1992 Romanian general election

1992 Romanian general election

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Presidential election
27 September 1992 (first round)
11 October 1992 (second round)
Turnout76.29% (first round)
73.23% (second round)
 
Nominee Ion Iliescu Emil Constantinescu
Party Independent PNȚCD
Alliance FDSN CDR
Popular vote 7,393,429 4,641,207
Percentage 61.43% 38.57%


President before election

Ion Iliescu
FDSN

Elected President

Ion Iliescu
FDSN

Parliamentary election
27 September 1992

All 143 seats in the Senate
All 341 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Chamber of Deputies
FDSN Ion Iliescu 27.75 117 New
CDR Emil Constantinescu 20.05 82 +31
FSN Petre Roman 10.17 43 −220
PUNR Gheorghe Funar 7.73 30 +21
UDMR Géza Domokos 7.48 27 −2
PRM Corneliu Vadim Tudor 3.90 16 New
PSM Ilie Verdeț 3.03 13 New
Minority parties 2.00 13 +2
Senate
FDSN Ion Iliescu 28.31 49 New
CDR Emil Constantinescu 20.19 34 +22
FSN Petre Roman 10.38 18 −73
PUNR Gheorghe Funar 8.13 14 +12
UDMR Géza Domokos 7.60 12 0
PRM Corneliu Vadim Tudor 3.86 6 New
PDAR Victor Surdu 3.29 5 +5
PSM Ilie Verdeț 3.18 5 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
The results for the Chamber of Deputies and for the Senate
Prime Minister before Prime Minister-designate
Theodor Stolojan Theodor Stolojan
FSN
Nicolae Văcăroiu
FDSN
Nicolae Văcăroiu

General elections were held in Romania on 27 September 1992, with a second round of the presidential election on 11 October.[1] They were the first held after the adoption of a permanent constitution via a referendum held the previous winter.

Incumbent President Ion Iliescu led the field in the first round, but was forced into a run off with Emil Constantinescu, candidate of the oppositional Romanian Democratic Convention (CDR). Constantinescu ran on a quicker transition to a market economy and purging remaining communist influence from the government. He benefited from a marked downturn in Iliescu's popularity tied to both high unemployment and concerns that Iliescu was wavering in his commitment to democracy.[2][3]

Despite this, opinion polls ahead of the runoff suggested that Iliescu was favoured for a second full term. Not only was it believed that his 16-point first-round lead was too large for Constantinescu to overcome, but most of the minor candidates were expected to eventually offer their support to Iliescu in the second round.[4] In the end, Iliescu was reelected with 61 percent of the vote. The 1992 Romanian presidential election was the second of its kind held in post-1989 Romania.

In the parliamentary election, Iliescu's Democratic National Salvation Front (FDSN), which had split off from the National Salvation Front (FSN) earlier in the year, emerged as the largest party in Parliament, winning 117 of the 341 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 49 of the 143 seats in the Senate.

  1. ^ Nohlen, Dieter; Stöver, Philip (2010). Elections in Europe: A data handbook. Baden-Baden, Germany: Nomos. p. 1591. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7. OCLC 617565273.
  2. ^ "Romanians Vote but Runoff Is Expected". The New York Times. 28 September 1992.
  3. ^ "Romanian Vote Inconclusive; Runoff Planned Next Sunday". The New York Times. 6 October 1992.
  4. ^ "President Favored In Romanian Runoff Today". The New York Times. 11 October 1992.