1931 Romanian general election
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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 ŢepeŠLeague, 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.
1â8 June 1931
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Results
Chamber of Deputies
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/â | |
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| National Union[a] | 1,389,901 | 48.86 | 289 | â | |
| National Peasants' Party | 438,747 | 15.42 | 30 | â296 | |
| National Liberal PartyâBrÄtianu | 173,586 | 6.10 | 12 | New | |
| People's Party | 141,141 | 4.96 | 10 | â | |
| Magyar Party | 139,003 | 4.89 | 10 | â6 | |
| National-Christian Defense League | 113,863 | 4.00 | 8 | +8 | |
| Peasants' PartyâLupu | 100,682 | 3.54 | 7 | +2 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 94,957 | 3.34 | 6 | â3 | |
| League Against UsuryâPÈD-Stere[b] | 80,570 | 2.83 | 6 | New | |
| Peasant Workers' Bloc | 73,716 | 2.59 | 5 | +5 | |
| Jewish Party | 64,193 | 2.26 | 4 | +4 | |
| Legion of the Archangel Michael | 30,783 | 1.08 | 0 | New | |
| Other parties | 3,412 | 0.12 | 0 | â | |
| Total | 2,844,554 | 100.00 | 387 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 2,844,554 | 97.18 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 82,568 | 2.82 | |||
| Total votes | 2,927,122 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,038,464 | 72.48 | |||
| Source: Sternberger et al.,[6] Nohlen & Stöver | |||||
Senate
| Party | Seats | |
|---|---|---|
| National Union | 108 | |
| Magyar Party | 4 | |
| National Peasants' Party | 1 | |
| Total | 113 | |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | ||
Notes
- 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.
- Of the six seats won by the League against Usury and Democratic Peasants' PartyâStere, five were taken by the PÈD-S and one by the League against Usury.[5]