Country: | Socialist Republic of Romania |
Flag Year: | 1965 |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1965 Romanian parliamentary election |
Previous Year: | 1965 |
Next Election: | 1975 Romanian parliamentary election |
Next Year: | 1975 |
Seats For Election: | All 465 seats in the Great National Assembly |
Election Date: | 2 March 1969 |
Image1: | Nicolae Ceaușescu.jpg |
Leader1: | Nicolae Ceaușescu |
Party1: | Romanian Communist Party |
Alliance1: | FUS |
Color1: | DD0000 |
Seats1: | 465 |
Popular Vote1: | 13,543,499 |
Percentage1: | 99.77% |
Prime Minister | |
Posttitle: | Elected Prime Minister |
Before Election: | Ion Gheorghe Maurer |
After Election: | Ion Gheorghe Maurer |
Before Party: | Romanian Communist Party |
After Party: | Romanian Communist Party |
Parliamentary elections were held in Romania on 2 March 1969.[1] The Front of Socialist Unity (FUS), which had been formed a year earlier to replace the People's Democratic Front (FDP), was the only organization that contested the election;[2] no prospective candidate could run for office without the Front's prior approval.[3] Like the People's Democratic Front, the Front of Socialist Unity was dominated by the Romanian Communist Party (PCR).[2] [3] The Front won all 465 seats in the Great National Assembly.[4]
These were the first elections held under the 1965 constitution. Candidates were elected in single member constituencies, and had to receive over 50% of the vote.[5] If no candidate passed this threshold, or if voter turnout in the constituency was less than 50%, re-runs were held until the requirements were met.[5] Voters had the option of voting against the Front candidates.[2]