Next Romanian legislative election

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Next Romanian legislative election

← 2020 On or before 21 March 2025
All 136 seats in the Senate All 330 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 69 and 166 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Current seats Chamber of Deputies PSD Marcel Ciolacu 110 PNL Ludovic Orban 93 USR PLUS Dacian Cioloș Dan Barna 55 AUR George Simion Claudiu Târziu 33 UDMR Hunor Kelemen 21 Minority parties Varujan Pambuccian[a] 18 Senate PSD Marcel Ciolacu 47 PNL Ludovic Orban 41 USR PLUS Dacian Cioloș Dan Barna 25 AUR George Simion Claudiu Târziu 14 UDMR Hunor Kelemen 12
Incumbent Prime Minister Florin Cîțu PNL

New legislative elections are planned to be held in Romania before 21 March 2025, three months after the term of the incumbent legislature of the Romanian Parliament expires. Although they will most likely take place in November or December 2024, along with presidential elections, a snap election may be called by the President in accordance with the constitutional provisions.

Background[]

Following the previous elections in December 2020, the Cîțu Cabinet was appointed, backed by a center-right coalition of three political parties as follows: the conservative-liberal National Liberal Party (PNL), the progressive-liberal USR PLUS, and the anti-national Hungarian minority-oriented Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR).

On September 2, USR PLUS decided to withdraw their political support for the Cîțu Cabinet and more specifically for Cîțu himself following the dismissal of the Minister of Justice (who pertained to them up until that point) in the person of Stelian Ion and thereby disbanding the three party centre-right coalition, distancing themselves as such from PNL and UDMR. All USR PLUS ministers officially handed in their resignations from the Cîțu cabinet on 7 September 2021.

In Romania, the President also plays an active role in politics, in spite of the constitutional prerogatives. Following the December 2019 presidential election, Klaus Iohannis of the National Liberal Party (PNL) was re-elected for another five years. Nonetheless, he is not eligible for a third term in the future.

Both legislative and presidential terms end in late 2024. Hence, both could be held on the same days, which would be the first time in Romania since the 2004 general election and the extension of the Presidential term from 4 to 5 years (which was also marked after 2004).

Method[]

To enter either chambers of the Parliament of Romania, a list has to overcome the electoral threshold, which is set at 5% for non-ethnic parties, and proportional representation is then applied by county.

National minorities, however, do not have to pass the threshold to enter the lower chamber (i.e. Chamber of Deputies), often resulting in more than a dozen MPs with no affiliation to a nationwide political party.

Opinion polls[]

See also[]

• Elections in Romania
• Parliament of Romania
• List of political parties in Romania
• Politics of Romania

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