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 Party | — | 81 | — | 4,773,689 | 69.8% | — | |
| National Liberal Party–Tătărescu | — | 75 | — | — | — | — | |
| Ploughmen's Front | — | 70 | — | — | — | — | |
| Romanian Communist Party | — | 68 | — | — | — | — | |
| National Popular Party | — | 26 | — | — | — | — | |
| National Peasants' Party–Alexandrescu | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | |
| Jewish Democratic Committee | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
| Other parties | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | |
| National Peasants' Party–Maniu | — | 33 | — | 881,304 | 12.9% | — | |
| Hungarian People's Union | — | 29 | — | 568,862 | 8.3% | — | |
| National Liberal Party | — | 3 | — | 259,068 | 3.8% | — | |
| Democratic Peasants' Party–Lupu | — | 2 | — | 161,314 | 2.4% | — | |
| Independent Social Democratic Party | — | 0 | — | 65,528 | 1.0% | — | |
| Other parties | — | 0 | — | 132,162 | 1.9% | — |