1931 Romanian general election

1931 Romanian general election

1–8 June 1931
All 387 seats in the Chamber of Deputies All 113 seats in the Senate
Turnout	72.48%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Ion Duca Iuliu Maniu Gheorghe Brătianu Party National Union PNȚ PNL–Brătianu Leader since 28 December 1930 (PNL-Duca) 10 October 1926 (party foundation) 15 June 1930 (party foundation) Last election – 105 S / 348 D – Seats won 108 S / 289 D 1 S / 30 D 0 S / 12 D Seat change New 104 S / 296 D New Popular vote 1,389,901 D 438,747 D 173,586 D Percentage 48.86% 15.42% 6.10% Swing New 63.8pp New   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Alexandru Averescu György Bethlen A. C. Cuza Party PP PM LANC Leader since 3 April 1918 (party foundation) 1 April 1926 March 1923 (party foundation) Last election 0 S / 5 D 0 S / 16 D 0 S / 0 D Seats won 0 S / 10 D 0 S / 10 D 0 S / 8 D Seat change 0 S / 5 D 0 S / 6 D 0 S / 8 D Popular vote 141,141 D 139,003 D 113,863 D Percentage 4.96% 4.89% 4.00% Swing 2.5pp 1.3pp 2.8pp
Prime Minister before election Nicolae Iorga PND Subsequent Prime Minister Nicolae Iorga PND

General elections were held in Romania in June 1931. The Chamber of Deputies was elected on 1 June, whilst the Senate was elected in three stages on 4, 6 and 8 June. The result was a victory for the governing National Union, an alliance of the National Party, the National Liberal Party, the German Party, the Agrarian Union Party, the Vlad Ţepeş League, the Agrarian League and several other parties. The Union won 289 of the 387 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 108 of the 113 seats in the Senate elected through universal vote. The five seats won by the Communist-dominated Peasant Workers' Bloc were ultimately invalidated by the new Parliament.

Results

Chamber of Deputies

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	National Union	1,389,901	48.86	289	–
	National Peasants' Party	438,747	15.42	30	–296
	National Liberal Party–Brătianu	173,586	6.10	12	New
	People's Party	141,141	4.96	10	–
	Magyar Party	139,003	4.89	10	–6
	National-Christian Defense League	113,863	4.00	8	+8
	Peasants' Party–Lupu	100,682	3.54	7	+2
	Social Democratic Party	94,957	3.34	6	–3
	League Against Usury–PȚD-Stere	80,570	2.83	6	New
	Peasant Workers' Bloc	73,716	2.59	5	+5
	Jewish Party	64,193	2.26	4	+4
	Legion of the Archangel Michael	30,783	1.08	0	New
	Other parties	3,412	0.12	0	–
Total		2,844,554	100.00	387	0
Valid votes		2,844,554	97.18
Invalid/blank votes		82,568	2.82
Total votes		2,927,122	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,038,464	72.48
Source: Sternberger et al., Nohlen & Stöver

Senate

Party		Seats
	National Union	108
	Magyar Party	4
	National Peasants' Party	1
Total		113
Source: Nohlen & Stöver