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Hungarophobia Rears its Golden Head in Romania

András Vaski 2020.12.18. It’s a season full of elections in Romania this year, as on December 6th, citizens of Romania went to the polls to elect their senators and members of parliament. The election was marked by a record low turnout of 32% of eligible voters. The results were quite surprising when taking the September municipal elections into account, as the Socialist PSD made a comeback, winning 29% of the vote, up from their rather weak showing a few months earlier. However, it is important to mention that overall PSD’s vote decreased by approximately 16% compared to the 2016 legislative election, translating to a significant loss in parliamentary seats. The centre-right PNL and USR-PLUS parties won 25% and 15% of the vote respectively, increasing their share of parliamentary seats compared to the last legislative election, but underperforming compared to the local elections. A major change on the centre-right of the Romanian political spe

Romanian elections and the shaping of a new coalition – the last chance for change - New Eastern Europe - A bimonthly news magazine dedicated to Central and Eastern European affairs

People vote in Timisoara during the Romanian parliamentary elections on December 6th. Photo: der makabere / Shutterstock On December 6th, Romanians went to the polls to elect the members of the country’s two parliamentary houses – the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. In this difficult period for the country, the elections registered the lowest voter turnout since the fall of communism in Romania. Only five parties won seats in parliament. The big winner was the Social Democratic Party (28.90 per cent in the Chamber of Deputies and 29.32 per cent in the Senate). The party of the current President Klaus Iohannis, the National Liberal Party, took second place (25.19 per cent in the Chamber of Deputies and 25.58 per cent in the Senate). At the same time, USR PLUS, a party with a strong anti-corruption agenda, came in third (15.37 per cent in the Chamber of Deputies and 15.86 per cent in the Senate). The biggest surprise, however, was the performance of the Alliance for the Union

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