In Romania's 2008 legislative election, held on November 30, no party won an outright majority. The Democratic Liberal Party won the largest number of seats, closely followed by the Social Democratic Party + Conservative Party Alliance. It was thought that the third-placed National Liberal Party would hold the key for the new Government, and asked for the post of Prime Minister in the negotiations with both parties.
In the end, the Democratic Liberal Party and Social Democratic Party signed a coalition agreement, with Theodor Stolojan as Prime Minister designate. Two days later, inexplicably, Stolojan renounced to this designation, and was quickly replaced by Emil Boc, Democratic Liberal Party president and incumbent Mayor of Cluj-Napoca at that time. The National Liberal Party, Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania, and the 18 Minorities Parties form the Parliamentary Opposition.
The coalition originally had approximately 70% Parliament support, but the Social Democrats pulled out of the coalition on October 1, 2009, in protest of the sacking of interior minister Dan Nica,[1] and the government fell in a vote of no confidence on October 13.[2]
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The President of the Senate for this legislature is Mircea Geoană, president of the Social Democratic Party, elected on December 19, 2008.
| Party | Election seating | Lost | Won | Present seating | |||
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| Seats | % | Seats | % | ||||
| Democratic Liberal Party | 51 | 37.22% | 6 | 2 | 47 | 37.96% | |
| Social Democratic Party | 49 | 35.77% | 9 | 3 | 43 | 31.39% | |
| National Liberal Party | 28 | 20.44% | 9 | 4 | 25 | 16.79% | |
| Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania | 9 | 6.57% | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6.57% | |
| Independents | — | — | 1 | 12 | 12 | 7.3%; | |
| Vacant seats | 1 | — | |||||
| Total | 137 | 100 | — | 137 | 100 | ||
On 19 December 2008, President of the Chamber of Deputies was elected Roberta Anastase member of Democratic Liberal Party
| Parliamentary Group | Election seating | Lost | Won | Present | |||
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| Seats | % | Seats | % | ||||
| Democratic Liberal Party | 115 | 34.43% | 12 | 12 | 123 | 37.24% | |
| Social Democratic Party | 114 | 34.13% | 29 | 1 | 89 | 28.53% | |
| National Liberal Party | 65 | 19.46% | 16 | 6 | 61 | 16.22% | |
| Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania | 22 | 6.59% | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6.61% | |
| Ethnic minorities parties | 18 | 5.39% | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5.41% | |
| Progresits | — | — | 12 | 16 | 16 | 6.01% | |
| Deputies without a group | 4 | — | |||||
| Vacant seats | 2 | — | |||||
| Total | 334 | 100 | — | 333 | 100 | ||
During the 2009 Spring Session of the Parliament, there were constituted two Inquiry Committees, and an Inquiry Sub-Committee. The two Committees were formed for the Minister of Youth and Sport Monica Iacob-Ridzi, regarding the possible misuse of money spent by the Ministry she was running on the Youth Day festivities, and Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Nicolae Nemirschi, regarding the possible misuse of money spent by the Ministry he is running on the promotion of Governmental Programs. The Sub-Committee was formed for the former Prime Minister Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, regarding the possible fraudulent allocation of oil drilling rights in the Snake Island area, recently gained by Romania.
The Chamber of Deputies was called in an Extraordinary Session in July, to vote the reports of the Ridzi Inquiry Committee and Tăriceanu Inquiry Sub-Committee, and the formation of a new Inquiry Committee for the Minister of Tourism, Elena Udrea, regarding the possible misuse of money spent by the Ministry she is running on the tourism promoting TV spots.
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| Date | College - Constituency | Candidates | Parties and alliances | Votes | % | |
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| 17 January 2010 | CD 1-42 | Radu Stroe | National Liberal Party (Partidul Naţional Liberal) | 7,625 | 70.17% | |
| Honorius Prigoană | Democratic Liberal Party (Partidul Democrat-Liberal) | 3,242 | 29.83% | |||
| Total valid votes (40,583 expected voters) (turnout 27.12% - 11,006) | 10,867 | 100.00% | ||||
| Source: Biroul Electoral Municipal | ||||||
| 25 April 2010 | CD 19-42 | Teo Trandafir | Democratic Liberal Party (Partidul Democrat-Liberal) | 53.59% | ||
| Liliana Mincă | PSD+PC Electoral Alliance (Alianţa Electorală PSD+PC) | 46.41% | ||||
| Total valid votes (103,204 expected voters) (turnout 14.84%) | 15,093 | 100.00% | ||||
| Source: Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă | ||||||
| 28 November 2010 | CD 3-22 | Mariana Câmpeanu | National Liberal Party (Partidul Naţional Liberal) | 8,738 | 34.86% | |
| Daniel Răducanu | Democratic Liberal Party (Partidul Democrat-Liberal) | 7,339 | 29.28% | |||
| Ţoloaș Liliana | PSD+PC Electoral Alliance (Alianţa Electorală PSD+PC) | 5,218 | 20.81% | |||
| Nicolae Timiș | Independent | 2,683 | 10.70% | |||
| Bela Fülöp | Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România) | 438 | 1.75% | |||
| Remus Cernea | Independent | 269 | 1.07% | |||
| Mircea Părăian | New Generation Party – Christian Democratic (Partidul Noua Generaţie - Creştin Democrat) | 197 | 0.78% | |||
| Iosif Danci | Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party (Partidul Naţional Ţărănesc Creştin Democrat) | 187 | 0.75% | |||
| Total valid votes (53,222 expected voters) (turnout 48.41% - 25,763) | 25,069 | 100.00% | ||||
| Source: Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă | ||||||
| 21 August 2011 | CD 6-29 | Adrian Rădulescu | Democratic Liberal Party (Partidul Democrat-Liberal) | 17,186 | 54.95% | |
| Liviu Harbuz | Social-Liberal Union (Uniunea Social Liberală) | 14,089 | 45.05% | |||
| Total valid votes (57,996 expected voters) (turnout 53.93% - 32,184) | 31,275 | 100.00% | ||||
| Source: Autoritatea Electorala Permanenta | ||||||
| CD 2-26 | Florin Tătaru | Social-Liberal Union (Uniunea Social Liberală) | 9,433 | 42.67% | ||
| Mariana Pop | Democratic Liberal Party (Partidul Democrat-Liberal) | 7,845 | 35.48% | |||
| Mircea Dolha | Ecologist Party of Romania (Partidul Ecologist Român) | 4,338 | 19.62% | |||
| Felician Horzsa | Greater Romania Party (Partidul România Mare) | 493 | 2.23% | |||
| Total valid votes (79,241 expected voters) (turnout 27,90% - 22,478) | 22,109 | 100.00% | ||||
| Source: Biroul Electoral Judeţean | ||||||
| TBD 2011 | CD 9-13 | TBD | Social Liberal Union (Uniunea Social Liberală) | |||
| TBD | Democratic Liberal Party (Partidul Democrat-Liberal) | |||||
| TBD | Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România) | |||||
| Total valid votes (x expected voters) (turnout y% - z) | t | 100.00% | ||||
| Source: Biroul Electoral Judeţean | ||||||
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