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General elections were held in Romania on 3 November 1996, with a second round of the presidential election on 17 November.
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& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1591
Opinion polls prior to the elections suggested incumbent President
Ion Iliescu Ion Iliescu (; born 3 March 1930) is a Romanian politician and engineer who served as President of Romania from 1989 until 1996 and from 2000 until 2004. Between 1996 and 2000 and also from 2004 to 2008, the year in which he retired, Iliescu ...
of the Social Democracy Party of Romania (PDSR, formerly the
Democratic National Salvation Front The Democratic National Salvation Front ( ro, Frontul Democrat al Salvării Naționale, FDSN) was a Romanian political party formed by former President Ion Iliescu and his supporters stemming from the National Salvation Front (FSN) on 7 April 1 ...
) would win a third term, though it was believed a large field of candidates would push him into a runoff. Iliescu received the most votes in the first round, just ahead of his
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runoff opponent,
Emil Constantinescu Emil Constantinescu () (born 19 November 1939) is a Romanian professor and politician, who served as the President of Romania, from 1996 to 2000. After the Romanian Revolution of 1989, Constantinescu became a founding member and vice president ...
of the
Romanian Democratic Convention The Romanian Democratic Convention ( ro, Convenţia Democrată Română or Convenția Democratică Română; abbreviated CDR) was an electoral alliance of several democratic, anti-Communist, anti-totalitarian, and centre-right political parties i ...
(CDR). In the second round, Constantinescu defeated Iliescu with 54 percent of the vote. Iliescu conceded defeat soon after the polls closed. Constantinescu took office on 29 November, marking the first peaceful transfer of power since the
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. To date, it is the only time since the introduction of direct presidential elections that an incumbent president has been defeated when running for re-election. The CDR, a broad coalition of parties opposing the governing centre-left PDSR, also emerged as the largest bloc in Parliament, winning 122 of the 343 seats in the
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and 53 of the 143 seats in the
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Presidential candidates


Results


President

Petre Roman, György Frunda, Gheorghe Funar and Nicolae Manolescu openly endorsed Constantinescu in the second round. Corneliu Vadim Tudor, Tudor Mohora and Adrian Păunescu openly endorsed Iliescu. File:Romanian presidential election 1996 - Iliescu.svg, Ion Iliescu File:Romanian presidential election 1996 - Constantinescu.svg, Emil Constantinescu File:Romanian presidential election 1996 - Roman.svg, Petre Roman File:Romanian presidential election 1996 - Frunda.svg, György Frunda File:Romanian presidential election 1996 - Vadim.svg, Corneliu Vadim Tudor


Parliament


Senate

Romanian Democratic Convention The Romanian Democratic Convention ( ro, Convenţia Democrată Română or Convenția Democratică Română; abbreviated CDR) was an electoral alliance of several democratic, anti-Communist, anti-totalitarian, and centre-right political parties i ...
(CDR) members included the PNȚ-CD, PNL, PNL-CD (1 senator), PAR (3 senators), PER (1 senator), Ecologist Federation of Romania (FER) (1 senator).


Chamber of Deputies


References

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Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...
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Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...