Romanian legislative election, 2016

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The Romanian legislative election of 2016 was a national parliamentary vote that reshaped the country’s political landscape, leading to a decisive victory for the Social Democratic Party and the formation of a new government.

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Romanian legislative election, 2016 canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative election ⓘ
ALDEVoteShareChamberOfDeputies approximately 5.6% ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Romania ⓘ
campaignContext widespread dissatisfaction with traditional parties and corruption ⓘ
coalitionPartnerInGovernment Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (Romania) ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Romania ⓘ
country Romania ⓘ
date 2016-12-11 ⓘ
electoralThreshold 5% ⓘ
electoralThresholdType national party threshold ⓘ
electoralType parliamentary election ⓘ
forBody Chamber of Deputies ⓘ
Senate of Romania ⓘ
forOffice Parliament of Romania ⓘ
hasEndTime 2016-12-11 ⓘ
hasStartTime 2016-12-11 ⓘ
introducedNewPartyToParliament Save Romania Union ⓘ
languageOfOfficialMaterials Romanian ⓘ
leadingPartyAfterElection Social Democratic Party (Romania) ⓘ
ledToPrimeMinister Sorin Grindeanu ⓘ
legislatureTerm 2016–2020 Romanian Parliament ⓘ
location Romania ⓘ
mainCompetitorParty Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (Romania) ⓘ
Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania ⓘ
National Liberal Party (Romania) ⓘ
People's Movement Party (Romania) ⓘ
Save Romania Union ⓘ
mainWinner Social Democratic Party (Romania) ⓘ
nextElection Romanian legislative election, 2020 ⓘ
oversightBody Permanent Electoral Authority of Romania ⓘ
partOf Romanian electoral cycle ⓘ
PMPVoteShareChamberOfDeputies approximately 5.3% ⓘ
PNLVoteShareChamberOfDeputies approximately 20.0% ⓘ
previousElection Romanian legislative election, 2012 ⓘ
PSDLeaderDuringElection Liviu Dragnea ⓘ
PSDSeatsChamberOfDeputies 154 ⓘ
PSDSeatsSenate 67 ⓘ
PSDVoteShareChamberOfDeputies approximately 45.5% ⓘ
reshapedPoliticalLandscape yes ⓘ
resultedInGovernmentLedBy Social Democratic Party (Romania) ⓘ
tookPlaceAfter Dacian Cioloș technocratic government ⓘ
linked to: Dacian Cioloș
totalSeatsChamberOfDeputies 329 ⓘ
totalSeatsSenate 136 ⓘ
turnoutCharacterization low voter turnout ⓘ
turnoutPercentage 39.49% ⓘ
UDMRVoteShareChamberOfDeputies approximately 6.2% ⓘ
USRVoteShareChamberOfDeputies approximately 8.9% ⓘ
votingSystemChamberOfDeputies party-list proportional representation ⓘ
votingSystemSenate party-list proportional representation ⓘ
year 2016 ⓘ

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Social Democratic Party of Romania → participatedIn → Romanian legislative election, 2016 ⓘ
Romanian legislative election, 2012 → followedBy → Romanian legislative election, 2016 ⓘ
Romanian legislative election, 2020 → follows → Romanian legislative election, 2016 ⓘ