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Romania 2000 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 2000 parliamentary election in Romania?

Social Democratic Party won 155 of 345 seats with 36.6% of the vote. 65.3% 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 : Social Democratic Party won 155 of 345 seats with 36.6% of the vote; 65.3% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 10.7 points on 1996.

  • Social Democratic Party 155 +64 seats 36.6% +14.8 points
  • Greater Romania Party 84 +65 seats 19.5% +15.0 points
  • Democratic Party 31 −12 seats 7.0% −5.9 points
  • National Liberal Party 30 +5 seats 6.9%
  • Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania 27 +2 seats 6.8% +0.2 points
  • Romanian Democratic Convention 0 0 seats 5.0% −25.1 points
  • Alliance for Romania 0 4.1%
  • National Liberal Party Campeanu 0 1.4%
  • Romanian ethnic minorities parties 18 +3 seats
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Romania 1996 parliamentary election, party by party.

173 of 345 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 36.6%

    Share of the vote won by Social Democratic Party and its allies

    Social Democratic Party and its allies won 155 of 345 seats. A majority needs 173.

  2. +65 seats

    Seats gained by Greater Romania Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1996. Romanian National Unity Party lost 18 seats.

  3. 65.3%

    Voter turnout

    Down 10.7 points on 1996.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Social Democratic Partywith Humanist Party / Conservative Party and Romanian Social Democratic Party155+6436.6+14.83,968,464
Greater Romania Party84+6519.5+15.02,112,027
Democratic Party31−127.0−5.9762,365
National Liberal Party30+56.9747,263
Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania27+26.8+0.2736,863
Romanian Democratic Convention005.0−25.1546,135
Alliance for Romania04.1441,228
National Liberal Party Campeanu01.4151,518
Romanian National Unity Party0−181.4−3.0149,525
Romanian ethnic minorities parties18+3

± is the change against the Romania 1996 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Social Democratic Party 3,968,464
  • Greater Romania Party 2,112,027
  • Democratic Party 762,365
  • National Liberal Party 747,263
  • Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania 736,863
  • Romanian Democratic Convention 546,135
  • Alliance for Romania 441,228
  • National Liberal Party Campeanu 151,518
  • Romanian National Unity Party 149,525
  • Romanian ethnic minorities parties

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?

65.3% of the 17,699,727 registered voters cast a ballot (11,559,458 ballots), down 10.7 points on 1996. 10,839,424 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1990.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Social Democratic Party36.6% of votes44.9% of seats
  • Greater Romania Party19.5% of votes24.3% of seats
  • Democratic Party7.0% of votes9.0% of seats
  • National Liberal Party6.9% of votes8.7% of seats
  • Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania6.8% of votes7.8% of seats
  • Romanian Democratic Convention5.0% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Alliance for Romania4.1% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

Social Democratic Party led Greater Romania Party by 17.1 points of the vote.

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