1932 Romanian general election

1932 Romanian general election

17–26 July 1932
All 387 seats in the Chamber of Deputies All 113 seats in the Senate
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Iuliu Maniu Ion Duca Gheorghe Brătianu Party PNȚ+PG PNL PNL–Brătianu Seats won 104 S / 274 C 1 S / 28 C 0 S / 14 D Seat change 103 S / 244 C 10 S / 52 C 0 S / 2 D Popular vote 1,203,700 D 407,023 D 195,048 D Percentage 41.52% 14.04% 6.73%
Prime Minister before election Alexandru Vaida-Voevod PNȚ Subsequent Prime Minister Alexandru Vaida-Voevod PNȚ

General elections were held in Romania in July 1932. The Chamber of Deputies was elected on 17 July, whilst the Senate was elected in three stages on 20, 24 and 26 July. The result was a victory for the governing National Peasants' Party-German Party alliance, which won 274 of the 387 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 104 of the 113 seats in the Senate elected through universal male vote. Of the 274 Chamber seats, 265 were taken by the National Peasant's Party and nine by the German Party.

Results

Chamber of Deputies

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	National Peasants' Party–German Party	1,203,700	41.52	274	+244
	National Liberal Party	407,023	14.04	28	–
	National Liberal Party–Brătianu	195,048	6.73	14	+2
	Peasants' Party–Lupu	170,860	5.89	12	+5
	National-Christian Defense League	159,071	5.49	11	+3
	Magyar Party	141,894	4.89	14	+4
	National Agrarian Party	108,857	3.75	8	New
	Social Democratic Party	101,068	3.49	7	+1
	Codreanu Group	70,674	2.44	5	New
	National Union	68,116	2.35	5	–
	Jewish Party	67,582	2.33	5	+1
	People's Party	64,525	2.23	4	–6
	Traders Council	45,851	1.58	0	New
	Democratic Peasants' Party–Stere	41,454	1.43	0	–5
	Conservative Party	18,643	0.64	0	New
	Agrarian League	14,831	0.51	0	New
	Peasant Workers' Bloc	9,441	0.33	0	–5
	Civic Union	1,503	0.05	0	New
	Other parties	9,178	0.32	0	–
Total		2,899,319	100.00	387	0
Valid votes		2,899,319	97.06
Invalid/blank votes		87,810	2.94
Total votes		2,987,129	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,220,731	70.77
Source: Sternberger et al., Nohlen & Stöver

Senate

Party		Seats	+/–
	National Peasants' Party–German Party	104	+103
	Magyar Party	3	–1
	National-Christian Defense League	2	+2
	Democratic Peasant Party	2	New
	National Liberal Party	1	–
	Peasants' Party–Lupu	1	+1
Total		113	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver