| Parliament name (generic / translated) |
Parlamentul României / Parliament of Romania |
| Structure of parliament |
Bicameral |
| Chamber name (generic / translated) |
Camera Deputatilor / Chamber of Deputies |
| Related chamber (for bicameral parliaments) |
Senatul / Senate
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| LEGAL FRAMEWORK |
| Electoral Law |
15 July 1992
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| Mode of designation |
Directly elected 334 |
| Constituencies |
315 single-member constituencies; there is one Deputy for every 70,000 inhabitants. |
| Voting system |
Mixed:
Mixed system (mixed-member proportional - MMP)
Each voter votes for a candidate.
Majority system:
Candidates who obtain over 50 per cent of the votes are elected.
Proportional system:
Votes for unelected candidates are tallied nationally. The remaining seats are distributed among political parties in proportion of their share of the vote.
Reserved seats for ethnic minorities:
The organisations of citizens belonging to a national minority, which are legally established and do not win parliamentary representation in either chamber, are entitled to one seat each in the Chamber of Deputies on the condition that the organization obtains at least 10% of the average number of valid votes casted for an elected Deputy. There is no upper limit on the number of seats reserved for minority organizations.
Vacancies arising between general elections are filled by unsuccessful candidates declared substitutes on the corresponding party-list. By-elections can be held in exceptional situations.
Voting is not compulsory. |
| Voter requirements |
- age: 18 years
- Romanian citizenship
- disqualifications: mentally deficient or alienated persons laid under interdiction and those disenfranchised pursuant to final court decision |
| CANDIDATES |
| Eligibility |
Qualified electors
- age: 23 years
- Romanian citizenship
- residence in Romania |
| Incompatibilities |
- public officers (except members of the Government)
- prefects, sub-prefects, heads of public services and other governmental authorities of territorial administrative units (in constituencies where exercising functions)
- judges of the Constitutional Court
- advocates of the people
- magistrates
- members of the armed forces on active duty
- policemen
- other categories of civil servants established by organic law, who may not join political parties. |
| Candidacy requirements |
- candidatures proposed on separate list submitted only by legally constituted parties and other political bodies
- support by at least 0.5% of the voters from constituency concerned for independent candidates
- nominations must be submitted no later than 30 days prior to the polling.
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