1996 Romanian Legislative Election
3 November 1996 · The post-1989 republic · 343 seats
Romanian Democratic Convention finished first with 122 of 343 seats on 30.2% of the vote. Turnout 76.0%. Emil Constantinescu replaced Ion Iliescu.
Prime Minister before
Ion Iliescu
Independent
Prime Minister after
Emil Constantinescu
CDR
Largest force
Romanian Democratic Convention
122 of 343 seats
Turnout
76.0%
The result
| Share of the Chamber of Deputies | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romanian Democratic Convention | — | 122 | +40 | 3,692,321 | 30.2% | — | |
| Party of Social Democracy in Romania | — | 91 | -26 | 2,633,860 | 21.5% | — | |
| Social Democratic Union (PSDR–PD) | — | 53 | +10 | 1,582,231 | 12.9% | — | |
| Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania | — | 25 | -2 | 812,628 | 6.6% | — | |
| Greater Romania Party | — | 19 | +3 | 546,430 | 4.5% | — | |
| Romanian National Unity Party | — | 18 | -12 | 533,348 | 4.4% | — | |
| Socialist Party | — | 0 | — | 280,364 | 2.3% | — | |
| Socialist Party of Labour | — | 0 | -13 | 262,563 | 2.1% | — | |
| Romanian Socialist Party of Workers | — | 0 | — | 212,303 | 1.7% | — | |
| National Liberal Alliance | — | 0 | — | 192,495 | 1.6% | — | |
| Party of Pensioners of Romania | — | 0 | — | 175,676 | 1.4% | — | |
| National Union of the Centre (PDAR–MER–PUR) | — | 0 | 0 | 106,069 | 0.9% | — | |
| National Peasant Party | — | 0 | 0 | 102,831 | 0.8% | — | |
| National Liberal Ecologist Alliance (PNL–C–PAV-E) | — | 0 | — | 96,412 | 0.8% | — | |
| Party of the Roma | — | 1 | 0 | 82,195 | 0.7% | — | |
| Roma Union | — | 0 | — | 71,020 | 0.6% | — | |
| National Democratic Christian Party | — | 0 | 0 | 69,380 | 0.6% | — | |
| National Party of the Motorists | — | 0 | — | 56,387 | 0.5% | — | |
| Romanian Working Party | — | 0 | — | 50,011 | 0.4% | — | |
| New Romania Party | — | 0 | — | 33,672 | 0.3% | — | |
| Free Republican Party | — | 0 | 0 | 29,576 | 0.2% | — | |
| Ecological Convention Party of Romania | — | 0 | — | 27,544 | 0.2% | — | |
| Party of Reunification–Dacian-Latin Option | — | 0 | — | 25,620 | 0.2% | — | |
| Democratic Forum of Germans | — | 1 | 0 | 23,888 | 0.2% | — | |
| Party of Former Non-Communists and Political Prisoners | — | 0 | — | 21,060 | 0.2% | — | |
| Christian Democratic Union | — | 0 | 0 | 19,693 | 0.2% | — | |
| Party for the Motherland | — | 0 | — | 17,841 | 0.1% | — | |
| Republican Party | — | 0 | 0 | 17,190 | 0.1% | — | |
| Party of Social Protection of Romania | — | 0 | — | 16,762 | 0.1% | — | |
| Hungarian Free Democratic Party of Romania | — | 0 | — | 14,333 | 0.1% | — | |
| Federation of the Jewish Communities in Romania | — | 1 | — | 12,746 | 0.1% | — | |
| Party of Private Entrepreneurs–Social Democratic Party | — | 0 | — | 11,990 | 0.1% | — | |
| Community of the Lipovan Russians | — | 1 | 0 | 11,902 | 0.1% | — | |
| Union of Armenians of Romania | — | 1 | 0 | 11,543 | 0.1% | — | |
| Italian Community of Romania | — | 1 | 0 | 11,454 | 0.1% | — | |
| Liberal Christian Party | — | 0 | — | 10,345 | 0.1% | — | |
| Association of Italians of Romania | — | 0 | — | 9,833 | 0.1% | — | |
| Romanian Socialist Party | — | 0 | — | 9,103 | 0.1% | — | |
| Cultural Union of Albanians of Romania | — | 1 | — | 8,722 | 0.1% | — | |
| Hellenic Union of Romania | — | 1 | 0 | 8,463 | 0.1% | — | |
| Party of the Revival of Romania 'Ion Mihalache' | — | 0 | — | 7,751 | 0.1% | — | |
| Party of the Romanian Revolution | — | 0 | — | 7,340 | 0.1% | — | |
| Union of the Ukrainians of Romania | — | 1 | 0 | 7,165 | 0.1% | — | |
| Democratic Union of Serbs and Carasovenians in Romania | — | 1 | 0 | 6,851 | 0.1% | — | |
| Democratic Union of Slovaks and Czechs of Romania | — | 1 | 0 | 6,531 | 0.1% | — | |
| Democratic Union of Turkish-Muslim Tatars | — | 1 | 0 | 6,319 | 0.1% | — | |
| Bratstvo Community of Bulgarians in Romania | — | 1 | — | 5,359 | 0.0% | — | |
| Community of the Roma Ethnicity in Romania | — | 0 | — | 5,227 | 0.0% | — | |
| Democratic Turkish Union of Romania | — | 1 | 0 | 4,326 | 0.0% | — | |
| Democratic Union of Ukrainians in Romania | — | 0 | — | 4,132 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bulgarian Union of Banat–Romania | — | 0 | -1 | 4,115 | 0.0% | — | |
| Forum of the Szeklers Youth | — | 0 | — | 2,142 | 0.0% | — | |
| Union of Poles of Romania | — | 1 | 0 | 1,842 | 0.0% | — | |
| Federation of Italians in Romania | — | 0 | — | 1,711 | 0.0% | — | |
| Hellenic Union of Romania–Prahova Hellenic Community | — | 0 | — | 1,509 | 0.0% | — | |
| Party of Democratic Solidarity | — | 0 | — | 1,352 | 0.0% | — | |
| Community of Italians from Galați | — | 0 | — | 791 | 0.0% | — | |
| Community of Italians from Pitești | — | 0 | — | 695 | 0.0% | — | |
| General Union of the Associations of the Huțul Ethnicity | — | 0 | — | 646 | 0.0% | — | |
| Union of the Roma, Constanța County | — | 0 | — | 640 | 0.0% | — | |
| Union of Croats of Romania | — | 0 | 0 | 486 | 0.0% | — | |
| Social Cultural Association in Romania | — | 0 | — | 439 | 0.0% | — | |
| Italian Community – Prahova County | — | 0 | — | 437 | 0.0% | — | |
| Federation of Italians in Romania – Italian Community Ovidius Constanța | — | 0 | — | 311 | 0.0% | — | |
| Independents | — | 0 | 0 | 248,825 | 2.0% | — |