2008 Romanian parliamentary election

Romanian legislative election, 2008

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All 137 seats in the Senate All 334 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 69 S and 167 D seats needed for a majority
Turnout	39.20% ( 19.27pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Theodor Stolojan[a] Mircea Geoană Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu Party PDL PSD+PC PNL Leader's seat not running S – Dolj D – Ilfov Last election 29 S / 67 D 45+10 S / 105+19 D 24 S / 60 D Seats won 51 S / 115 D 49 S / 114 D 28 S / 64 D Seat change 22 S / 48 D 8 S / 18 D 4 S / 5 D Popular vote 2,228,860 D 2,279,449 D 1,279,063 D Percentage 32.36% D 33.09% D 18.57% D   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Béla Markó Varujan Pambuccian[b] Party UDMR Romanian ethnic minority parties Leader's seat D – Harghita D - Nationwide[c] Last election 10 S / 22 D 0 S / 18 D Seats won 9 S / 22 D 0 S / 18 D Seat change -1 S / 0 D 0 S / 18 D Popular vote 425,008 D 243,908 [2] D Percentage 6.17% D 3.45% D
Results by county
Prime Minister before election Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu PNL Elected Prime Minister Emil Boc PDL

Parliamentary elections were held in Romania on 30 November 2008.^[3] The Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) won three more seats than PSD in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, although the alliance headed by the Social Democratic Party (PSD) won more votes and a fractionally higher vote share. The two parties subsequently formed a governing coalition with Emil Boc of the PDL as Prime Minister.

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