1927 Romanian general election

1927 Romanian general election

← 1926 7–14 July 1927 1928 →

All 387 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
All 110 seats in the Senate
Turnout77.0% (Increase2.0pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Ion I. C. Brătianu Iuliu Maniu György Bethlen (pictured) and Rudolf Brandsch
Party PNL PNȚ BMG
Leader since 11 January 1909 10 October 1926
(party foundation)
1 April 1926 (Bethlen)
6 September 1919 (Brandsch)
Last election 0 S
16 D, 7.5%
Seats won 92 S / 318 D 17 S / 54 D 1 S / 15 D
Seat change Increase 92 S / Increase 302 D New New
Popular vote 1,704,435 D 610,149 D 173,517 D
Percentage 62.7% 22.5% 6.4%
Swing Increase55.2pp New New

Prime Minister before election

Ion I. C. Brătianu
PNL

Subsequent Prime Minister

Ion I. C. Brătianu
PNL

General elections were held in Romania in July 1927. The Chamber of Deputies was elected on 7 July, whilst the Senate was elected in three stages on 10, 12 and 14 July. The result was a victory for the governing National Liberal Party (PNL), which won 318 of the 387 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 92 of the 110 seats in the Senate elected through universal male vote.[1]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp1609-1611 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7