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Romania 2008 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 2008 parliamentary election in Romania?

Democratic Liberal Party won 115 of 334 seats with 32.4% of the vote. 39.2% 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 Liberal Party won 115 of 334 seats with 32.4% of the vote; 39.2% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 19.3 points on 2004.

  • Social Democratic Party 110 −22 seats 33.1% −3.5 points
  • Democratic Liberal Party 115 32.4%
  • National Liberal Party 65 +1 seat 18.6% −12.7 points
  • Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania 22 0 seats 6.2% 0.0 points
  • Greater Romania Party 0 −48 seats 3.1% −9.8 points
  • New Generation Party 0 0 seats 2.3% +0.1 points
  • Romanian ethnic minorities parties 18 0 seats
  • Humanist Party / Conservative Party 4
  • 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 2004 parliamentary election, party by party.

168 of 334 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 32.4%

    Share of the vote won by Democratic Liberal Party

    Democratic Liberal Party won 115 of 334 seats. A majority needs 168.

  2. +1 seats

    Seats gained by National Liberal Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2004. Greater Romania Party lost 48 seats.

  3. 39.2%

    Voter turnout

    Down 19.3 points on 2004.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Social Democratic Party110−2233.1−3.52,279,449
Democratic Liberal Party11532.42,228,860
National Liberal Party65+118.6−12.71,279,063
Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania2206.20.0425,008
Greater Romania Party0−483.1−9.8217,595
New Generation Party002.3+0.1156,901
Romanian ethnic minorities parties180
Humanist Party / Conservative Party4

± is the change against the Romania 2004 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Social Democratic Party 2,279,449
  • Democratic Liberal Party 2,228,860
  • National Liberal Party 1,279,063
  • Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania 425,008
  • Greater Romania Party 217,595
  • New Generation Party 156,901
  • Romanian ethnic minorities parties
  • Humanist Party / Conservative Party

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.

How many people voted?

39.2% of the 18,464,274 registered voters cast a ballot (7,238,871 ballots), down 19.3 points on 2004. 6,886,794 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?

  • Democratic Liberal Party32.4% of votes34.4% of seats
  • Social Democratic Party33.1% of votes32.9% of seats
  • National Liberal Party18.6% of votes19.5% of seats
  • Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania6.2% of votes6.6% of seats
  • Greater Romania Party3.1% of votes0.0% of seats
  • New Generation Party2.3% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 5.0 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.9 by votes and 3.7 by seats; Social Democratic Party led Democratic Liberal Party by 0.7 points of the vote.

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