Romanian legislative election, 2016

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The Romanian legislative election of 2016 was a national parliamentary vote that reshaped the country’s political landscape, leading to a decisive victory for the Social Democratic Party and the formation of a new government.

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instanceOf legislative election
ALDEVoteShareChamberOfDeputies approximately 5.6%
appliesToJurisdiction Romania
campaignContext widespread dissatisfaction with traditional parties and corruption
coalitionPartnerInGovernment Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (Romania)
constitutionalBasis Romanian Constitution
surface form: Constitution of Romania
country Romania
date 2016-12-11
electoralThreshold 5%
electoralThresholdType national party threshold
electoralType parliamentary election
forBody Chamber of Deputies
Senate of Romania
forOffice Parliament of Romania
hasEndTime 2016-12-11
hasStartTime 2016-12-11
introducedNewPartyToParliament Save Romania Union
languageOfOfficialMaterials Romanian
leadingPartyAfterElection Social Democratic Party of Romania
surface form: Social Democratic Party (Romania)
ledToPrimeMinister Sorin Grindeanu
legislatureTerm 2016–2020 Romanian Parliament
location Romania
mainCompetitorParty Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (Romania)
Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania
surface form: Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania

National Liberal Party (Romania)
People's Movement Party (Romania)
Save Romania Union
mainWinner Social Democratic Party of Romania
surface form: Social Democratic Party (Romania)
nextElection Romanian legislative election, 2020
oversightBody Central Electoral Bureau of Romania
surface form: Permanent Electoral Authority of Romania
partOf Elections in Romania
surface form: Romanian electoral cycle
PMPVoteShareChamberOfDeputies approximately 5.3%
PNLVoteShareChamberOfDeputies approximately 20.0%
previousElection Romanian legislative election, 2012
PSDLeaderDuringElection Liviu Dragnea
PSDSeatsChamberOfDeputies 154
PSDSeatsSenate 67
PSDVoteShareChamberOfDeputies approximately 45.5%
reshapedPoliticalLandscape yes
resultedInGovernmentLedBy Social Democratic Party of Romania
surface form: Social Democratic Party (Romania)
tookPlaceAfter Dacian Cioloș
surface form: Dacian Cioloș technocratic government
totalSeatsChamberOfDeputies 329
totalSeatsSenate 136
turnoutCharacterization low voter turnout
turnoutPercentage 39.49%
UDMRVoteShareChamberOfDeputies approximately 6.2%
USRVoteShareChamberOfDeputies approximately 8.9%
votingSystemChamberOfDeputies party-list proportional representation
votingSystemSenate party-list proportional representation
year 2016

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Social Democratic Party of Romania participatedIn Romanian legislative election, 2016
Romanian legislative election, 2012 followedBy Romanian legislative election, 2016
Romanian legislative election, 2020 follows Romanian legislative election, 2016