1919 Romanian general election

General elections were held in Romania between 4 and 8 November 1919.[1] The Romanian National Party, which ran mostly unopposed in Transylvania, emerged as the largest party in Parliament, winning 169 of the 568 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 76 of the 216 seats in the Senate.[2] Though both the Socialist Party and People's League decided to boycott the elections, several of their candidates who had registered before the decision went on to win seats.

1919 Romanian general election
4–8 November 1919
All 568 seats to the Chamber of Deputies
All 216 seats in the Senate
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Alexandru Vaida-Voevod Ion I. C. Brătianu Pan Halippa
Party PNR PNL PȚB
Leader's seat Cluj County Gorj County Bălți County
Seats won 169 C / 76 S 103 C / 54 S 72 C / 35 S
Prime Minister before election

Artur Văitoianu
Independent

 Subsequent Prime Minister

Alexandru Vaida-Voevod
Romanian National Party

Results
Party Votes % Seats
Chamber Senate
Romanian National Party16976
National Liberal Party10354
Bessarabian Peasants' Party7235
Peasants' Party6128
Democratic Nationalist Party279
Democratic Union Party207
Progressive Conservative Party134
Group of Transylvanian Saxons83
National Democratic Hungarian-Szekler Party80
Socialist Party70
People's League70
Swabian Group60
Transylvanian Peasants' Party40
National Union from Banat40
Other parties590
Invalid/blank votes–––
Total568216
Registered voters/turnout––
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1591 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, pp1609–1611
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