2000 Romanian general election

General elections were held in Romania on 26 November 2000, with a second round of the presidential election on 10 December.^[1] Former president Ion Iliescu of the Social Democracy Party of Romania (PDSR) was re-elected in the run-off, whilst the PDSR, as part of the Social Democratic Pole of Romania (PDSR), emerged as the largest party in Parliament, winning 155 of the 345 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 65 of the 140 seats in the Senate. The 2000 Romanian presidential election was the fourth of its kind held in post-1989 Romania.

2000 Romanian general election

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Presidential election
26 November 2000 (first round) 10 December 2000 (second round)
Turnout	65.31% (first round) 10.70pp 57.50% (second round) 18.40pp
Nominee Ion Iliescu Corneliu Vadim Tudor Party PDSR PRM Popular vote 6,696,623 3,324,247 Percentage 66.83% 33.17%
First round results Second round results Iliescu:   30–40%   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   >90% Tudor:   20–30%   30–40%   40–50%   50–60% Frunda:   30–40%   70–80%   80–90%
President before election Emil Constantinescu CDR Elected President Ion Iliescu PDSR
Chamber of Deputies
26 November 2000
All 345 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
Turnout	65.31%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– PDSR Ion Iliescu 36.61 155 +64 PRM Corneliu Vadim Tudor 19.48 84 +65 PD Petre Roman 7.03 31 −12 PNL Mircea Ionescu-Quintus 6.89 30 −3 UDMR Béla Markó 6.80 27 +2 Minority parties Varujan Pambuccian[a] 2.57 18 +3 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Senate
26 November 2000
All 140 seats in the Senate
Turnout	65.31%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– PDSR Ion Iliescu 37.09 65 +24 PRM Corneliu Vadim Tudor 21.01 37 +29 PD Petre Roman 7.58 13 −9 PNL Mircea Ionescu-Quintus 7.48 13 −11 UDMR Béla Markó 6.90 12 +1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results for the Chamber of Deputies and Senate Prime Minister before Prime Minister-designate Mugur Isărescu Independent[b] Adrian Năstase PDSR

Presidential candidates

Name	Lifespan	Public administration experience	Affiliation and endorsements	Alma mater and profession
Ion Iliescu	Born: 3 March 1930 (age 70) Oltenița, Călărași County	Senator (1996–election day) President of Romania (1989–1996) President of Water Surfaces Management Council (1979–1984) Member of the State Council (full member: 1979–1980, observative: 1974–1979) President of Iași County Council (1974–1979) Vice-President of Timiș County Council (1971–1974) Minister of Youth (1967–1971) Deputy (1957–1961, 1965–1973, 1975–1985) Former presidential elections: 1996: 32.3% (1st place, 1st round), 45.6% (2nd place, 2nd round) 1992: 47.2% (1st place, 1st round), 61.4% (winner, 2nd round) 1990: 85.1% (winner)	Affiliation: PDSR Alliance members: PDSR, PSDR, and PUR	Energy Institute, Moscow State University (1954) fluid mechanics engineer, publishing house manager
Corneliu Vadim Tudor	Born: 28 November 1949 (age 51) Bucharest Died: 14 September 2015, Bucharest	Senator (1992–election day) Former presidential election: 1996: 4.7% (5th place, 1st round)	Affiliation: PRM	Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest (1971) journalist, writer
Theodor Stolojan	Born: 24 October 1943 (age 57) Târgoviște, Dâmbovița County	Prime Minister of Romania (1991–1992) Minister of Finances (1990–1991) Deputy Minister of Finances (1989–1990) Director of Department of International Relations and Financial Relations with the Ministry of Finances and General Inspector of the Department of State Revenues (1988–1989) Director of the State Budget Accounting Department with the Ministry of Finances (1978–1982)	Affiliation: PNL	Faculty of Finances and Accontancy, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies (1966) financier, accountant
Mugur Isărescu	Born: 1 August 1949 (age 51) Drăgășani, Vâlcea County	Prime Minister of Romania (1999–election day) Governor of the National Bank of Romania (1990–1999) Commercial Attache with the Romanian Embassy in USA (1990)	Affiliation: none Endorsed by: CDR 2000	Faculty of Foreign Trade, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies (1971) financier, banker
György Frunda	Born: 22 July 1951 (age 49) Târgu Mureș, Mureș County	Senator (1992–election day) Former presidential election: 1996: 6.0% (4th place, 1st round)	Affiliation: UDMR	Faculty of Law, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca (1974) lawyer
Petre Roman	Born: 22 July 1946 (age 54) Bucharest	Minister of Foreign Affairs (1999–election day) Senator (1996–election day) President of the Senate of Romania (1996–1999) Deputy (1990–1996) Prime Minister of Romania (1989–1991) Former presidential election: 1996: 20.5% (3rd place, 1st round)	Affiliation: PD	Faculty of Energy, Politehnica University of Bucharest (1968) hydroelectric powerplant engineer
Teodor Meleșcanu	Born: 10 March 1941 (age 59) Brad, Hunedoara County	Senator (1996–election day) Minister of Foreign Affairs (1992–1996) Undesecretary of State with the Minister of Foreign Affairs (1990–1992)	Affiliation: ApR	Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest, (1964) Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences, University of Geneva (1968) jurist, diplomat
Eduard Manole	Born: 21 March 1964 (age 36) Constanța, Constanța County		Affiliation: none	Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest (unknown year) physicist
Graziela Bârlă	unknown birthdate unknown birthplace		Affiliation: none	Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest (1968) lawyer
Paul Lambrino	Born: 13 August 1948 (age 52) Paris, France		Affiliation: Party of National Reconciliation	Millfield College (1968) art dealer
Ion Sasu	Born: 5 March 1944 (age 56) Cugir, Alba County		Affiliation: PSM	Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest (1968) unknown
Niculae Cerveni	Born: 19 March 1926 (age 74) Cervenia, Teleorman County Died: 16 January 2004, Bucharest	Senator (1996–election day) Deputy (1992–1996)	Affiliation: Romanian Liberal Democratic Party	Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest (1974) lawyer

Results

President

Presidential election - First round

First round result by commune

Presidential election - Second round

Second round results by commune

In the second round, Theodor Stolojan, Mugur Isărescu, György Frunda, and Petre Roman positioned against Corneliu Vadim Tudor, without openly endorsing Ion Iliescu.

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Ion Iliescu	Social Democratic Pole of Romania	4,076,273	36.35	6,696,623	66.83
	Corneliu Vadim Tudor	Greater Romania Party	3,178,293	28.34	3,324,247	33.17
	Theodor Stolojan	National Liberal Party	1,321,420	11.78
	Mugur Isărescu	Romanian Democratic Convention	1,069,463	9.54
	György Frunda	Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania	696,989	6.22
	Petre Roman	Democratic Party	334,852	2.99
	Teodor Meleșcanu	Alliance for Romania	214,642	1.91
	Eduard Gheorghe Manole	Independent	133,991	1.19
	Graziela-Elena Bârlă	Independent	61,455	0.55
	Prince Paul of Romania	Party of National Reconciliation	55,238	0.49
	Ion Sasu	Socialist Party of Labour	38,375	0.34
	Niculae Cerveni	Romanian Liberal Democratic Party	31,983	0.29
Total			11,212,974	100.00	10,020,870	100.00
Valid votes			11,212,974	97.00	10,020,870	98.39
Invalid/blank votes			346,484	3.00	163,845	1.61
Total votes			11,559,458	100.00	10,184,715	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			17,699,727	65.31	17,711,757	57.50
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Parliament

Senate

The alliance named Social Democratic Pole of Romania was formed by PDSR, PSDR (2 senators), and PUR (4 senator). On 16 June 2001, PDSR and PSDR merged, forming the present-day PSD.

Results of the 2000 Romanian legislative elections, showing the number of votes for the party that won a plurality in each locality. Results for the Senate

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Social Democratic Pole of Romania	4,040,212	37.09	65	+24
	Greater Romania Party	2,288,483	21.01	37	+29
	Democratic Party	825,437	7.58	13	–
	National Liberal Party	814,381	7.48	13	–
	Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania	751,310	6.90	12	+1
	Romanian Democratic Convention	575,706	5.29	0	–53
	Alliance for Romania	465,535	4.27	0	New
	Romanian National Unity Party	154,761	1.42	0	–7
	National Liberal Party–Câmpeanu	133,018	1.22	0	New
	Ecologist Party of Romania	108,370	0.99	0	New
	Socialist Party of Labour	96,636	0.89	0	0
	Party of Pensioners of Romania	86,401	0.79	0	0
	Romanian Working Party	81,756	0.75	0	0
	Romanian Liberal Democratic Party	61,234	0.56	0	New
	National Peasant Party	55,970	0.51	0	0
	Party of Romanian Life	54,634	0.50	0	New
	National Democratic Christian Party	45,252	0.42	0	0
	Party of National Reconciliation	31,824	0.29	0	New
	Free Republican Socialist Democratic Party	30,910	0.28	0	New
	New Generation Party	27,576	0.25	0	New
	Democratic Party of Pensioners in Romania and the Diaspora	24,346	0.22	0	New
	Social Democratic Party "Constantin Titel Petrescu"	20,426	0.19	0	New
	Generation 2000	18,998	0.17	0	New
	Party of Non-Communists	18,879	0.17	0	New
	Party for the Motherland	18,403	0.17	0	0
	Socialist Party of Romania	12,961	0.12	0	0
	Republican Party	12,094	0.11	0	0
	Democratic Union of Turkish-Muslim Tatars	9,226	0.08	0	0
	Liberal Union–Brătianu	7,373	0.07	0	New
	Popular Union for Justice Party	5,747	0.05	0	New
	Christian Democratic Union	4,016	0.04	0	0
	Party of the Romanian Revolution	2,146	0.02	0	0
	Christian Centre of the Roma in Romania	2,045	0.02	0	New
	Party of Private Entrepreneurs–Social Democratic Party	1,575	0.01	0	0
	Hungarian Free Democrat Party in Romania	498	0.00	0	0
	International League of the Romanians–Bucharest	343	0.00	0	New
	Independents	3,428	0.03	0	0
Total		10,891,910	100.00	140	–3
Valid votes		10,891,910	94.23
Invalid/blank votes		667,548	5.77
Total votes		11,559,458	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		17,699,727	65.31
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, University of Essex

Chamber of Deputies

The Social Democratic Pole of Romania included the PDSR, PSDR (10 deputies), and PUR (6 deputies). On 16 June 2001, PDSR and PSDR merged, forming the present-day PSD.

Results of the 2000 Romanian legislative elections, showing the number of votes for the party that won a plurality in each locality. Results for the Chamber of Deputies.

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Social Democratic Pole of Romania	3,968,464	36.61	155	+64
	Greater Romania Party	2,112,027	19.48	84	+65
	Democratic Party	762,365	7.03	31	–
	National Liberal Party	747,263	6.89	30	–
	Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania	736,863	6.80	27	+2
	Romanian Democratic Convention	546,135	5.04	0	–122
	Alliance for Romania	441,228	4.07	0	New
	National Liberal Party–Câmpeanu	151,518	1.40	0	New
	Romanian National Unity Party	149,525	1.38	0	–18
	Ecologist Party of Romania	101,256	0.93	0	New
	Socialist Party of Labour	91,027	0.84	0	0
	Party of Pensioners of Romania	76,704	0.71	0	0
	Party of the Roma	71,786	0.66	1	0
	Romanian Working Party	68,718	0.63	0	0
	Romanian Liberal Democratic Party	52,497	0.48	0	New
	National Peasant Party	48,435	0.45	0	0
	Party of Romanian Life	46,129	0.43	0	New
	Democratic Forum of Germans	40,844	0.38	1	0
	National Democratic Christian Party	33,410	0.31	0	0
	Free Republican Socialist Democratic Party	32,811	0.30	0	New
	Party of National Reconciliation	22,376	0.21	0	New
	Union of Armenians of Romania	21,302	0.20	1	0
	Italian Community of Romania	21,263	0.20	1	0
	Democratic Party of Pensioners in Romania and the Diaspora	21,062	0.19	0	New
	Bulgarian Union of Banat–Romania	20,085	0.19	1	+1
	New Generation Party	19,662	0.18	0	New
	Social Democratic Party "Constantin Titel Petrescu"	17,730	0.16	0	New
	Party for the Motherland	16,991	0.16	0	0
	League of Italian Communities in Romania	16,266	0.15	0	New
	Hellenic Union of Romania	15,007	0.14	1	0
	Party of Non-Communists	14,197	0.13	0	New
	Generation 2000	13,455	0.12	0	0
	Federation of the Jewish Communities in Romania	12,629	0.12	1	0
	Christian Centre of the Roma in Romania	12,171	0.11	0	New
	Romanian Socialist Party	11,916	0.11	0	0
	Community of the Lipovan Russians in Romania	11,558	0.11	1	0
	Union of Croats of Romania	11,084	0.10	1	+1
	Republican Party	10,840	0.10	0	0
	League of Albanians of Romania	10,543	0.10	1	New
	Democratic Union of Turkish-Muslim Tatars	10,380	0.10	1	0
	Union of the Ukrainians of Romania	9,404	0.09	1	0
	Association of Macedonians of Romania	8,809	0.08	1	New
	Union of Serbs of Romania	8,748	0.08	1	0
	Bulgarian Cultural Association of Romania	8,092	0.07	0	New
	Cultural Union of Albanians of Romania	7,798	0.07	0	–1
	Cultural Union of Ruthenians of Romania	6,942	0.06	1	New
	Democratic Turkish Union of Romania	6,675	0.06	1	0
	Bratstvo Community of Bulgarians in Romania	5,923	0.05	0	–1
	Democratic Union of Ukrainians in Romania	5,843	0.05	0	0
	Democratic Union of Slovaks and Czechs of Romania	5,686	0.05	1	0
	Union of Poles of Romania	5,055	0.05	1	0
	Turkish Community of Romania	3,953	0.04	0	New
	Liberal Union–Brătianu	3,760	0.03	0	0
	Hungarian Free Democrat Party of Romania	3,510	0.03	0	0
	Popular Union for Justice Party	3,506	0.03	0	New
	Christian Democratic Union	3,316	0.03	0	0
	Hellenic Community Iasi	2,072	0.02	0	New
	Democratic Union of Croats in Romania	2,059	0.02	0	New
	Prahova Hellenic Community	1,992	0.02	0	0
	Party of the Romanian Revolution	1,623	0.01	0	0
	Union of Poles of Romania 'Dom Polski'	1,619	0.01	0	0
	Union of the Czechs of Romania	1,539	0.01	0	New
	Democratic League of the Croats in Romania	1,329	0.01	0	New
	General Union of the Hutul Ethnicity in Romania	1,225	0.01	0	0
	International League of the Romanians–Bucharest	516	0.00	0	New
	Union of Pavlicheni Bulgarians in Romania	497	0.00	0	New
	Hellenic Union ELPIS Constanta	449	0.00	0	New
	Party of Private Entrepreneurs–Social Democratic Party	401	0.00	0	0
	Independents	137,561	1.27	0	0
Total		10,839,424	100.00	345	+2
Valid votes		10,839,424	93.77
Invalid/blank votes		720,034	6.23
Total votes		11,559,458	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		17,699,727	65.31
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, University of Essex

Gallery

• Percent of votes of major candidates in the first round:
• 
  Ion Iliescu
• 
  Corneliu Vadim Tudor
• 
  Theodor Stolojan
• 
  Mugur Isărescu
• 
  György Frunda