1952 Romanian parliamentary election

none Socialist Republic of Romania 1948 parliamentary 1948 Romanian parliamentary election 1948 1957 Romanian parliamentary election 1957 All 428 seats in the Great National Assembly 30 November 1952 97.91% Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej1.jpg Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej PMR People's Democratic Front (Romania) People's Democratic Front (Romania) 428 23 10,187,833 100.00% 6.81pp Prime Minister GheorgheGheorghiu-Dej GheorgheGheorghiu-Dej PMR PMR Parliamentary elections were held in Romania on 30 November 1952.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1591 978-3-8329-5609-7 They were the second held under communist rule, and the first under a constitution adopted that September.Nohlen & Stöver, p1604 They were also the first held after longtime Prime Minister Petru Groza handed the post to Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, who as leader of the communist Romanian Workers' Party (PMR) had been the country's de facto leader since the communists seized full power in 1947. Voters were presented with a single slate of candidates from the People's Democratic Front (FDP), which was dominated by PMR.romania Sergiu Verona Government and Politics The Front won all 428 seats in the Great National Assembly.Nohlen & Stöver, p1612 This election set the tone for all elections held in Romania until 1989. For the remainder of the communist era, voters only had the choice of approving or rejecting a communist-dominated list. Electoral system The new constitution was promulgated on 24 September 1952 and three days later a new electoral law was passed.Nohlen & Stöver, p1583 Under the new system candidates were elected in single member constituencies, and had to receive over 50% of the vote. If no candidate passed this threshold, or if voter turnout in the constituency was less than 50%, re-runs were held until the requirements were met. Candidates could be nominated by the FDP or mass organisations, although the latter were monitored by the Front. Results #f8f9fa 428 People's Democratic Front (Romania) People's Democratic Front 5 Romanian Workers Party 10187833 5 428 5 Ploughmen's Front Hungarian People's Union Jewish Democratic Committee sc4 red Independents 165656 10574475 Nohlen & Stöver References Category:Parliamentary elections in Romania Category:One-party elections Romania Parliament