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Romania 2012 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 2012 parliamentary election in Romania?

Social Democratic Party won 150 of 412 seats with 58.6% of the vote. 41.8% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Romania
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Social Democratic Party won 150 of 412 seats with 58.6% of the vote; 41.8% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 2.6 points on 2008.

  • Social Democratic Party 150 +40 seats 58.6% +25.5 points
  • Democratic Liberal Party 52 −63 seats 16.5% −15.8 points
  • People's Party – Dan Diaconescu 47 14.0%
  • Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania 18 −4 seats 5.1% −1.0 points
  • Greater Romania Party 0 0 seats 1.3% −1.9 points
  • National Liberal Party 100 +35 seats
  • Romanian ethnic minorities parties 18 0 seats
  • Humanist Party / Conservative Party 13 +9 seats
  • National Union for the Progress of Romania 10
  • Civic Force 3
  • Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party 1
  • 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 2008 parliamentary election, party by party.

207 of 412 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 58.6%

    Share of the vote won by Social Democratic Party

    Social Democratic Party won 150 of 412 seats. A majority needs 207.

  2. +40 seats

    Seats gained by Social Democratic Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2008. Democratic Liberal Party lost 63 seats.

  3. 41.8%

    Voter turnout

    Up 2.6 points on 2008.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Social Democratic Party150+4058.6+25.54,344,288
Democratic Liberal Party52−6316.5−15.81,223,189
People's Party – Dan Diaconescu4714.01,036,730
Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania18−45.1−1.0380,656
Greater Romania Party001.3−1.992,382
National Liberal Party100+35
Romanian ethnic minorities parties180
Humanist Party / Conservative Party13+9
National Union for the Progress of Romania10
Civic Force3
Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party1

± is the change against the Romania 2008 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Social Democratic Party 4,344,288
  • Democratic Liberal Party 1,223,189
  • People's Party – Dan Diaconescu 1,036,730
  • Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania 380,656
  • Greater Romania Party 92,382
  • National Liberal Party
  • Romanian ethnic minorities parties
  • Humanist Party / Conservative Party
  • National Union for the Progress of Romania
  • Civic Force
  • Christian Democratic National Peasants' 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?

41.8% of the 18,423,066 registered voters cast a ballot (7,694,180 ballots), up 2.6 points on 2008. 7,409,626 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Social Democratic Party58.6% of votes36.4% of seats
  • Democratic Liberal Party16.5% of votes12.6% of seats
  • People's Party – Dan Diaconescu14.0% of votes11.4% of seats
  • Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania5.1% of votes4.4% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 23.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.5 by votes and 4.4 by seats; Social Democratic Party led Democratic Liberal Party by 42.1 points of the vote.

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