Romanian general election, 1992

Romanian general election

27 September 1992 11 October 1992

Nominee Ion Iliescu Emil Constantinescu Party FDSN CDR Popular vote 7,393,429 4,641,207 Percentage 61.43% 38.57%

President before election Ion Iliescu FDSN Elected President Ion Iliescu FDSN

General elections were held in Romania on 27 September 1992, with a second round of the presidential election on 11 October. Ion Iliescu was re-elected President, whilst his Democratic National Salvation Front emerged as the largest party in Parliament, winning 117 of the 341 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 49 of the 143 seats in the Senate.

Results

President

Candidate	Party	First round		Second round
		Votes	%	Votes	%
Ion Iliescu	Democratic National Salvation Front	5,633,465	47.2	7,393,429	61.4
Emil Constantinescu	Romanian Democratic Convention	3,717,006	31.1	4,641,207	38.6
Gheorghe Funar	Romanian National Unity Party	1,294,388	10.8
Caius Traian Dragomir	Independent	564,655	4.7
Mircea Druc	Ecological Movement of Romania	362,866	3.0
Ioan Mânzatu	Republican Party	362,485	3.0
Invalid/blank votes		597,565	–	119,174	–
Total		12,496,430	100	12,153,810	100
Registered voters/turnout		16,380,663	76.3	16,597,508	73.2
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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  Ion Iliescu

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  Emil Constantinescu

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  Gheorghe Funar

Parliament

Senate

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Democratic National Salvation Front	3,102,201	28.29	49	New
Romanian Democratic Convention	2,210,722	20.16	34	+22
National Salvation Front	1,139,033	10.38	18	–73
Romanian National Unity Party	890,410	8.12	14	–
Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania	831,469	7.58	12	0
Greater Romania Party	422,545	3.85	6	New
Romanian Democratic Agrarian Party	362,427	3.30	5	+5
Socialist Party of Labour	349,470	3.18	5	New
Other parties	1,603,989	14.63	0	–
Independents	52,462	0.48	0	–1
Invalid/blank votes	1,531,612	–	–	–
Total	12,496,430	100	143	+25
Registered voters/turnout	16,380,663	76.29	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, University of Essex

Chamber of Deputies

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Democratic National Salvation Front	3,015,708	27.72	117	New
Romanian Democratic Convention	2,117,144	19.46	82	+33
National Salvation Front	1,108,500	10.19	43	–220
Romanian National Unity Party	839,586	7.72	30	–
Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania	811,290	7.46	27	–2
Greater Romania Party	424,061	3.89	16	New
Socialist Party of Labour	330,378	3.04	13	New
Romanian Democratic Agrarian Party	326,289	3.00	0	–9
National Liberal Party	286,467	2.63	0	–29
Ecological Movement of Romania	245,194	2.25	0	–12
Republican Party	178,355	1.63	0	–
Romanian Socialist Democratic Party	95,041	0.87	0	–5
National Democratic Solidarity	79,207	0.73	0	New
New Liberal Party	63,633	0.58	0	New
Liberal Union–Bratiănu	55,096	0.51	0	–1
Party of the Roma	52,704	0.48	1	New
Party of Social Democratic Unity	50,853	0.47	0	New
National Peasant Party	48,764	0.45	0	New
Liberal Monarchist Party of Romania	39,062	0.36	0	New
Convention of Social Solidarity	35,641	0.32	0	New
Democratic Forum of Germans	34,685	0.32	1	0
Democratic Cooperatist Party	32,789	0.30	0	New
Free Democratic Union of the Roma of Romania	31384	0.29	0	0
National Party of Free Producers from Romania	30,025	0.28	0	New
Party for the Honouring of the Heroes of the Revolution and National Salvation	26,182	0.24	0	0
Republican Party of Romanian Unity	23,662	0.22	0	New
Romanian Humanistic Party	23,220	0.21	0	New
Traditional Social Democratic Party	22,101	0.20	0	New
General Union of Roma in Romania	22,071	0.20	0	New
Christian Republican Party	18,849	0.17	0	0
Romanian Labour Party	16626	0.15	0	New
Democratic Romanian Front	15,003	0.14	0	New
Independent National Peasant Christian Democratic Party	14,963	0.14	0	New
Community of the Lippovan Russians	14,975	0.14	1	0
Romanian Renaissance and Independence Party	13,584	0.12	0	New
Free Republican Party	13,523	0.12	0	New
Movement for Romania	12,936	0.12	0	New
Party of Free Change	12,456	0.11	0	–1
Independent Social Democratic Party	11,659	0.11	0	New
Christian National Democratic Party	11,647	0.11	0	New
Party of the Gypsies of Romania	9,949	0.09	0	0
Hellenic Union of Romania	9,134	0.08	1	0
United Democratic Convention	8,972	0.08	0	New
Union of the Ukrainians of Romania	7,717	0.07	1	0
Democratic Union of Turkish-Muslim Tatars	7,699	0.07	1	0
Social Democratic Party "Titel Petrescu"	7,245	0.07	0	New
Union of Armenians of Romania	7,145	0.07	1	0
National League of Expropriated of Romania	6,956	0.06	0	New
Alliance of National Dignity	6,106	0.06	0	New
Party of the National Right	5,689	0.05	0	New
Christian Democratic Union	5,656	0.05	0	0
Democratic Union of Serbs and Carasovenians of Romania	5,328	0.05	1	0
Romanian Party for the New Society	5,305	0.05	0	0
Independent Democratic Party	5,257	0.05	0	New
Democratic Union of Slovaks and Czechs of Romania	4,708	0.04	1	0
Antitotalitarian Party 'Down the Nomenklatura'	4,698	0.04	0	New
Party Democratic Future of the Motherland	4,355	0.04	0	0
Italian Community of Romania	4,188	0.04	1	New
Democratic Party of Labour	3,931	0.04	0	–1
Forum of Democracy and National Unity of Romania	3,180	0.03	0	0
Party of Social Justice (New Democracy) of the North West of Romania	3,114	0.03	0	0
Union of Poles of Romania	3,013	0.03	1	0
Party 'Will of the People'	2,758	0.02	0	New
Party of Justice and Social Democracy of Romania	2,695	0.02	0	New
Party of Labour	2,623	0.02	0	0
Turkish Muslim Democratic Union of Romania	2,572	0.02	1	New
Party of Social Justice	2,572	0.02	0	0
Party of the Democratic Union of Moldova	2,363	0.02	0	New
National Romanian Party	2,224	0.02	0	0
Bulgarian Union of Banat–Romania	1,906	0.02	1	0
Party Movement ' Motherland's Shield'	1,744	0.02	0	New
Movement for European Integration	1,371	0.01	0	New
Humanistic Party of Peace	1,174	0.01	0	New
Romanian Popular Democratic Realist Revolutionary Party	1,144	0.01	0	New
Christian Democratic Party of the Revolution	1,081	0.01	0	New
Party of Small Owners and Free Initiative of Romania	651	0.01	0	New
Union of Croatians of Romania	219	0.00	0	New
Conservative Humanistic Party	101	0.00	0	New
Party 'Republican Tribune'	49	0.00	0	New
Independents	58,347	0.53	0	–1
Invalid/blank votes	1,616,178	–	–	–
Total	12,496,430	100	341	–54
Registered voters/turnout	16,380,663	76.29	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, University of Essex