1961 Romanian legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Romania on 5 March 1961.[1] Voters were presented with a single list from the People's Democratic Front,[2] which was dominated by the Romanian Workers Party.[3] The Front won all 465 seats in the Great National Assembly.[4]

1961 Romanian legislative election

5 March 1961

All 465 seats in the Great National Assembly
  Majority party
 
Leader Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
Party PMR
Alliance People's Democratic Front
Seats won 465
Seat change 28
Popular vote 12,388,787

Prime Minister before election

Chivu Stoica
PMR

Elected Prime Minister

Ion Gheorghe Maurer
PMR

Electoral system

Candidates were elected in single member constituencies, and had to receive over 50% of the vote.[5] If no candidate passed this threshold, or if voter turnout in the constituency was less than 50%, re-runs were held until the requirements were met.[5] Candidates could be nominated by the People's Democratic Front or mass organisations, although the latter were monitored by the Front.[5] Voters had the option of voting against the Front candidates.[2]

Results

Party Votes % Seats
People's Democratic Front12,388,78799.8465
Against23,4610.2
Invalid/blank votes5,552
Total12,417,800100465
Registered voters/turnout12,444,97799.8
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
99.8%
FDP

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1591 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1604
  3. Sergiu Verona. "Government and Politics". This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. Nohlen & Stöver, p1612
  5. Nohlen & Stöver, p1583
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.