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European Parliament elections were held inRomania on 26 May 2019.[1]
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In April 2019, theParty of European Socialists (PES) announced on Wednesday that it would freeze relations with theSocial Democrats (PSD) at least until June, citing concerns about the rule of law in the country.[2] Since then the (PSD) moved further toEuroscepticism.Victor Ponta, who was expelled from the PSD in 2017, said "The PSD unfortunately has turned to a verypopulist, verynationalistic, demagogic party," he said.[3]
Three days after the2014 election, on 28 May 2014,National Liberal Party presidentCrin Antonescu announced that the party would change European affiliation fromALDE toEPP, and it has started negotiations for the merger with theDemocratic Liberal Party. The newly created party would still be calledNational Liberal Party, and be a member of theEPP.Democratic Liberal Party presidentVasile Blaga later that day confirmed the merger of the two parties. MEPNorica Nicolai, first candidate on theNational Liberal Party list refused to join theEuropean People's Party group, and continued to stay a member of theAlliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group.[4] After the2014 presidential election, MEPRenate Weber, second candidate on theNational Liberal Party list, resigned theEuropean People's Party group, and joined theAlliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group. After the completion of the merger of the two parties, the two MEPs were given an ultimatum to join theEuropean People's Party group or face party exclusion.[5] They failed to fulfill the request and thus were expelled from theNational Liberal Party, and currently stand with theAlliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group. Later, MEPNorica Nicolai joined theAlliance of Liberals and Democrats.[6]
In late August 2017, MEPRamona Mănescu, third candidate on theNational Liberal Party list, resigned the party,[7] but continued to stand with theEuropean People's Party group.
In May 2018,People's Movement PartyMEPSiegfried Mureșan, spokesman of theEuropean People's Party, announced he is leaving the party to join theNational Liberal Party.[8]
JournalistRareș Bogdan, formerly a staunch opponent to the liberals, was officially nominated as head of thePNL list for the European Parliament elections, which also contains, among others, former co-president ofPNLVasile Blaga, MEPsSiegfried Mureșan,Adina Vălean,Daniel Buda,Cristian Bușoi,Marian-Jean Marinescu andMihai Țurcanu, and mayorsMircea Hava andGheorghe Falcă.[9]
Three days after the2014 election, on 28 May 2014,Democratic Liberal Party presidentVasile Blaga confirmed the announcement made byNational Liberal Party presidentCrin Antonescu, that the two parties were to merge into a new party, that would retain the name of the latter and international affiliation of the former. To express discontent with this decision, and the lack of a PDL candidate to the presidential election, MEPMonica Macovei, second candidate on theDemocratic Liberal Party list resigned the party in September 2014, and competed in the2014 presidential election as an independent.[10][11][12] Following the presidential election, she joined, as an independent politician, theEuropean Conservatives and Reformists.
In September 2014, following some declarations,Cristian Preda, first candidate on thePeople's Movement Party list, was expelled from the party.[13][14][15][16] He continued to stand in theEuropean People's Party group.
In 2016, thePeople's Movement Party merged with (absorbed) theNational Union for the Progress of Romania, but the later's MEPs did not join thePeople's Movement Party.
In May 2018,MEPSiegfried Mureșan, spokesman of theEuropean People's Party, announced he is leaving thePeople's Movement Party, to join theNational Liberal Party.[8] As a result, thePeople's Movement Party lost both itsMEPs.
TheConservative Party ran with theNational Union for the Progress of Romania on a common list headed by theSocial Democratic Party at theprevious election. This electoral alliance was supposed to be called "Social Democratic Union" ("Uniunea Social Democrată"), but, due to the Romanian legislation (this name was taken by a 1990s alliance between theDemocratic Party andRomanian Social Democratic Party), they ran as "PSD-UNPR-PC". In 2015, the party merged with theLiberal Reformist Party, to form theAlliance of Liberals and Democrats[17][18] Members displeased with this decision, headed by MEPMaria Grapini (firstConservative Party candidate, and fifth on the PSD-UNPR-PC list), founded a new party,Humanist Power Party (Social-Liberal) (Romanian:Partidul Puterii Umaniste (Social-Liberal)).[19] She continues to stand with theProgressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, as a member of PPU-SL.Laurențiu Rebega, secondConservative Party candidate and fourteenth on the PSD-UNPR-PC list, sat as anindependent politician in theNon-Inscrits group, before joiningPRO Romania and theECR.
TheNational Union for the Progress of Romania ran with theConservative Party on a common list headed by theSocial Democratic Party at theprevious election. This electoral alliance was supposed to be called "Social Democratic Union" ("Uniunea Social Democrată"), but, due to the Romanian legislation (this name was taken by a 1990s alliance between theDemocratic Party andRomanian Social Democratic Party), they ran as "PSD-UNPR-PC". In 2016, theNational Union for the Progress of Romania merged with (was absorbed by) thePeople's Movement Party, but the former's MEPs did not join thePeople's Movement Party. Both its two candidates continue to stand with theProgressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats:Damian Drăghici (firstNational Union for the Progress of Romania candidate and sixth on the "PSD-UNPR-PC" list) as an independent member, andDoru Frunzulică (secondNational Union for the Progress of Romania candidate and thirteenth on the "PSD-UNPR-PC" list) joined theSocial Democratic Party.
| Date | Polling Firm | PSD S&D | ALDE | PRO EDP | USR | PLUS - | UDMR EPP | PNL EPP | PMP EPP | Others | Lead |
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| 2–20 May 2019 | IMAS | 21.1% | 9.8% | 9.9% | 19.6% | 3.8% | 28.5% | 6.2% | 1.1% | 7.4% | |
| 14–19 May 2019 | Novel Research | 27.8% | 7.9% | 7.6% | 14.8% | 5% | 28.1% | 6.7% | 2.1% | 0.3% | |
| 1–7 May 2019 | BCS | 31.5% | 6.6% | 7.8% | 14.5% | 5.1% | 26.1% | 6.1% | 2.3% | 5.4% | |
| 12 April–3 May 2019 | INSCOP | 25.5% | 9.2% | 9.1% | 16.5% | 4.8% | 27.6% | 3.9% | 3.4% | 2.1% | |
| April 2019 | PNL | 25% | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a | N/a | 27% | N/a | 16% | 2% |
| April 2019 | D&D Research | 29.3% | 6.7% | 4.6% | 22.3% | 2.7% | 29.9% | 3.7% | 0.9% | 0.9% | |
| 5–28 April 2019 | CURS | 32% | 10% | 9% | 12% | 5% | 25% | 5% | 2% | 7% | |
| 12–25 April 2019 | IMAS | 21.7% | 12.2% | 11.7% | 16.4% | 5.6% | 25.6% | 5.6% | 1.1% | 3.9% | |
| 18 March–3 April 2019 | IMAS | 21.2% | 12.7% | 11.2% | 17.7% | 5.1% | 25.2% | 4.7% | 1.9% | 4.0% | |
| 15–20 March 2019 | BCS | 26.5% | 8.1% | 10.2% | 10.8% | 4.4% | 29.8% | 6.2% | 4% | 3.3% | |
| 15–20 March 2019 | BCS | 25.8% | 7.9% | 6.7% | 11.7% | 4.6% | 31.5% | 5.9% | 3.1% | 5.7% | |
| 5–13 March 2019 | INSCOP | 26.9% | 9.3% | 9.1% | 15.3% | 5% | 26.3% | 4.4% | 3.7% | 0.6% | |
| February–March 2019 | PNL | 24.6% | 11.8% | 6.7% | 16% | N/a | 27.9% | N/a | 13% | 3.3% | |
| 13–28 February 2019 | CURS | 31% | 12% | 10% | 13% | 5% | 23% | 5% | 1% | 8% | |
| 1–21 February 2019 | IMAS | 22.7% | 12.5% | 13.4% | 17.9% | 4.7% | 22.6% | 4.4% | 1.8% | 0.1% | |
| 21 January–6 February 2019 | CURS | 32% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 5% | 5% | 22% | 5% | 5% | 10% |
| 21 January–5 February 2019 | INSCOP | 27.8% | 9.2% | 6.6% | 10.0% | 7.0% | 5.1% | 26.7% | 4.4% | 3.2% | 1.1% |
| 11–30 January 2019 | IMAS | 24.6% | 12.9% | 9.0% | 13.1% | 7.3% | 5.6% | 23.3% | 2.5% | 1.6% | 1.3% |
| 12–20 January 2019 | BCS | 23.0% | 8.1% | 10.7% | 6.5% | 8.1% | 4.8% | 23.7% | 9.3% | 5.8% | 0.7% |
| December 2018 | PNL | 30.2% | 11.5% | 5.5% | 10.2% | 5% | 5.1% | 27.8% | 4.2% | 0.7% | 2.4% |
| 24 November–9 December 2018 | CURS | 33% | 9% | 9% | 7% | 5% | 6% | 20% | 5% | 6% | 13% |
| 26 October–12 November 2018 | CURS | 38% | 15% | 9% | 8% | 7% | N/a | 15% | 3% | 5% | 23% |
| 25 May 2014 | Election results | 37.6%[a] | – | – | – | – | 6.3% | 29.8%[c] | 6.2% | 20.0% | 22.6% |
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The Central Electoral Bureau publishes the lists the latest in 24 hours after they have been registered by the parties.[20]
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| National Liberal Party | 2,449,068 | 27.00 | 10 | –1 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 2,040,765 | 22.50 | 9 | –3 | |
| 2020 USR-PLUS Alliance | 2,028,236 | 22.36 | 8 | New | |
| PRO Romania | 583,916 | 6.44 | 2 | New | |
| People's Movement Party | 522,104 | 5.76 | 2 | 0 | |
| Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania | 476,777 | 5.26 | 2 | 0 | |
| Alliance of Liberals and Democrats | 372,760 | 4.11 | 0 | –2 | |
| National Union for the Progress of Romania | 54,942 | 0.61 | 0 | –2 | |
| Prodemo Party | 53,351 | 0.59 | 0 | New | |
| United Romania Party | 51,787 | 0.57 | 0 | New | |
| Romanian Socialist Party | 40,435 | 0.45 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independent Social Democratic Party | 26,439 | 0.29 | 0 | New | |
| National Unity Block | 20,411 | 0.23 | 0 | New | |
| Independents | 348,831 | 3.85 | 0 | –1 | |
| Total | 9,069,822 | 100.00 | 33 | +1 | |
| Valid votes | 9,069,822 | 97.06 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 274,415 | 2.94 | |||
| Total votes | 9,344,237 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 18,267,256 | 51.15 | |||
| Source:BEC | |||||
Romania's constitutive session for the year 2019 was represented by 29% women and 71% men.[37]
^ The Social Democratic Party (PSD) ran in 2014 as part of the a three-party alliance that also included theConservative Party (PC, a founding member of theALDE party in 2015) and theNational Union for the Progress of Romania (UNPR). Initially, it intended to run as the "Social Democratic Union" (USD), but, as the same name was used by an alliance in the 1990s by the now longtime defunctDemocratic Party (PD) andRomanian Social Democratic Party (PSDR), they ran as "PSD-UNPR-PC Alliance".^Save Romania Union (USR) andFreedom, Unity and Solidarity Party (PLUS) ran together under the moniker2020 USR-PLUS Alliance.^ Includes theCivic Force (FC) (2,6% in 2014), which merged into theDemocratic Liberal Party (PDL) in July 2014, which itself subsequently merged into the PNL in November 2014.
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