The President of the
Senate of Romania
) is the upper house in the bicameral Parliament of Romania. It has 136 seats (before the 2016 Romanian legislative election the total number of elected representatives was 176), to which members are elected by direct popular vote using party-l ...
is the senator elected to preside over the Senate meetings. The president of the Senate is also the president of the
Standing Bureau of the Senate and the first person in the presidential line of succession.
Electoral system
The President of the Senate is elected by secret ballot with the majority of votes from the Senators. If none of the candidates obtains the necessary votes, the first two compete again, and the one with most of the votes wins.
Results
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2021 elections in Romania
Election of the President of the Chamber of Deputies