2004 Romanian general election

2004 Romanian general election

Presidential election
← 2000 28 November 2004 (first round)
12 December 2004 (second round)
2009 →
Turnout58.49% (first round)
55.21% (second round)
 
Nominee Traian Băsescu Adrian Năstase
Party PD PSD
Alliance DA PSD+PUR
Popular vote 5,126,794 4,881,520
Percentage 51.23% 48.77%


President before election

Ion Iliescu
PSD

Elected President

Traian Băsescu
PD

Parliamentary election
← 2000 28 November 2004 2008 →

All 137 seats in the Senate
All 332 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
Turnout58.47%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Chamber of Deputies
PSD+PUR Adrian Năstase 36.61 132 −23
DA Traian Băsescu
Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu
31.33 112 +51
PRM Corneliu Vadim Tudor 12.92 48 −36
UDMR Béla Markó 6.17 22 −5
Minority parties Varujan Pambuccian[a] 2.17 18 0
Senate
PSD+PUR Adrian Năstase 37.13 57 −8
DA Traian Băsescu
Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu
31.77 49 +23
PRM Corneliu Vadim Tudor 13.63 21 −16
UDMR Béla Markó 6.23 10 −2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results for the Chamber of Deputies and Senate
Prime Minister before Prime Minister-designate
Adrian Năstase Adrian Năstase
PSD
Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu
PNL (DA)
Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu

General elections were held in Romania on 28 November 2004, with a second round of the presidential elections on 12 December between former Prime Minister Adrian Năstase of the then ruling Social Democratic Party (PSD) and then incumbent Bucharest Mayor Traian Băsescu of the opposition Justice and Truth Alliance (DA), more specifically of the Democratic Party (PD). Băsescu was elected President by a narrow majority of just 51.2%.[1] The 2004 presidential election was the fifth of its kind held in post-1989 Romania.

Following 2003 amendments to the constitution which lengthened the presidential term to five years, these were the last joint elections to the presidency and Parliament in Romania's political history thus far.


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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1616 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7