1946 Romanian Legislative Election
19 November 1946 · The falsified election of 1946 · 414 seats, 208 for a majority
Romanian Social Democratic Party finished first with 81 of 414 seats on 69.8% of the vote. Turnout 89.0%. Petru Groza stayed in office.
Historians describe the count itself as fraudulent, not merely tilted; the declared 69.8% for the governing bloc is widely disputed by contemporaries and later researchers alike.
Prime Minister before
Petru Groza
Ploughmen's Front
Prime Minister (continued)
Petru Groza
Ploughmen's Front
Largest force
Romanian Social Democratic Party
81 of 414 seats
Turnout
89.0%
The result
Romanian Social Democratic Party
69.8% of votes
81
seats
National Liberal Party–Tătărescu
75
seats
Ploughmen's Front
70
seats
Romanian Communist Party
68
seats
National Popular Party
26
seats
National Peasants' Party–Alexandrescu
20
seats
Jewish Democratic Committee
1
seats
Other parties
6
seats
National Peasants' Party–Maniu
12.9% of votes
33
seats
Hungarian People's Union
8.3% of votes
29
seats
National Liberal Party
3.8% of votes
3
seats
Democratic Peasants' Party–Lupu
2.4% of votes
2
seats