Romanian general election, 2000

Romanian Presidential election

26 November 2000
10 December 2000



Nominee	Ion Iliescu	Corneliu Vadim Tudor
Party	PDSR	PRM
Popular vote	6,696,623	3,324,247
Percentage	66.83%	33.17%

President before election

Emil Constantinescu
CDR

Elected President

Ion Iliescu
PDSR

General elections were held in Romania on 26 November 2000, with a second round of the presidential election on 10 December.^[1] Ion Iliescu of the Social Democracy Party of Romania (PDSR) won the presidential elections, whilst the PDSR emerged as the largest party in Parliament, winning 155 of the 345 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 65 of the 140 seats in the Senate.

Results

President

Candidate	Party	First round		Second round
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
Ion Iliescu	Social Democracy Party of Romania	4,076,273	36.4	6,696,623	66.8
Corneliu Vadim Tudor	Greater Romania Party	3,178,293	28.3	3,324,247	33.2
Theodor Stolojan	National Liberal Party	1,321,420	11.8
Mugur Isărescu	Independent	1,069,463	9.5
György Frunda	Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania	696,989	6.2
Petre Roman	Democratic Party	334,852	3.0
Teodor Meleșcanu	Alliance for Romania	241,642	1.9
Eduard Gheorghe Manole	Independent	133,991	1.2
Graziela-Elena Bârlă	Independent	61,455	0.5
Paul-Philippe Hohenzollern	Party of National Reconcilliation	55,238	0.5
Ion Sasu	Socialist Party of Labour	38,375	0.3
Niculae Cerveni	Romanian Liberal Democratic Party	31,983	0.3
Invalid/blank votes		346,484	–	163,845	–
Total		11,559,458	100	10,184,715	100
Registered voters/turnout		17,699,727	65.3	17,711,757	57.5
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Parliament

Senate

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democracy Party of Romania	4,040,212	37.09	65	+24
Greater Romania Party	2,288,483	21.01	37	+29
Democratic Party	825,437	7.58	13	–
National Liberal Party	814,381	7.48	13	–
Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania	751,310	6.90	12	+1
Romanian Democratic Convention	575,706	5.29	0	–53
Alliance for Romania	465,535	4.27	0	New
Romanian National Unity Party	154,761	1.42	0	–7
National Liberal Party–Câmpeanu	133,018	1.22	0	New
Ecologist Party of Romania	108,370	0.99	0	New
Socialist Party of Labour	96,636	0.89	0	0
Party of Pensioners of Romania	86,401	0.79	0	0
Romanian Working Party	81,756	0.75	0	0
Romanian Liberal Democratic Party	61,234	0.56	0	New
National Peasant Party	55,970	0.51	0	0
Party of Romanian Life	54,634	0.50	0	New
National Democratic Christian Party	45,252	0.42	0	0
Party of National Reconciliation	31,824	0.29	0	New
Free Republican Socialist Democratic Party	30,910	0.28	0	New
New Generation Party	27,576	0.25	0	New
Democratic Party of Pensioners in Romania and the Diaspora	24,346	0.22	0	New
Social Democratic Party "Constantin Titel Petrescu"	20,426	0.19	0	New
Generation 2000	18,998	0.17	0	New
Party of Non-Communists	18,879	0.17	0	New
Party for the Motherland	18,403	0.17	0	0
Socialist Party of Romania	12,961	0.12	0	0
Republican Party	12,094	0.11	0	0
Democratic Union of Turkish-Muslim Tatars	9,226	0.08	0	0
Liberal Union–Bratiănu	7,373	0.07	0	New
Popular Union for Justice Party	5,747	0.05	0	New
Christian Democratic Union	4,016	0.04	0	0
Party of the Romanian Revolution	2,146	0.02	0	0
Christian Centre of the Roma in Romania	2,045	0.02	0	New
Party of Private Entrepreneurs–Social Democratic Party	1,575	0.01	0	0
Hungarian Free Democrat Party in Romania	498	0.00	0	0
International League of the Romanians–Bucharest	343	0.00	0	New
Independents	3,428	0.03	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	667,548	–	–	–
Total	11,559,458	100	140	–3
Registered voters/turnout	17,699,727	65.31	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, University of Essex

Chamber of Deputies

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Social Democracy Party of Romania	3,968,464	36.61	155	+64
Greater Romania Party	2,112,027	19.48	84	+65
Democratic Party	762,365	7.03	31	–
National Liberal Party	747,263	6.89	30	–
Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania	736,863	6.80	27	+2
Romanian Democratic Convention	546,135	5.04	0	–122
Alliance for Romania	441,228	4.07	0	New
National Liberal Party–Câmpeanu	151,518	1.40	0	New
Romanian National Unity Party	149,525	1.38	0	–18
Ecologist Party of Romania	101,256	0.84	0	New
Socialist Party of Labour	91,027	0.71	0	0
Party of Pensioners of Romania	76,704	0.66	0	0
Party of the Roma	71,786	0.63	1	0
Romanian Working Party	68,718	0.48	0	0
Romanian Liberal Democratic Party	52,497	0.45	0	New
National Peasant Party	48,435	0.43	0	0
Party of Romanian Life	46,129	0.38	0	New
Democratic Forum of Germans	40,844	0.31	1	0
National Democratic Christian Party	33,410	0.30	0	0
Free Republican Socialist Democratic Party	32,811	0.21	0	New
Party of National Reconciliation	22,376	0.20	0	New
Union of Armenians of Romania	21,302	0.20	1	0
Italian Community of Romania	21,263	0.19	1	0
Democratic Party of Pensioners in Romania and the Diaspora	21,062	0.19	0	New
Bulgarian Union of Banat–Romania	20,085	0.18	1	+1
New Generation Party	19,662	0.16	0	New
Social Democratic Party "Constantin Titel Petrescu"	17,730	0.16	0	New
Party for the Motherland	16,991	0.15	0	0
League of Italian Communities in Romania	16,266	0.14	0	New
Hellenic Union of Romania	15,007	0.13	1	0
Party of Non-Communists	14,197	0.12	0	New
Generation 2000	13,455	0.12	0	0
Federation of the Jewish Communities in Romania	12,629	0.11	1	0
Christian Centre of the Roma in Romania	12,171	0.11	0	New
Romanian Socialist Party	11,916	0.11	0	0
Community of the Lippovan Russians in Romania	11,558	0.10	1	0
Union of Croatians of Romania	11,084	0.10	1	+1
Republican Party	10,840	0.10	0	0
League of Albanians of Romania	10,543	0.10	1	New
Democratic Union of Turkish-Muslim Tatars	10,380	0.09	1	0
Union of the Ukrainians of Romania	9,404	0.08	1	0
Association of Macedonians of Romania	8,809	0.08	1	New
Union of Serbs of Romania	8,748	0.07	1	0
Bulgarian Cultural Association of Romania	8,092	0.07	0	New
Cultural Union of Albanians of Romania	7,798	0.06	0	–1
Cultural Union of Ruthenians of Romania	6,942	0.06	1	New
Democratic Turkish Union of Romania	6,675	0.05	1	0
Bratstvo Community of Bulgarians in Romania	5,923	0.05	0	–1
Democratic Union of Ukrainians in Romania	5,843	0.05	0	0
Democratic Union of Slovaks and Czechs of Romania	5,686	0.05	1	0
Union of Poles of Romania	5,055	0.04	1	0
Turkish Community of Romania	3,953	0.03	0	New
Liberal Union–Bratiănu	3,760	0.03	0	0
Hungarian Free Democrat Party of Romania	3,510	0.03	0	0
Popular Union for Justice Party	3,506	0.03	0	New
Christian Democratic Union	3,316	0.02	0	0
Hellenic Community Iasi	2,072	0.02	0	New
Democratic Union of Croats in Romania	2,059	0.02	0	New
Prahova Hellenic Community	1,992	0.01	0	0
Party of the Romanian Revolution	1,623	0.01	0	0
Union of Poles of Romania 'Dom Polski'	1,619	0.01	0	0
Union of the Czechs of Romania	1,539	0.01	0	New
Democratic League of the Croats in Romania	1,329	0.01	0	New
General Union of the Hutul Ethnicity in Romania	1,225	0.00	0	0
International League of the Romanians–Bucharest	516	0.00	0	New
Union of Pavlicheni Bulgarians in Romania	497	0.00	0	New
Hellenic Union ELPIS Constanta	449	0.00	0	New
Party of Private Entrepreneurs–Social Democratic Party	401	0.00	0	0
Independents	137,561	1.27	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	720,034	–	–	–
Total	11,559,458	100	345	+2
Registered voters/turnout	17,699,727	65.31	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, University of Essex

Gallery

Percent of votes of major candidates in the first round:
Ion Iliescu
Corneliu Vadim Tudor
Theodor Stolojan
Mugur Isărescu
György Frunda

References

↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1591 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

Elections and referendums in Romania

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