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Romania 2004 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 2004 parliamentary election in Romania?

Social Democratic Party won 132 of 332 seats with 36.6% of the vote. 58.5% 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 132 of 332 seats with 36.6% of the vote; 58.5% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 6.8 points on 2000.

  • Social Democratic Party 132 −23 seats 36.6% 0.0 points
  • National Liberal Party 64 +34 seats 31.3% +24.4 points
  • Greater Romania Party 48 −36 seats 13.0% −6.5 points
  • Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania 22 −5 seats 6.2% −0.6 points
  • New Generation Party 0 2.2%
  • Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party 0 1.8%
  • Democratic Party 48 +17 seats
  • Romanian ethnic minorities parties 18 0 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 2000 parliamentary election, party by party.

167 of 332 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 132 of 332 seats. A majority needs 167.

  2. +34 seats

    Seats gained by National Liberal Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2000. Greater Romania Party lost 36 seats.

  3. 58.5%

    Voter turnout

    Down 6.8 points on 2000.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Social Democratic Partywith Humanist Party / Conservative Party132−2336.60.03,730,352
National Liberal Party64+3431.3+24.43,191,546
Greater Romania Party48−3613.0−6.51,316,751
Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania22−56.2−0.6628,125
New Generation Party02.2227,443
Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party01.8188,268
Democratic Party48+17
Romanian ethnic minorities parties180

± is the change against the Romania 2000 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Social Democratic Party 3,730,352
  • National Liberal Party 3,191,546
  • Greater Romania Party 1,316,751
  • Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania 628,125
  • New Generation Party 227,443
  • Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party 188,268
  • Democratic Party
  • 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?

58.5% of the 18,449,344 registered voters cast a ballot (10,794,653 ballots), down 6.8 points on 2000. 10,188,106 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 votes39.8% of seats
  • National Liberal Party31.3% of votes19.3% of seats
  • Greater Romania Party13.0% of votes14.5% of seats
  • Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania6.2% of votes6.6% of seats
  • New Generation Party2.2% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 14.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.9 by votes and 4.1 by seats; Social Democratic Party led National Liberal Party by 5.3 points of the vote.

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