Romanian General Election, 1919
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between 4 and 8 November 1919. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1591 The
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, which ran mostly unopposed in
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, emerged as the largest party in Parliament, winning 169 of the 568 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 76 of the 216 seats in the Senate.Nohlen & Stöver, pp1609–1611 Though both the
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and People's League decided to boycott the elections, several of their candidates who had registered before the decision went on to win seats.


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Chamber of Deputies


Senate


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* Ciprian Stoleru
"Primele alegeri din România Mare, prima mare surpriză: Favoriţii, zdrobiţi la urna de vot"
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