1922 Romanian general election

none Kingdom of Romania legislative no 1920 Romanian general election 1920 1926 Romanian general election 1926 All 369 seats in the Chamber of DeputiesAll 148 seats in the Senate 1–3 March 1922 Ion I C Bratianu - Foto01.jpg Ion I. C. Brătianu Gorj County National Liberal Party (Romania, 1875) 227 C / 111 S 211 C / 110 S CStere.jpeg Constantin Stere Soroca County Peasants' Party (Romania) 40 C / 11 S 15 C / 1 S Prime Minister Subsequent Prime Minister Ion I. C. Brătianu Ion I. C. Brătianu National Liberal Party (Romania, 1875) National Liberal Party (Romania, 1875) General elections were held in Romania between 1 and 3 March 1922. In the first stage between 1 and 3 March, seats in the Senate were elected. In the second stage between 5 and 7 March the Chamber of Deputies was elected, and in the third and final stage from 9 to 11 March, additional Senate seats were elected.Nohlen Dieter Dieter Nohlen Stöver Philip Elections in Europe: A Data Handbook 1591 2010 978-3-8329-5609-7 The result was a victory for the governing National Liberal Party, which won 227 of the 369 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 111 of the 148 seats in the Senate.Nohlen & Stöver, p. 1599 Both houses were combined to form a Constitutional Assembly,Nohlen & Stöver, p. 1592 which approved the 1923 constitution. Campaign In 34 of the 121 constituencies in Transylvania, candidates ran unopposed and were proclaimed elected without an actual poll,Radu Sorin Electoratul din Transilvania în primii ani după marea unire Apulum 2000 37 2 229–245 https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=255437 Romanian 1013-428X mostly because the National Liberal government refused to register opposition candidates. Overall, the campaign was dominated by the government through what some opposition representative deemed "terror". The National Liberals freely used the administration and the Army in order to promote its candidates and intimidate the opposition, rejected the registration of many opposition candidates while pressuring others into withdrawing, destroyed opposition publications, forbade or brutally dissolved opposition rallies, arrested candidates and worked to split the vote among the competing opposition parties.Stan Constantin I. Puterea și opoziția în alegerile parlamentare din martie 1922 Apulum 1997 34 581–597 https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=254464 20 January 2021 ro 1013-428X Government pressure continued during election day. According to Constantin Stere, army officers in Bessarabia campaigned for the government inside the polling stations and entered voting booths to ensure a vote for the government. According to Nicolae Iorga, government agents beat up opposition supporters in Fălticeni, Dorohoi and Odobești, prevented whole villages from voting in the Putna County, while in Argeș County the soldiers voted instead of the public. In several places across the country, opposition candidates were prevented from voting. Opposition leaders condemned the abuses of the government, with Romanian National Party leader Iuliu Maniu declaring the elections "a European scandal" and initially refusing to take part in the works of the newly elected Parliament. Results Chamber of Deputies Multi-member seats Single-member seats National Liberal Party 5173998 146 205338 81 227 +211 Peasants' Party 1865083 40 13394 0 40 +15 Romanian National Party 173085 25 25 –2 Bessarabian Peasants' Party 666650 22 22 –1 Democratic Union Party 126933 16 16 New People's Party 735417 11 25774 1 12 –194 German Parliament Party 20984 9 9 –1 National Monarchist List (PȚ–PND)Ran in Dorohoi County. 139052 4 4 New Democratic Nationalist Party–Iorga 281640 2 2517 1 3 –7 Socialist Party 74860 0 27573 2 2 New Conservative-Democratic Party 59298 1 1 2 –15 Bessarabian Democratic League 58772 2 2 Jewish Party 63336 1 1 Dissident National Liberal Party 29788 1 1 Magyar Party 9224 1 1 Progressive Conservative Party 91230 0 0 Communist Party 63131 0 0 New Socialist Peasants' Party 57443 0 0 Orhei Independent Party 23142 0 0 New Independents 221299 1 16222 1 2 +3 Sternberger et al.Dolf Sternberger, Berngard Vogel & Dieter Nohlen 1969 Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band I: Europa - Zweiter Halbband 1061 Senate National Liberal Party 111 +110 Bessarabian Peasants' Party 13 +7 Peasants' Party 11 +1 Romanian National Party 9 –5 People's Party 2 –122 Democratic Nationalist Party 2 – –18 Nohlen & Stöver Notes References Category:Parliamentary elections in Romania Romania Category:Electoral fraud in Romania Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Category:1922 elections in Romania