1933 Romanian general election

1933 Romanian general election

20–29 December 1933
All 387 seats in the Chamber of Deputies All 108 seats in the Senate
Turnout	68.00%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Ion Duca Alexandru Vaida-Voevod Nicolae Lupu Party PNL PNȚ PȚ–Lupu Leader since 1930 1933 1927 Last election 1 S / 28 D 104 S / 265 D 1 S / 12 D Seats won 105 S / 300 D 0 S / 29 D 0 S / 11 D Seat change 104 S / 272 D 104 S / 236 D 1 S / 1 D Popular vote 1,518,864 D 414,685 D 152,167 D Percentage 52.02% D 14.20% D 5.21% D   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Gheorghe Brătianu Alexandru Cuza Octavian Goga Party PNL–Brătianu LANC PNA Leader since 1930 1923 1932 Last election 0 S / 14 D 2 S / 11 D 2 S / 11 D Seats won 0 S / 10 D 0 S / 9 D 0 S / 9 D Seat change 0 S / 4 D 2 S / 2 D 0 S / 1 D Popular vote 147,665 D 133,205 D 121,748 D Percentage 5.06% D 4.56% D 4.17% D
Prime Minister before election Ion Duca PNL Subsequent Prime Minister Gheorghe Tătărescu PNL

General elections were held in Romania in December 1933, the third in three years. The Chamber of Deputies was elected on 20 December, whilst the Senate was elected in three stages on 22, 28 and 29 December.

The result was a victory for the governing National Liberal Party (PNL), which won 300 of the 387 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 105 of the 108 seats in the Senate elected through universal male suffrage.

Results

Chamber of Deputies

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	National Liberal Party	1,518,864	52.02	300	+272
	National Peasants' Party	414,685	14.20	29	–236
	Peasants' Party–Lupu	152,167	5.21	11	–1
	National Liberal Party–Brătianu	147,665	5.06	10	–4
	National-Christian Defense League	133,205	4.56	9	–2
	National Agrarian Party	121,748	4.17	9	+1
	Magyar Party	119,562	4.09	8	–6
	Radical Peasants' Party	82,930	2.84	6	New
	Agrarian Union Party	73,208	2.51	5	+3
	People's Party–Conservative Party	47,114	1.61	0	–4
	Jewish Party	38,565	1.32	0	–5
	Social Democratic Party	37,672	1.29	0	–7
	Citizen Bloc	13,560	0.46	0	0
	Ploughmen's Front	7,970	0.27	0	New
	Labour League	3,515	0.12	0	New
	United Socialist Party	1,644	0.06	0	New
	Labour Party and Traders' Council	1,328	0.05	0	0
	Independents	4,391	0.15	0	–
Total		2,919,793	100.00	387	0
Valid votes		2,919,793	98.02
Invalid/blank votes		58,955	1.98
Total votes		2,978,748	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,380,354	68.00
Source: Sternberger et al., Nohlen & Stöver, Monitorul oficial

Senate

Party		Seats	+/–
	National Liberal Party	105	+104
	Magyar Party	3	0
Total		108	–5
Source: Nohlen & Stöver