Next Romanian legislative election


Legislative elections are scheduled to be held in Romania in late 2020, provided that Parliament is not dissolved earlier.

Electoral system

The 329 members of the Chamber of Deputies are elected by several methods: 308 are elected from 42 multi-member constituencies based on counties and Bucharest, using proportional representation, four are elected using proportional representation from a constituency representing Romanians living abroad. Parties must pass a threshold of 5% of the national vote or at least 20% of the vote in four constituencies. Further seats can be added for ethnic minority groups that compete in the elections and pass a special threshold.
The 136 members of the Senate are also elected using party-list proportional representation, but from 43 constituencies based on the 41 counties, Bucharest and one for Romanians living overseas.

Government

The previous election led to a large victory for Liviu Dragnea's Social Democratic Party, although it fell short of an absolute majority. It made a coalition agreement with the ALDE, forming the Grindeanu Cabinet in January 2017. However, it didn't last long and was replaced by the Tudose Cabinet in June 2017, which didn't last either. The Dăncilă Cabinet took office in January 2018 and was dismissed by a motion of no confidence in October 2019, being subsequently replaced by the PNL minority Orban Cabinet in November 2019. The Orban Cabinet was dismissed by a motion of no confidence on 5 February 2020, but took office again on 14 March 2020.

Parties

Opinion polls