2004 Romanian general election

none Romania yes Presidential election 2000 Romanian general election 2000 2009 Romanian presidential election 2009 Presidential 28 November 2004 (first round) 12 December 2004 (second round) 58.49% (first round) 6.82pp 55.21% (second round) 2.29pp Traian Băsescu 2005Mar09.jpg Traian Băsescu Democratic Party (Romania) Justice and Truth Alliance Democratic Liberal Party (Romania) 5,126,794 51.23% Adrian Năstase3.jpg Adrian Năstase Social Democratic Party (Romania) Social Democratic Party (Romania) National Union PSD+PUR 4,881,520 48.77% 300px First round results 300px Second round results 2 Băsescu: #FFCCAA 30–40% #FFB380 40–50% #FF9955 50–60% #FF7F2A 60–70%Năstase: #fbd9dc 30–40% #f0abb0 40–50% #ea7982 50–60% #e04350 60–70% #cb1d2b 70–80%Markó: #d4efd0 30–40% #3ca531 60–70% #0e8d00 70–80% President Ion Iliescu Traian Băsescu Independent politician Democratic Party (Romania) yes Chamber of Deputies 2008 2000 All 332 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 58.47% 28 November 2004 Adrian Năstase National Union PSD+PUR 36.61 132 155 Traian BăsescuCălin Popescu-Tăriceanu Justice and Truth Alliance 31.33 112 61 Corneliu Vadim Tudor Greater Romania Party 12.92 48 84 Béla Markó Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania 6.17 22 27 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 2.17 18 18 yes Senate 2008 2000 All 137 seats in the Senate 58.47% 28 November 2004 Adrian Năstase National Union PSD+PUR 37.13 57 65 Traian BăsescuCălin Popescu-Tăriceanu Justice and Truth Alliance 31.77 49 26 Corneliu Vadim Tudor Greater Romania Party 13.63 21 37 Béla Markó Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania 6.23 10 12 2004 Romanian legislative election - Vote Strength.png Results for the Chamber of Deputies and Senate Prime Minister Prime Minister-designate Adrian Năstase Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu Social Democratic Party (Romania) PNL (DA) General elections were held in Romania on 28 November 2004, with a second round of the presidential elections on 12 December between former Prime Minister Adrian Năstase of the then ruling Social Democratic Party (PSD) and then incumbent Bucharest Mayor Traian Băsescu of the opposition Justice and Truth Alliance (DA), more specifically of the Democratic Party (PD). Băsescu was elected President by a narrow majority of just 51.2%.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1616 978-3-8329-5609-7 The 2004 presidential election was the fifth of its kind held in post-1989 Romania. Following 2003 amendments to the constitution which lengthened the presidential term to five years, these were the last joint elections to the presidency and Parliament in Romania's political history thus far. Campaign Parliamentary elections The main contenders were the left-wing alliance made up of the then incumbent Social Democratic Party of Romania (PSD) and the Romanian Humanist Party (PUR), and, on the other hand, the center-right Justice and Truth Alliance (DA; ro Dreptate și adevăr) comprising the conservative-liberal National Liberal Party (PNL) and the initially social-democratic Democratic Party (PD) which later adopted a center-right Christian democratic ideology. Other significant contenders were the Greater Romania Party (PRM) (right-wing nationalists), the ethnic Hungarian party Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR), and the Union for Romanian Reconstruction (UPRR), a group of right-wing technocrats. Conduct The opposition alleged fraudulent use by the PSD of "supplementary lists", designed to help Romanians in transit to vote. Traditionally, Romanians voted with a cardboard identity card, which was stamped when they voted. Most Romanians now have laminated plastic IDs, to which a printed stamp is affixed when a person votes. However, the stamps can be easily removed. In spite of this, electoral fraud is nearly impossible to commit, as every citizen is assigned to one local voting station, the only location he/she can vote at. The opposition claimed that there were organized "electoral excursions" of PSD supporters who were bussed to various towns to vote several times. This was corroborated by several teams of journalists, who followed the buses. The government attacked the opposition by arguing that 'rumours of fraud' affect Romania's economy and its external credibility. In January 2005, the IMAS institute of statistics released an analysis of the voting results in the 16,824 precincts. In the top 1,000 precincts with the most votes on the supplementary lists, the PSD had 43% to the DA's 23%, while in the precincts with fewest votes on supplementary lists, the PSD had 30% to the DA's 34%. The same trend was true in the precincts with most void votes. Wayback Machine Presidential candidates Name Lifespan Public Administration Experience Affiliation and endorsements Alma mater and profession Candidacy Announcement datesBăsescux160pxTraian BăsescuBorn: 1951 11 04(age 1951 11 04 2004 12 12)Basarabi, Constanța CountyMayor of Bucharest (2000-election day)Deputy (1992–2000)Minister of Transport (1991–1992, 1996–1998, 1998–2000)Sub-Secretary of State for Naval Transportation with the Ministry of Transport (1990–1991)Director of Civil Navigation Inspectorate with the Ministry of Transport (1989–1990)Affiliation: Justice and Truth AllianceAlliance members: PNL and PD Mircea cel Bătrân Naval Academy (1976)seamanNăstasex160pxAdrian NăstaseBorn: 1950 6 22(age 1950 6 22 2004 12 12)BucharestPrime Minister of Romania (2000-election day)Deputy (1990, 1992-election day)President of the Chamber of Deputies (1992–1996)Minister of Foreign Affairs (1990–1992)Affiliation: National Union PSD+PURAlliance members: PSD and PUR Faculty of Sociology, University of Bucharest (1978)Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest (1973)juristTudorx160pxCorneliu Vadim TudorBorn: 1949 11 28(age 1949 11 28 2004 11 28)BucharestDied: 2015 09 14, BucharestSenator (1992-election day)Former presidential elections:2000: 28.3% (2nd place, 1st round), 33.2% (2nd place, 2nd round)1996: 4.7% (5th place, 1st round)Affiliation: PRMFaculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest (1971)journalist, writerMarkóx160pxBéla MarkóBorn: 1951 09 08(age 1951 09 08 2004 11 28)Târgu Secuiesc, Covasna CountySenator (1990-election day)Affiliation: UDMRFaculty of Philology, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca (1974)journalist, poetCiuhandux160pxGheorghe CiuhanduBorn: 1947 06 15(age 1947 06 15 2004 11 28)Timișoara, Timiș CountyMayor of Timișoara (1996-election day)Affiliation: PNȚCDFaculty of Constructions, Politehnica University of Timișoara (1970)building engineerBecalix160pxGigi BecaliBorn: 1958 06 25(age 1958 06 25 2004 11 28)Vădeni, Brăila CountyAffiliation: PNG"Iuliu Maniu" High-school, Bucharest (1978)shepherd, football club ownerRomanx160pxPetre RomanBorn: 1946 07 22(age 1946 07 22 2004 11 28)BucharestSenator (1996-election day)Minister of Foreign Affairs (1999–2000)President of the Senate of Romania (1996–1999)Deputy (1990–1996)Prime Minister of Romania (1989–1991)Former presidential elections:2000: 3.0% (6th place, 1st round)1996: 20.5% (3rd place, 1st round)Affiliation: Democratic ForceFaculty of Energy, Politehnica University of Bucharest (1968)hydroelectric powerplant engineerDinux160pxGheorghe DinuBorn: unknown birthdateunknown birthplaceAffiliation: noneunknown educationintelligence officerMiluțx160pxMarian Petre MiluțBorn: 1955 12 29(age 1955 12 29 2004 11 28)Craiova, Dolj CountyAffiliation: People's ActionFaculty of Automation, Computers and Electronics, University of Craiova (1980)IT engineerTudoricix160pxOvidiu TudoriciBorn: 1969 10 16(age 1969 10 16 2004 11 28)Câmpulung Moldovenesc, Suceava CountyDeputy Mayor of Câmpulung Moldovenesc (2004-election day)Affiliation: Union for Romania's ReconstructionFaculty of Law, Petre Andrei University of Iași (1997)salesman, marketing specialistRădulescux160pxAurel RădulescuBorn: 1953 08 13(age 1953 08 13 2004 11 28)Adamclisi, Constanța CountyAffiliation: Christian Democratic People's AllianceFaculty of Law and Faculty of Theology, unknown universities (unknown years)priestTunarux160pxRaj TunaruBorn: 1959 11 12(age 1959 11 12 2004 11 28)Țânțăreni, Gorj CountyAffiliation: Democratic Youth PartyUniversity of Petroșani (unknown year)mining engineer Results President thumb|right|400px|Winner by county in the first round thumb|398x398px|First round result by commune thumb|right|400px|Winner by county in the runoff thumb|402x402px|Second round results by commune Corneliu Vadim Tudor positioned himself against Băsescu, without openly endorsing Năstase. Marko Bela openly endorsed Adrian Năstase. Gheorghe Ciuhandu openly endorsed Băsescu. Both Băsescu and Năstase came from left-wing parties (PD and PSD) that were members of Socialist International (SI). However, SI supported Năstase, which led to the abandonment of the social-democratic doctrine by the PD and the withdrawal of the party from SI in 2005.https://www.academia.edu/39154174/Evolu%C5%A3ia_Partidului_Democrat_%C3%AEn_perioada_2000_2004_R%C4%83zvan_Victor_Pantelimon Evoluţia Partidului Democrat în perioada 2000 -2004 Răzvan Victor Pantelimon Razvan Victor Pantelimon 2007 Traian Băsescu Justice and Truth Alliance 3545236 5126794 Adrian Năstase National Union PSD+PUR 4278864 4881520 Corneliu Vadim Tudor Greater Romania Party 1313714 Béla Markó Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania 533446 Gheorghe Ciuhandu Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party 198394 Gigi Becali New Generation Party 184560 Petre Roman Democratic Force 140702 Gheorghe Dinu Independent 113321 Marian Petre Miluț People's Action 43378 Ovidiu Tudorici Union for Romanian Reconstruction 37910 Aurel Rădulescu Christian Democratic People's Alliance 35455 Alexandru Raj Tunaru Democratic Youth Party 27225 339010 103245 18449344 18316104 Nohlen & Stöver Vote share #ddd 600px 500px Second round Băsescu Justice and Truth Alliance 51.23 Năstase National Union PSD+PUR 48.77 First round Năstase National Union PSD+PUR 40.94 Băsescu Justice and Truth Alliance 33.92 Tudor Greater Romania Party 12.57 Markó Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania 5.10 Ciuhandu Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party 1.90 Becali New Generation Party (Romania) 1.77 Roman #FC3204 1.35 Dinu Independent (politician) 1.08 Others #777777 1.38 Parliament thumb|326x326px|Results of the 2004 Romanian legislative elections, showing the number of votes for the party that won a plurality in each locality. Results for the Senate Senate National Union PSD+PUR 3798607 57 –8 Justice and Truth Alliance 3250663 49 +23 Greater Romania Party 1394698 21 –16 Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania 637109 10 –2 New Generation Party 241486 0 New Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party 196027 0 0 Democratic Force 95953 0 New Ecologist Party of Romania 83771 0 New United Socialist Party 60027 0 New Romanian National Unity Party 56414 0 0 People's Action 52487 0 New Romanian Socialist Party 42306 0 New Romanian Workers Party 40702 0 New Union for Romanian Reconstruction 37630 0 New Socialist Alliance Party 37019 0 New National Democratic Christian Party 33299 0 New Social Democratic Party "Constantin Titel Petrescu" 25637 0 New Democratic Youth Party 24725 0 New Popular Christian Democratic Alliance 24133 0 New New Democracy Party 23514 0 New Third Millennium Party 21301 0 New For the Motherland Party 19314 0 New Alliance for the Unity of the Rroma 19109 0 New Independent candidate: Eberhard-Wolfgang Wittstock 11107 0 New Popular Party of Romania 2436 0 New Force of Justice 1186 0 New Independents 816 0 New 556128 –3 18449676 AEP thumb|292x292px|Results of the 2004 Romanian legislative elections, showing the number of votes for the party that won a plurality in each locality. Results for the Chamber of Deputies. Chamber of Deputies National Union PSD+PUR 3730352 132 –23 Justice and Truth Alliance 3191546 112 +51 Greater Romania Party 1316751 48 –36 Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania 628125 22 –5 New Generation Party 227443 0 0 Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party 188268 0 0 Democratic Force 79376 0 New Ecologist Party of Romania 73001 0 0 Social Democratic Roma Party of Romania 56076 1 0 Romanian National Unity Party 53222 0 People's Action 48152 0 New United Socialist Party 44459 0 New Democratic Forum of Germans 36166 1 0 Romanian Workers' Party 35278 0 New Union for Romanian Reconstruction 32749 0 New Socialist Alliance Party 28429 0 New Romanian Socialist Party 28034 0 0 National Democratic Christian Party 27650 0 New New Democracy Party 20926 0 New Social Democratic Party "Constantin Titel Petrescu" 20318 0 0 People's Alliance of Christian Democrats 18594 0 New Democratic Youth Party 16271 0 New Bulgarian Union of Banat–Romania 15283 1 0 Third Millennium Party 15109 0 New Alliance for a United Romania 15041 0 New Party for the Motherland 14882 0 0 Union of the Ukrainians of Romania 10888 1 0 Community of the Lipovan Russians in Romania 10562 1 0 Union of Croats of Romania 10331 1 0 Union of Armenians of Romania 9810 1 0 Association of Macedonians of Romania 9750 1 0 Cultural Association of Slavonic Macedonians of Romania 9595 0 New Federation of the Jewish Communities in Romania 8449 1 0 Democratic Union of Croatians of Romania 7769 0 0 Democratic Turkish Union of Romania 7715 1 0 Ethnic Turks Association 7396 0 New Hellenic Union of Romania 7161 1 0 Union of Serbs of Romania 6643 1 0 Turco-Muslim Union of Romania 6517 0 New Democratic Union of Turkish-Muslim Tatars 6452 1 0 Democratic Association of Slavonic Macedonians of Romania 6344 0 New Bulgarian Cultural Association of Romania 6240 0 0 Association of Italians of Romania 6168 1 New Democratic Union of Slovaks and Czechs of Romania 5950 1 0 Union of Poles of Romania 5473 1 0 Italian Community of Romania 5181 0 –1 Cultural Union of Poles of Romania 5159 0 New League of Albanians of Romania 5011 1 0 Bratstvo Community of Bulgarians in Romania 4065 0 0 Cultural Union of Ruthenians of Romania 2871 1 0 People's Party of Romania 2336 0 New Force of Justice 1123 0 New Independents 51646 0 0 599641 –13 18449344 Nohlen & Stöver, Global Elections Database File:Romania Chamber of Deputies 2004.svg Aftermath On 13 December, the PUR president Dan Voiculescu hinted that they have more in common with the DA (both have a center-right orientation) and that they might break from the PSD, but one day later said that he would remain with PSD. It has been suggested by the press that this could be result of a blackmail about his communist past. By 25 December both UDMR and PUR signed a protocol of alliance with DA (Justice and Truth), with the designated prime minister being Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu. Thus, the PSD was left in opposition while Justice and Truth Alliance (DA), the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR), and the Humanist Party (PUR, renamed Conservative Party in 2005) formed the government. Notes References External links Central Electoral Bureau https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222120/http://www.bec2004.ro/ 2007-09-27 ro Fraud worries in Romanian poll BBC News Category:Parliamentary elections in Romania Category:Presidential elections in Romania General General election General election