2016 Romanian Parliament Election Sunday Dec 11,2016

The 2016 Romanian Parliament Election is scheduled to be held on Sunday Dec 11,2016

They were the first held under a new electoral system adopted in 2015, which saw a return to the proportional electoral system last used in the 2004 Elections

The new electoral legislation provides a norm of representation for deputies of 73,000 inhabitants and 168,000 inhabitants for senators, which decreased the number of MPs.

A total of 466 parliamentary seats (308 deputies, 18 minority deputies, and 134 senators) were contested, compared with the 588 parliamentarians elected in 2012

Romania's leftist Social Democrats (PSD) won Sunday's parliamentary election by a wide margin, exit polls showed, putting them in a strong position to form a coalition government with a junior ally.

Exit polls conducted by CURS-Avangarde and IRES showed the PSD winning close to 46 percent of the vote, followed by the centre-right National Liberal Party (PNL) with about 22 percent.

The Save Romania Union party, a newcomer to Romanian politics, was seen winning around 9.2 percent.

The Central Electoral Bureau is expected to release first official partial results on Monday morning

Chamber of Deputies

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Social Democratic Party	3,204,864	45.48	154	+4
	National Liberal Party	1,412,377	20.04	69	–31
	Save Romania Union	625,154	8.87	30	New
	Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania	435,969	6.19	21	+3
	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats	396,386	5.62	20	New
	People's Movement Party	376,891	5.35	18	New

Party of the Roma	13,126	0.19	1	0
	Democratic Forum of Germans	12,375	0.18	1	0
	Democratic Union of Slovaks and Czechs in Romania	6,545	0.09	1	0
	Community of the Lippovan Russians	6,160	0.09	1	0
	Hellenic Union of Romania	5,817	0.08	1	0
	Democratic Turkish Union of Romania	5,536	0.08	1	0
	Association of Macedonians of Romania	5,513	0.08	1	0
	Union of Serbs of Romania	5,468	0.08	1	0
	Federation of the Jewish Communities in Romania	5,069	0.07	1	0
	Union of Armenians of Romania	4,868	0.07	1	0
	League of Albanians of Romania	4,640	0.07	1	0
	Bulgarian Union of Banat–Romania	4,542	0.06	1	0
	Union of Croatians of Romania	3,532	0.05	1	0
	Association of Italians of Romania	3,486	0.05	1	0
	Union of Poles of Romania	3,355	0.05	1	0
	Cultural Union of Ruthenians of Romania	2,824	0.04	1	0
	Humanist Power Party (Social-Liberal)	2,599	0.04	0	New
	New Romania Party	1,764	0.03	0	New
	Union of the Ukrainians of Romania	1,172	0.02	1	0
	PACT	609	0.01	0	New
	Green Party	566	0.01	0	New
	Democratic Roma Party	523	0.01	0	New
	National Unity Bloc	518	0.01	0	New
	Our Vrancea Party	511	0.01	0	New
	Independents	76,764	1.09	0	0
Invalid/blank votes		213,916	–	–	–
Total		7,261,300	100	329	–88
Registered voters/turnout		18,403,044	39.46	–	–

Senate

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Social Democratic Party	3,221,786	45.68	67	+8
	National Liberal Party	1,440,193	20.42	30	–20
	Save Romania Union	629,375	8.92	13	New
	Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania	440,409	6.24	9	0
	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats	423,728	6.01	9	New
	People's Movement Party	398,791	5.65	8	New

Total		7,258,939	100	136	–40
Registered voters/turnout		18,403,044	39.44