Romania elected its members of the European Parliament for the first time on 25 November 2007;[1][2] the election was initially scheduled for 13 May, but the PM postponed it for domestic political reasons.[3] A referendum on a new voting system for national parliamentary elections was held on the same day.
Pre-election situation
editRomania joined the European Union on 1 January 2007, and was initially represented in the European Parliament by 35 observers as follows:
Opinion polls
edit| Polling Firm | Date | Source | PD | PSD | PNL | PNG | PRM | UDMR | PLD | PC | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CURS | 1 July 2007 | [1] | 43% | 10% | 12% | 8% | 5% | 5% | <5% | <5% | — |
| IMAS | 1 August 2007 | [2] | 31.7% | 12.8% | 9.4% | 9.3% | 3.4% | 2.7% | 2.2% | — | 26.3% |
| CURS | 5 September 2007 | [3] | 35% | 24% | 13% | 8% | 5% | 5% | <5% | <5% | — |
| CCSB | 21-29/9/2007 | [4] | 37.2% | 21.5% | 12.6% | 8.4% | 5.6% | 3.9% | <5% | 4.1% | — |
| Insomar | 10-17/10/2007 | [5] | 42% | 19% | 13% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 3% | 3% | — |
| IMAS | 10-22/10/2007 | [6] | 37% | 18% | 16% | 8% | 6% | 6% | 5% | — | — |
| CIVIS | 24 October 2007 | [7] | 27.1% | 20.7% | 20.6% | 8.8% | 4.8% | 4.4% | 5.7% | 1.9% | — |
| ATLE | 6-11/11/2007 | [8] | 33.5% | 25.0% | 9.5% | 5.5% | 5.9% | 4.9% | 4.7% | 4.5% | — |
| Insomar | 8-13/11/2007 | [9][permanent dead link] | 40% | 19% | 13% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 6% | 4% | — |
| BCS | 10-15/11/2007 | [10] | 35% | 23% | 14% | 5.6% | 4% | 4% | 4.7% | 3.3% | — |
| ATLE | 13-18/11/2007 | [11] Archived 1 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine | 32.1% | 26.0% | 9.5% | 4.9% | 6.3% | 4.6% | 5.2% | 5.1% | — |
| CSOP | 17-19/11/2007 | [12] | 38.2% | 19.5% | 12.9% | 7.3% | 4.8% | 4.6% | 6.2% | 2.2% | — |
Results
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35 MEPs were appointed by Romania to serve as observers in the Parliament before the country joined in 2007. Since then up until the election, the observers served as full MEPs.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 1,476,105 | 28.82 | 13 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 1,184,018 | 23.12 | 10 | |
| National Liberal Party | 688,859 | 13.45 | 6 | |
| Liberal Democratic Party | 398,901 | 7.79 | 3 | |
| Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania | 282,929 | 5.52 | 2 | |
| New Generation Party – Christian Democratic | 248,863 | 4.86 | 0 | |
| Greater Romania Party | 212,596 | 4.15 | 0 | |
| Conservative Party | 150,385 | 2.94 | 0 | |
| National Initiative Party | 124,829 | 2.44 | 0 | |
| Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party | 71,001 | 1.39 | 0 | |
| Party of the Roma Pro-Europa | 58,903 | 1.15 | 0 | |
| Socialist Alliance Party | 28,484 | 0.56 | 0 | |
| Green Party | 19,820 | 0.39 | 0 | |
| Independents | 176,533 | 3.45 | 1 | |
| Total | 5,122,226 | 100.00 | 35 | |
| Valid votes | 5,122,226 | 95.41 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 246,555 | 4.59 | ||
| Total votes | 5,368,781 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 18,224,597 | 29.46 | ||
| Source: ROAEP | ||||
References
edit- ^ People's Daily Online – Romania: Elections for European parliamentarians slated for Nov. 25
- ^ "Romania Votes in First European Elections". Archived from the original on 27 November 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2007.
- ^ Bulgaria: Romania Postpones European Parliament Elections