2008 Romanian parliamentary election

none March 2020 2008 Romanian parliamentary election Romania parliamentary no yes 2004 Romanian general election 2004 2012 Romanian legislative election 2012 All 137 seats in the Senate All 334 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 69 S and 167 D yes 2008 11 30 39.20% ( 19.27pp) Conventia PD-L 2013 - Theodor Stolojan (2).jpg 90 90 120 0 0 Democratic Liberal Party (Romania) Theodor StolojanPrime Minister candidate PDL not running 21 S / 48 D 51 S / 115 D 30 S / 67 D 2,228,860 D 32.36% D Mircea Geoana la Consiliul National al PSD (10776756404) (cropped).jpg 90 90 120 0 0 Social Democratic Party (Romania) Mircea Geoană PSD+PC S – Dolj 57 S / 132 D 49 S / 114 D 8 S / 18 D 2,279,449 D 33.10% D Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu at a government meeting (cropped).jpg 90 90 120 0 0 National Liberal Party (Romania) Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu PNL D – Ilfov 28 S / 64 D 28 S / 65 D 0 S / 1 D 1,279,063 D 18.60% D 150x150px 15803C Béla Markó UDMR/RMDSZ 10 S / 22 D D – Harghita 9 S / 22 D 1 S / 0 D 425,008 D 6.17% D 150x150px Varujan PambuccianPambuccian, a member of the Union of Armenians of Romania, has been the parliamentary leader of the national minorities' group since 1996. Romanian ethnic minority parties 0 S / 18 D D - Nationwide National minorities have nationwide mandates and do not represent a specific county. Legea privind alegerea Senatului şi a Camerei Deputaţilor, precum şi pentru organizarea şi funcţionarea Autorităţii Electorale Permanente, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare The Law on the election of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, as well as on the organization and operation of the Permanent Electoral Authority, with subsequent amendments and additions - Updated text 208 2015-07-20 94.12 https://www.roaep.ro/legislatie/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Legea-nr.-208-2015-actualizata.pdf ro 0 S / 18 D 0 S / 18 D 243,908 http://alegeri.roaep.ro/?alegeri=test-parlamentare Alegeri Parlamentul României 2008 Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă alegeri.roaep.ro 19 June 2024 D 3.45% D 250px Results by county Prime Minister Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu National Liberal Party (Romania) Emil Boc Democratic Liberal Party (Romania) Parliamentary elections were held in Romania on 30 November 2008.http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/newsbriefs/setimes/newsbriefs/2008/08/28/nb-09 Romania to hold elections on November 30th SETimes.com 2008-08-28 2009-01-12 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. Electoral system President Traian Băsescu had wanted to introduce a single-winner two-round electoral system before this election, but a 2007 referendum on the proposal failed due to insufficient turnout. A new electoral system was introduced as a compromise, with the previous party-list proportional representation system changed to a mixed member proportional representation system using sub-county constituencies (colegii electorale). A candidate was declared the winner in any electoral college where they obtained more than 50% of the vote. Seats where no candidate won an outright majority are then allocated using the D'Hondt method. If necessary, the number of seats for each chamber is raised, by giving supplementary seats. An electoral threshold of 5% was applied for each chamber; or winning at least six colleges for the Chamber of Deputies and three colleges for the Senate by more than 50%. There was an additional adjustment for the Chamber of Deputies around the national minorities candidates.ro Simulation of the algorithm using an imaginary county https://web.archive.org/web/20081217111504/http://www.apd.ro/votuluninominal/files/Prezentare_sistem_electoral_2008.pdf 2008-12-17 Contenders The main contenders in the election were the centre-left alliance made up of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the Conservative Party (PC); the liberal-conservative Democratic Liberal Party (PDL); and the liberal National Liberal Party (PNL). Other significant contenders were the ethnic Hungarian party Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR/RMDSZ) and the right-wing nationalist Greater Romania Party (PRM), both of whom were represented in the previous Parliament. Opinion polls Date Pollster Democratic Liberal Party (Romania) Social Democratic Party (Romania) Social Democratic Party (Romania) National Liberal Party (Romania) New Generation Party – Christian Democratic Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania Greater Romania Party Conservative Party (Romania) Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party National Initiative Party Hungarian Civic Party (Romania) PDL PSD+PC PSD PNL PNG UDMR PRM PC PNȚCD PIN PCM Undecided26 June 2008IMAS40%26%18%5%5%3%22–30 July 2008INSOMAR38%26%16%3%4%3%2%2%2%1%25 August–5 September 2008ATLE30.2%33.1%16%3.2%4.8%3.4%3.1%1.1%2%1–16 September 2008Metro-Media37%28%17%3%5%5%3%1%3%12–17 September 2008INSOMAR39%25%20%3%4%4%1%1%22–25 September 2008CCSB34%36%20%2%5%3%1%10–23 October 2008CURS32%31%18%5%5%5%1%1%25–27 October 2008CCSB https://web.archive.org/web/20110719102233/http://www.szabadsag.ro/szabadsag/servlet/szabadsag/template/article,PArticleScreen.vm/id/17026 19 July 2011 34%37%18%2%6%3%30 October–3 November 2008INSOMAR37%32%17%3%6%5%11 November 2008CCSB34.5%37.7%14.4%2.3%6.6%4.0%10–14 November 2008BCS34.4%31.8%19.9%1.9%5.1%3.6%25.5%17–21 November 2008BCS32.6%31.2%21.4%2.9%6.1%4.1%29.5%21–23 November 2008INSOMAR32%35%21%3%5%3%19–23 November 2008CSOP34%31%21%3%7%3%27%23–26 November 2008BCS31.1%32%21.3%3.2%6.3%4.3%26% The first exit-polls, published by INSOMARAgentia Nationala de Presa AGERPRES https://web.archive.org/web/20081210075134/http://www.rompres.ro/news.php?c=74 2008-12-10 January 2009 after the polls were closed, predicted the results for the Chamber of Deputies as: PSD+PC - 36.2%; PDL - 30.3%; PNL - 20.4%; UDMR - 6.7%. And for the Senate: PSD+PC - 35.9%; PDL - 31.1%; PNL - 19.9%; UDMR - 6.7%. Results thumb|right|350px|The results for the Chamber of Deputies for Constituencies no. 1 to no. 42 thumb|right|350px|The results for the Chamber of Deputies for Constituency no. 43 thumb|350x350px|Results of the 2008 Romanian legislative elections, showing the number of votes for the party that won a plurality in each locality. Results for the Chamber of Deputies. thumb|right|350px|The results for the Senate for Constituencies no. 1 to no. 42 thumb|right|350px|The results for the Senate for Constituency no. 43 According to the official final results, the centre-left Alliance PSD+PC won 33.1% in the Chamber of Deputies, just ahead of the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) on 32.4%, with the National Liberal Party (PNL) on 18.6% and the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR/RMDSZ) on 6.2%. The alliance led by the Social Democratic Party (PSD) won 34.2% in the Senate, just ahead of the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) on 33.6%, with the National Liberal Party (PNL) on 18.7% and the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR/RMDSZ) on 6.4%.Alegeri Parlamentare - 30 Noiembire 2008 Situatia Voturilor Valabil Exprimate pe Competitori Electorali http://www.becparlamentare2008.ro/rezul/part_tara_ora14.pdf Romania Biroul Electoral Central https://web.archive.org/web/20081221033636/http://www.becparlamentare2008.ro/rezul/part_tara_ora14.pdf 21 December 2008 dead thumb|347x347px|Results of the 2008 Romanian legislative elections, showing the number of votes for the party that won a plurality in each locality. Results for the Senate Compared to the 2004 election, the Social Democratic Party-led alliance fell back a few percents in the national vote share. The Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) and National Liberal Party (PNL) had competed in the last election together as the Justice and Truth Alliance (DA), but had split in April 2007. The Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) made significant gains in 2008 to become the largest party in both houses, while the National Liberal Party (PNL) made smaller gains. Support for the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR/RMDSZ) was largely unchanged. The Greater Romania Party (PRM) obtained 13% of the national vote for the Chamber in 2004, but failed in 2008 to pass the 5% electoral threshold. Senate Alliance PSD+PC 2352968 49 –8 Democratic Liberal Party 2312358 51 +30 National Liberal Party 1291029 28 0 Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania 440449 9 –1 Greater Romania Party 245930 0 –21 New Generation Party 174519 0 0 Green Ecologist Party 48119 0 0 Ecologist Party of Romania Social Protection People's Party 10805 0 New National Democratic Christian Party 1365 0 0 Romanian Socialist Party 445 0 0 Independents 10068 0 0 350816 0 18464274 Nohlen & StöverDieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp1606-1613 9783832956097 Central Election Office File:Romanian Senate 2008.svg Chamber of Deputies Alliance PSD+PC 2279449 114 –18 Democratic Liberal Party 2228860 115 +67 National Liberal Party 1279063 65 +1 Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania 425008 22 0 Greater Romania Party 217595 0 –48 New Generation Party 156901 0 0 Party of the Roma "Pro Europe" 44037 1 0 Democratic Forum of Germans 23190 1 0 Federation of the Jewish Communities in Romania 22393 1 0 Green Ecologist Party 18279 0 0 Ecologist Party of Romania Democratic Union of Slovaks and Czechs of Romania 15373 1 0 Bulgarian Union of Banat–Romania 14039 1 0 Union of Armenians of Romania 13829 1 0 Democratic Union of Turkish-Muslim Tatars 11868 1 0 Association of Macedonians of Romania 11814 1 0 Union of Serbs of Romania 10878 1 0 Association of Italians of Romania 9567 1 0 Democratic Turkish Union of Romania 9481 1 0 Union of the Ukrainians of Romania 9338 1 0 Community of the Lipovan Russians 9203 1 0 Union of Croats of Romania 9047 1 0 Hellenic Union of Romania 8875 1 0 League of Albanians of Romania 8792 1 0 Social Protection People's Party 8388 0 New Union of Poles of Romania 7670 1 0 Cultural Union of Ruthenians of Romania 4514 1 0 Romanian Socialist Party 585 0 0 National Democratic Christian Party 316 0 0 Party of the European Romania 87 0 New Independents 28355 0 0 352077 +2 18464274 Nohlen & Stöver Central Election Office File:Romanian Chamber of Deputies 2008.svg Aftermath Government formation thumb|right|150px|Second Prime Minister Designate, Emil Boc speaking. It was expected that a grand coalition of the Social Democrats and the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) would be formed. Initially the Prime Minister-designate was Theodor Stolojan, the PDL's official candidate.http://adz.ro/politik.htm#1 Allgemeine Deutsche Zeitung für Rumänien Adz.ro ro 2009-01-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20081216004234/http://www.adz.ro/politik.htm#1 16 December 2008 dead He was designated Prime Minister by the President Traian Băsescu on 11 December 2008, the official decree being issued and printed in the Monitorul Oficial the next day. On 15 December 2008, four days after his nomination, and one day after the coalition protocol was signed, Stolojan announced that he had resigned from the position of Prime Minister-designate, without giving any reason.http://www.antena3.ro/stiri/politica/basescu-ii-cheama-la-consultari-pe-liderii-politici-dupa-retragerea-lui-stolojan_60240.html Antena 3 ro Antena3.ro 2008-12-15 2009-01-12 The same day, Băsescu signed a decree that nominated the Mayor of Cluj-Napoca and PDL president Emil Boc.http://www.euronews.net/en/article/15/12/2008/emil-boc-nominated-new-romanian-pm/ Emil Boc nominated new Romanian PM euronews 2008-12-15 2009-01-12 21 December 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081221012440/http://www.euronews.net/en/article/15/12/2008/emil-boc-nominated-new-romanian-pm/ dead Boc's coalition government with the Social Democrats was approved by parliament in a 324–115 vote and was sworn in on 22 December 2008.http://www.financiarul.ro/2008/12/22/boc-government-okd-by-parliament-with-324-votes-in-favor-and-115-against/ Boc Government OK'd by Parliament, with 324 votes in favor and 115 against Financiarul 2008-12-23 6 October 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111006010000/http://www.financiarul.ro/2008/12/22/boc-government-okd-by-parliament-with-324-votes-in-favor-and-115-against/ deadhttps://www.forbes.com/afxnewslimited/feeds/afx/2008/12/22/afx5852110.html Romania centre-left gov't sworn in to tackle crisis Radu Marinas and Luiza Ilie 2008-12-22 Forbes 2008-12-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20090122125940/http://www.forbes.com/afxnewslimited/feeds/afx/2008/12/22/afx5852110.html 2009-01-22 Mircea Geoana of the Social Democrats became the new head of the Senate, with Roberta Alma Anastase of the PDL as the new President of the Chamber of Deputies.https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h0Wm-sZhyz0P70iYL6u2suDW93OQD957UGKG0 Romania's PM designate pledges to cut spending 2008-12-22 2008-12-23June 2024 medicmedic By-elections At the start of the 2008–2012 parliamentary term, only parties that had won seats in the 2008 elections were eligible to contest parliamentary by-elections. However, this changed in 2011, after which all parties were allowed to propose candidates. The change came after repeated contests to the Constitutional Court of Romania of former 2009 presidential candidate Remus Cernea. Following the nomination of Bogdan Olteanu to the Council of Administration of the National Bank of Romania as Deputy Governor, the first by-election of the parliamentary term took place in Bucharest constituency 1 will be held the first by-election of this parliament. The election was held on 17 January 2010 and was a contest between Radu Stroe of the National Liberal Party (PNL) and Honorius Prigoană, representing the PDL. The Social Democrats decided not to propose a candidate and to support the PNL candidate. Stroe was subsequently elected. Daniela Popa resigned from the Chamber of Deputies to take office as President of the Insurance Supervising Committee, also stepping down as president of the Conservative Party.https://jurnalul.ro/stiri/politica/daniela-popa-renunta-la-functiile-politice-532694.html Jurnalul Naţional 15 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175017/http://jurnalul.ro/stire-politic/daniela-popa-renunta-la-functiile-politice-532694.html 3 March 2016 live The PNL decided not to have its own candidate, but to support the PSD+PC candidate, based on the gentlemen's agreement for the Bucharest by-election. The PSD nominated Conservative Party member and former Romanian Lottery director Liliana Mincă, with the PDL putting forward former TV show host Teo Trandafir, who went on to win. Following the death of Ioan Timiş, Deputy for Hunedoara County constituency 3, a by-election took place on 28 November 2010. All parties nominated candidates, with former Minister of Labour, Mariana Câmpeanu of the PNL winning. In January 2011, the representative of the Macedonians in Romania, Liana Dumitrescu, died. As she was a representative of a national minority, her seat had no college. As a result, her seat was left empty. In April 2011 Victor Surdu died, vacating his seat in the Chamber of Deputies, Neamț County constituency 6. The by-election was held on 21 August 2011 and won by the PDL candidate, Adrian Rădulescu, Secretary of State in the Ministry of Agriculture. In May 2011, Cătălin Cherecheș was elected Mayor of Baia Mare, automatically vacating her seat in the Chamber of Deputies, Maramureș County constituency 2. The by-election on 21 August saw Florin Tătaru of the Social Liberal Union elected. On 30 August 2011, Zoltán Pálfi died, vacacting Cluj County constituency 9. By-elections References Category:Parliamentary elections in Romania Parliament Romania Category:November 2008 elections