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Romania 2016 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 2016 parliamentary election in Romania?

Social Democratic Party won 154 of 329 seats with 45.5% of the vote. 39.5% 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 154 of 329 seats with 45.5% of the vote; 39.5% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 2.3 points on 2012.

  • Social Democratic Party 154 +4 seats 45.5% −13.2 points
  • National Liberal Party 69 −31 seats 20.0%
  • Save Romania Union / Party of Liberty, Unity and Solidarity 30 8.9%
  • Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania 21 +3 seats 6.2% +1.1 points
  • Liberal Reformist Party / Alliance of Liberals and Democrats 20 5.6%
  • People's Movement Party 18 5.3%
  • United Romania Party 0 2.8%
  • Greater Romania Party 0 0 seats 1.0% −0.2 points
  • Romanian ethnic minorities parties 17 −1 seat
  • 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 2012 parliamentary election, party by party.

165 of 329 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 45.5%

    Share of the vote won by Social Democratic Party

    Social Democratic Party won 154 of 329 seats. A majority needs 165.

  2. +4 seats

    Seats gained by Social Democratic Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2012. National Liberal Party lost 31 seats.

  3. 39.5%

    Voter turnout

    Down 2.3 points on 2012.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Social Democratic Party154+445.5−13.23,204,864
National Liberal Party69−3120.01,412,377
Save Romania Union / Party of Liberty, Unity and Solidarity308.9625,154
Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania21+36.2+1.1435,969
Liberal Reformist Party / Alliance of Liberals and Democrats205.6396,386
People's Movement Party185.3376,891
United Romania Party02.8196,397
Greater Romania Party001.0−0.273,264
Romanian ethnic minorities parties17−1

± is the change against the Romania 2012 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Social Democratic Party 3,204,864
  • National Liberal Party 1,412,377
  • Save Romania Union / Party of Liberty, Unity and Solidarity 625,154
  • Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania 435,969
  • Liberal Reformist Party / Alliance of Liberals and Democrats 396,386
  • People's Movement Party 376,891
  • United Romania Party 196,397
  • Greater Romania Party 73,264
  • 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.

How many people voted?

39.5% of the 18,403,044 registered voters cast a ballot (7,261,300 ballots), down 2.3 points on 2012. 7,047,384 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Social Democratic Party45.5% of votes46.8% of seats
  • National Liberal Party20.0% of votes21.0% of seats
  • Save Romania Union / Party of Liberty, Unity and Solidarity8.9% of votes9.1% of seats
  • Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania6.2% of votes6.4% of seats
  • Liberal Reformist Party / Alliance of Liberals and Democrats5.6% of votes6.1% of seats
  • People's Movement Party5.3% of votes5.5% of seats
  • United Romania Party2.8% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.4 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.8 by votes and 3.5 by seats; Social Democratic Party led National Liberal Party by 25.4 points of the vote.

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