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Romania 1990 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 1990 parliamentary election in Romania?

Democratic Party won 263 of 396 seats with 66.3% of the vote. 86.2% of registered voters cast a ballot.

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  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Democratic Party won 263 of 396 seats with 66.3% of the vote; 86.2% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Democratic Party 263 66.3%
  • Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania 29 7.2%
  • National Liberal Party 29 6.4%
  • Ecological Movement of Romania 12 2.6%
  • Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party 12 2.6%
  • Romanian National Unity Party 9 2.1%
  • Democratic Agrarian Party of Romania 9 1.8%
  • Romanian Ecologist Party 8 1.7%
  • Romanian Socialist Democratic Party 5 1.1%
  • Romanian Social Democratic Party 2 0.5%
  • Democratic Group of the Centre 2 0.5%
  • Romanian ethnic minorities parties 11
  • Seats won
  • Share of the vote
199 of 396 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 66.3%

    Share of the vote won by Democratic Party

    Democratic Party won 263 of 396 seats. A majority needs 199.

  2. 86.2%

    Voter turnout

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Democratic Party26366.39,089,659
Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania297.2991,601
National Liberal Party296.4879,290
Ecological Movement of Romania122.6358,864
Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party122.6351,357
Romanian National Unity Partywith Republican Party92.1290,875
Democratic Agrarian Party of Romania91.8250,403
Romanian Ecologist Party81.7232,212
Romanian Socialist Democratic Party51.1143,393
Romanian Social Democratic Party20.573,014
Democratic Group of the Centre20.565,914
Largest party without seats00.226,058
Romanian ethnic minorities parties11
Unnamed party with one seat5
Votes by party
  • Democratic Party 9,089,659
  • Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania 991,601
  • National Liberal Party 879,290
  • Ecological Movement of Romania 358,864
  • Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party 351,357
  • Romanian National Unity Party 290,875
  • Democratic Agrarian Party of Romania 250,403
  • Romanian Ecologist Party 232,212
  • Romanian Socialist Democratic Party 143,393
  • Romanian Social Democratic Party 73,014
  • Democratic Group of the Centre 65,914
  • Largest party without seats 26,058
  • Romanian ethnic minorities parties
  • Unnamed party with one seat

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.

How many people voted?

86.2% of the 17,200,720 registered voters cast a ballot (14,825,017 ballots). 13,707,159 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Democratic Party66.3% of votes66.4% of seats
  • Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania7.2% of votes7.3% of seats
  • National Liberal Party6.4% of votes7.3% of seats
  • Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party2.6% of votes3.0% of seats
  • Ecological Movement of Romania2.6% of votes3.0% of seats
  • Romanian National Unity Party2.1% of votes2.3% of seats
  • Democratic Agrarian Party of Romania1.8% of votes2.3% of seats
  • Romanian Ecologist Party1.7% of votes2.0% of seats
  • Romanian Socialist Democratic Party1.1% of votes1.3% of seats
  • Romanian Social Democratic Party0.5% of votes0.5% of seats
  • Democratic Group of the Centre0.5% of votes0.5% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.2 by votes and 2.2 by seats; Democratic Party led Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania by 59.1 points of the vote.

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