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Romania elected its members of the European Parliament for the first time on 25 November 2007;[1][2] the election was initially scheduled for 13 May, but the PM postponed it for domestic political reasons.[3] A referendum on a new voting system was held on the same day.
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Pre-election situation
Romania joined the European Union on January 1, 2007, and was initially represented in the European Parliament by 35 observers as follows:
Opinion polls
| Polling Firm | Date | Source | PD | PSD | PNL | PNG | PRM | UDMR | PLD | PC | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CURS | 1/7/2007 | [1] | 43% | 10% | 12% | 8% | 5% | 5% | <5% | <5% | N/A |
| IMAS | 1/8/2007 | [2] | 31.7% | 12.8% | 9.4% | 9.3% | 3.4% | 2.7% | 2.2% | N/A | 26.3% |
| CURS | 5/9/2007 | [3] | 35% | 24% | 13% | 8% | 5% | 5% | <5% | <5% | N/A |
| CCSB | 21-29/9/2007 | [4] | 37.2% | 21.5% | 12.6% | 8.4% | 5.6% | 3.9% | <5% | 4.1% | N/A |
| Insomar | 10-17/10/2007 | [5] | 42% | 19% | 13% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 3% | 3% | N/A |
| IMAS | 10-22/10/2007 | [6] | 37% | 18% | 16% | 8% | 6% | 6% | 5% | N/A | N/A |
| CIVIS | 24/10/2007 | [7] | 27.1% | 20.7% | 20.6% | 8.8% | 4.8% | 4.4% | 5.7% | 1.9% | N/A |
| ATLE | 6-11/11/2007 | [8] | 33.5% | 25.0% | 9.5% | 5.5% | 5.9% | 4.9% | 4.7% | 4.5% | N/A |
| Insomar | 8-13/11/2007 | [9] | 40% | 19% | 13% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 6% | 4% | N/A |
| BCS | 10-15/11/2007 | [10] | 35% | 23% | 14% | 5.6% | 4% | 4% | 4.7% | 3.3% | N/A |
| ATLE | 13-18/11/2007 | [11] | 32.1% | 26.0% | 9.5% | 4.9% | 6.3% | 4.6% | 5.2% | 5.1% | N/A |
| CSOP | 17-19/11/2007 | [12] | 38.2% | 19.5% | 12.9% | 7.3% | 4.8% | 4.6% | 6.2% | 2.2% | N/A |
Results
Democratic Party Social Democratic Party Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania Liberal Democratic Party
35 MEPs were appointed by Romania to serve as observers in the Parliament before
| Party | European Party (or EP Group) |
Votes | % | Seats | Previously | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | EPP | 1,476,105 | 28.81 | 13 | 5 | +8 | |
| Social Democratic Party | PES | 1,184,018 | 23.11 | 10 | 12 | –2 | |
| National Liberal Party | ELDR | 688,859 | 13.44 | 6 | 6 | ±0 | |
| Liberal Democratic Party | EPP | 398,901 | 7.78 | 3 | 0 | +3 | |
| Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania | EPP | 282,929 | 5.52 | 2 | 3 | –1 | |
| New Generation Party – Christian Democratic | None | 248,863 | 4.85 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Greater Romania Party | None | 212,596 | 4.15 | 0 | 5 | –5 | |
| László Tőkés (independent) | EFA | 176,533 | 3.44 | 1 | 0 | +1 | |
| Conservative Party | ALDE | 150,385 | 2.93 | 0 | 2 | –2 | |
| National Initiative Party | None | 124,829 | 2.43 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party | EPP | 71,001 | 1.38 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Party of the Roma Pro-Europa | None | 58,903 | 1.14 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Socialist Alliance Party | PEL | 28,484 | 0.55 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Green Party | EGP | 19,820 | 0.38 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Valid | 5,122,226 | 95,38 | |||||
| Invalid | 246,555 | 4,62 | |||||
| Total (turnout 29.46%) | 5,370,171 | 100 | 35 | 35 | ±0 | ||
| Source: Biroul Electoral Central | |||||||
The next election will be in 2009 and the number of seats will be reduced to 33.
References
- ^ People's Daily Online - Romania: Elections for European parliamentarians slated for Nov. 25
- ^ Romania Votes in First European Elections
- ^ Bulgaria: Romania Postpones European Parliament Elections
- ^ Your MEPs : By country/region
See also
- Elections in Romania
- Elections in the European Union
- European Parliament election, 2007 (Bulgaria)
- Romania (European Parliament constituency)
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