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President: Klaus Johannis (PNL) · Prime Minister: Nicolae Ciucă (PNL) · Governing parties: PSD, PNL, UDMR
Legislative elections: Chamber of Deputies, 4-year term, 330 seats, 5% threshold (alliances 8-10%), party-list PR:

   2020 2016 2012 2008
Party Ideology % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats
Partidul Social-Democrat (PSD)
Social Democratic Party (a)
Social democracy   28,9 110 45,5 154 USL (150) 33,1 114
Partidul Naţional Liberal (PNL)
National Liberal Party
Liberal conservatism   25,2 93 20,0 69 USL (100) 18,6 65
Uniunea Salvati Romānia (USR)
Save Romania Union
Anti-corruption politics      
Liberalism 
15,4 38 8,9 30 - - - -
Partidul Libertății, Unității și Solidarității (PLUS)
Party of Freedom, Unity and Solidarity
Liberalism  17 - - - - - -
Alianța pentru Unirea Romānilor (AUR)
Alliance for the Unity of Romanians
National conservatism
Social conservatism
9,1 33 - - - - - -
Uniunea Democrata Maghiara din Romānia (UDMR)
Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania
Minority interests (HUN)    5,7 21 6,2 21 5,1 18 6,2 22
Partidul Mişcarea Populara (PMP)
People's Movement Party
Liberal conservatism
Christian democracy  
4,8 - 5,4 18 - - - -
Alianta Liberalilor si Democratilor (ALDE)
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats
Liberalism   - - 5,6 20 - - - -
Uniunea Social Liberala (USL)
Social Liberal Union
Social democracy
Liberalism
- - - - 58,6 273 - -
Alianţa Romānia Dreaptă (ARD)
Right Romania Alliance
Liberal conservatism
Christian democracy  
- - - - 16,5 56 - -
Partidul Poporului-Dan Diaconescu (PP-DD)
People's Party-Dan Diaconescu
Left-wing populism
Euroscepticism
- - - - 14,0 47 - -
Partidul Democrat Liberal (PDL)
Democratic Liberal Party
Liberal conservatism
Christian democracy  
- - - - ARD (52) 32,4 115
Partidul Conservator (PC)
Conservative Party
Conservatism   - - - - USL (13) PSD (4)
Uniunea Nationala pentru Progresul Romāniei (UNPR)
National Union for the Progress of Romania
Social democracy
Social liberalism  
- - - - USL (10) - -
Forta Civica (FC)
Civic Force
Liberal conservatism
Christian democracy  
- - - - ARD (3) - -
Partidul Naţional Ţărănesc Creştin Democrat (PNŢCD)
Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party
Christian democracy
Agrarianism
  
- - - - ARD (1) - -
Minorities  10,9 18 8,4 17 5,8 18 9,7 18
Others - - - -
Total - 330 - 329 - 412 - 334
Turnout 33,2 39,5 41,8 39,2

© 2020 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: Central Electoral Bureau (www.parlamentare2020.bec.ro).  For full coverage, click here (1946-present). Notes: (a) 2008: Social Democratic Party-Conservative Party (PSD+PC).