front.[5]

Results
PartyVotes%Seats
People's Democratic Front10,187,833100.00428
Total10,187,833100.00428
Valid votes10,187,83398.40
Invalid/blank votes165,6561.60
Total votes10,353,489100.00
Registered voters/turnout10,574,47597.91
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. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Sergiu Verona (July 1989). "Government and Politics". In Bachman, Ronald D (ed.). Romania: a country study. Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. LCCN 90006449.
  4. Nohlen & Stöver, p1612
  5. Nohlen & Stöver, p1583
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