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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

Share of the Chamber of Deputies
Romanian Social Democratic Party81
4,773,68969.8%
National Liberal Party–Tătărescu75
Ploughmen's Front70
Romanian Communist Party68
National Popular Party26
National Peasants' Party–Alexandrescu20
Jewish Democratic Committee1
Other parties6
National Peasants' Party–Maniu33
881,30412.9%
Hungarian People's Union29
568,8628.3%
National Liberal Party3
259,0683.8%
Democratic Peasants' Party–Lupu2
161,3142.4%
Independent Social Democratic Party0
65,5281.0%
Other parties0
132,1621.9%