General elections were held in Romania in June 1931.[1] The Chamber of Deputies was elected on 1 June, whilst the Senate was elected in three stages on 4, 6 and 8 June.[1] The result was a victory for the governing National Union, an alliance of the National Party, the National Liberal Party, the German Party, the Agrarian Union Party, the Vlad Ţepeş League, the Agrarian League and several other parties.[2][3] The Union won 289 of the 387 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 108 of the 113 seats in the Senate elected through universal vote.[3] The five seats won by the Communist-dominated Peasant Workers' Bloc were ultimately invalidated by the new Parliament.
1931 Romanian general election|
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| Turnout | 72.48% |
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First party
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Second party
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Third party
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| Leader
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Ion Duca
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Iuliu Maniu
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Gheorghe Brătianu
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| Party
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National Union
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PNȚ
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PNL–Brătianu
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| Leader since
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28 December 1930
(PNL-Duca)
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10 October 1926
(party foundation)
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15 June 1930
(party foundation)
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| Last election
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–
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105 S / 348 D
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–
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| Seats won
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108 S / 289 D
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1 S / 30 D
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0 S / 12 D
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| Seat change
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New
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 104 S / 296 D
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New
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| Popular vote
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1,389,901 D
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438,747 D
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173,586 D
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| Percentage
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48.86%
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15.42%
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6.10%
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| Swing
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New
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63.8pp
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New
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Fourth party
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Fifth party
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Sixth party
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| Leader
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Alexandru Averescu
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György Bethlen
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A. C. Cuza
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| Party
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PP
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PM
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LANC
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| Leader since
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3 April 1918
(party foundation)
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1 April 1926
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March 1923
(party foundation)
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| Last election
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0 S / 5 D
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0 S / 16 D
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0 S / 0 D
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| Seats won
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0 S / 10 D
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0 S / 10 D
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0 S / 8 D
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| Seat change
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 0 S /  5 D
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0 S / 6 D
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0 S / 8 D
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| Popular vote
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141,141 D
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139,003 D
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113,863 D
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| Percentage
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4.96%
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4.89%
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4.00%
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| Swing
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2.5pp
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1.3pp
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2.8pp
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| National Union[a] | 1,389,901 | 48.86 | 289 | – |
| National Peasants' Party | 438,747 | 15.42 | 30 | –296 |
| National Liberal Party–Brătianu | 173,586 | 6.10 | 12 | New |
| People's Party | 141,141 | 4.96 | 10 | – |
| Magyar Party | 139,003 | 4.89 | 10 | –6 |
| National-Christian Defense League | 113,863 | 4.00 | 8 | +8 |
| Peasants' Party–Lupu | 100,682 | 3.54 | 7 | +2 |
| Social Democratic Party | 94,957 | 3.34 | 6 | –3 |
| League Against Usury–PȚD-Stere[b] | 80,570 | 2.83 | 6 | New |
| Peasant Workers' Bloc | 73,716 | 2.59 | 5 | +5 |
| Jewish Party | 64,193 | 2.26 | 4 | +4 |
| Legion of the Archangel Michael | 30,783 | 1.08 | 0 | New |
| Other parties | 3,412 | 0.12 | 0 | – |
| Total | 2,844,554 | 100.00 | 387 | 0 |
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| Valid votes | 2,844,554 | 97.18 | |
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| Invalid/blank votes | 82,568 | 2.82 | |
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| Total votes | 2,927,122 | 100.00 | |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 4,038,464 | 72.48 | |
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| Source: Sternberger et al.,[6] Nohlen & Stöver |
