2007 European Parliament election in Romania

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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

Romania joined the European Union on 1 January 2007, and was initially represented in the European Parliament by 35 observers as follows:

Party Group Seats
Social Democratic Party PES 12
National Liberal Party ALDE 6
Democratic Party EPP-ED 5
Greater Romania Party ITS/NI 5
Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania EPP-ED 3
Conservative Party ALDE 2
Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania EPP-ED 1
Independent ITS/NI 1

Opinion polls

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

Map of the Romanian counties based on the winning party
  Democratic Party
  Social Democratic Party
  Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania
  Liberal Democratic Party

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.

PartyVotes%Seats
Democratic Party1,476,10528.8213
Social Democratic Party1,184,01823.1210
National Liberal Party688,85913.456
Liberal Democratic Party398,9017.793
Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania282,9295.522
New Generation Party – Christian Democratic248,8634.860
Greater Romania Party212,5964.150
Conservative Party150,3852.940
National Initiative Party124,8292.440
Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party71,0011.390
Party of the Roma Pro-Europa58,9031.150
Socialist Alliance Party28,4840.560
Green Party19,8200.390
Independents176,5333.451
Total5,122,226100.0035
Valid votes5,122,22695.41
Invalid/blank votes246,5554.59
Total votes5,368,781100.00
Registered voters/turnout18,224,59729.46
Source: ROAEP

References

  1. ^ People's Daily Online – Romania: Elections for European parliamentarians slated for Nov. 25
  2. ^ "Romania Votes in First European Elections". Archived from the original on 27 November 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2007.
  3. ^ Bulgaria: Romania Postpones European Parliament Elections

See also