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Romania 2020 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 2020 parliamentary election in Romania?

Social Democratic Party won 110 of 330 seats with 28.9% of the vote. 31.9% 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 110 of 330 seats with 28.9% of the vote; 31.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 7.5 points on 2016.

  • Social Democratic Party 110 −44 seats 28.9% −16.6 points
  • National Liberal Party 93 +24 seats 25.2% +5.2 points
  • Save Romania Union / Party of Liberty, Unity and Solidarity 55 +25 seats 15.4% +6.5 points
  • Alliance for the Union of Romanians 33 9.1%
  • Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania 21 0 seats 5.7% −0.5 points
  • People's Movement Party 0 −18 seats 4.8% −0.5 points
  • PRO Romania 0 4.1%
  • Romanian Ecologist Party 0 1.1%
  • Romanian ethnic minorities parties 18 +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 2016 parliamentary election, party by party.

166 of 330 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 28.9%

    Share of the vote won by Social Democratic Party

    Social Democratic Party won 110 of 330 seats. A majority needs 166.

  2. +24 seats

    Seats gained by National Liberal Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2016. Social Democratic Party lost 44 seats.

  3. 31.9%

    Voter turnout

    Down 7.5 points on 2016.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Social Democratic Party110−4428.9−16.61,705,777
National Liberal Party93+2425.2+5.21,486,401
Save Romania Union / Party of Liberty, Unity and Solidaritywith Party of Liberty, Unity and Solidarity55+2515.4+6.5906,962
Alliance for the Union of Romanians339.1535,828
Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania2105.7−0.5339,030
People's Movement Party0−184.8−0.5291,484
PRO Romania04.1241,267
Romanian Ecologist Party01.165,807
Humanist Party / Conservative Party01.059,465
Romanian ethnic minorities parties18+1

± is the change against the Romania 2016 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Social Democratic Party 1,705,777
  • National Liberal Party 1,486,401
  • Save Romania Union / Party of Liberty, Unity and Solidarity 906,962
  • Alliance for the Union of Romanians 535,828
  • Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania 339,030
  • People's Movement Party 291,484
  • PRO Romania 241,267
  • Romanian Ecologist Party 65,807
  • Humanist Party / Conservative Party 59,465
  • 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?

31.9% of the 18,964,642 registered voters cast a ballot (6,057,774 ballots), down 7.5 points on 2016. 5,901,915 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 Party28.9% of votes33.3% of seats
  • National Liberal Party25.2% of votes28.2% of seats
  • Save Romania Union / Party of Liberty, Unity and Solidarity15.4% of votes16.7% of seats
  • Alliance for the Union of Romanians9.1% of votes10.0% of seats
  • Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania5.7% of votes6.4% of seats
  • People's Movement Party4.8% of votes0.0% of seats
  • PRO Romania4.1% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 7.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.4 by votes and 4.2 by seats; Social Democratic Party led National Liberal Party by 3.7 points of the vote.

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