2020–2024 legislature of the Romanian Parliament explained

Parliament of Romania
Term End:	present
Before:	2016–2020
Government:	PNL, USR PLUS, UDMR/RMDSZ PSD, PNL, UDMR/RMDSZ PSD, PNL
Opposition:	PSD, AUR USR, AUR, FD USR, AUR, UDMR/RMDSZ, FD, REPER
Chamber1:	Senate
Chamber1 Image:	File:Romania_Senate_2020.svg
Chamber1 Image Caption:	Political structure of the Senate
Membership1:	136
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:	President of the Senate
Chamber1 Leader1:	Anca Dragu (USR) Florin Cîțu (PNL) Alina Gorghiu (PNL) Nicolae Ciucă (PNL)
Chamber1 Leader2 Type:	PSD leader
Chamber1 Leader2:	Lucian Romașcanu
Chamber1 Leader3 Type:	PNL leader
Chamber1 Leader3:	Daniel Fenechiu
Chamber1 Leader4 Type:	USR leader
Chamber1 Leader4:	Radu Mihail
Chamber1 Leader5 Type:	AUR leader
Chamber1 Leader5:	Claudiu Târziu
Chamber1 Leader6 Type:	UDMR leader
Chamber1 Leader6:	Lóránd Turos
Chamber2:	Chamber of Deputies
Chamber2 Image:	File:Svgfiles 2021-11-16-15-59-23-736420-17509470880550906489.svg
Chamber2 Image Caption:	Political structure of the Chamber of Deputies
Membership2:	330
Chamber2 Leader1 Type:	President of the Chamber of Deputies
Chamber2 Leader1:	Ludovic Orban (PNL) Florin Roman (PNL) Sorin Grindeanu (PSD) Marcel Ciolacu (PSD) Alfred Simonis (PSD)
Chamber2 Leader2 Type:	PSD leader
Chamber2 Leader2:	Alfred Simonis
Chamber2 Leader3 Type:	PNL leader
Chamber2 Leader3:	Florin Roman
Chamber2 Leader4 Type:	USR leader
Chamber2 Leader4:	Ionuț Moșteanu
Chamber2 Leader5 Type:	AUR leader
Chamber2 Leader5:	George Simion
Chamber2 Leader6 Type:	UDMR leader
Chamber2 Leader6:	Botond Csoma
Chamber2 Leader7 Type:	FD leader
Chamber2 Leader7:	Violeta Alexandru
Chamber3:	Government
Chamber3 Leader1 Type:	Cîțu Cabinet
Chamber3 Leader2 Type:	Ciucă Cabinet
Chamber3 Leader3 Type:	Ciolacu Cabinet
Session1 Start:	December 2020
Session1 End:	February 2021
Session2 Start:	February 2021
Session2 End:	September 2021
Session3 Start:	September 2021
Session3 End:	February 2022
Session4 Start:	February 2022
Session4 End:	present

The 2020–2024 legislature of the Romanian Parliament is the current legislature of the Parliament of Romania, elected on 6 December 2020. In the said election, no party won an outright majority, but the Social Democratic Party (PSD) remained the largest political force in the parliament, in opposition however.^[1] The National Liberal Party (PNL), the Save Romania Union (USR), and the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR/RMDSZ) formed a coalition government.^[2] The USR ran within a political alliance it established with a smaller party, more specifically the Freedom, Unity and Solidarity Party (PLUS), which was eventually absorbed by the former.^[3] The Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) entered parliament starting this legislature with an unexpected high score, gaining more popularity ever since.

The PNL-USR-PLUS-UDMR/RMDSZ coalition was dissolved in early September 2021 following dispute over the so-called Anghel Saligny program and subsequent ousting of Justice Minister Stelian Ion (USR) by Prime Minister Florin Cîțu (PNL). This led to a months-long political crisis until the National Coalition for Romania (consisting of PSD, PNL, and UDMR/RMDSZ) was formed in late November 2021, forming the incumbent Ciucă Cabinet.^[4] The crisis also led to a PNL splinter, more specifically the Force of the Right (FD).^[5]

Chamber of Deputies

The President of the Chamber of Deputies for this legislature was initially Ludovic Orban (PNL) from December 2020 until his resignation in October 2021.^[6] Since 23 November 2021, the office had been held by Marcel Ciolacu (PSD).^[7]

Between Orban's and Ciolacu's terms, there were two acting Chamber presidents: Florin Roman^[8] and Sorin Grindeanu.^[9]

|- ! style="text-align:center;" colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Party! style="text-align:center;" colspan=2 | Election seating! style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2 | Lost! style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2 | Won! style="text-align:center;" colspan=2 | Present seating|-! style="text-align:center;" | Seats! style="text-align:center;" | %! style="text-align:center;" | Seats! style="text-align:center;" | %|-|  | style="text-align:left;" | Social Democratic Party| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 110| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 33.33%| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 6| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 1| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 105| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 31.81%|-|  | style="text-align:left;" | National Liberal Party| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 93| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 28.18%| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 16| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 2| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 79| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 23.93%|-| ! style="background-color: #00AAE7" | | style="text-align:left;" | Save Romania Union| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 55| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 16.66%| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 0| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 0| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 55| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 16.66%|- | ! style="background-color: " | | style="text-align:left;" | Alliance for the Union of Romanians| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 33| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 10%| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 5| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 1| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 29| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 8.78%|-|  | style="text-align:left;" | Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 21| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 6.36%| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 1| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 0| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 20| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 6.06%|-| ! style="background-color: #000000" | | style="text-align:left;" | Parties of ethnic minorities| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 18| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 5.45%| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 0| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 0| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 18| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 5.45%|-|  | style="text-align:left;" | Force of the Right| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | —| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | —| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 1| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 14| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 13| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 3.93%|-| ! style="background-color: #0066B6" | | style="text-align:left;" | Social Liberal Humanist Party| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | —| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | —| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 0| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 4| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 4| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 1.21%|-|  | style="text-align:left;" | Independents| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | —| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | —| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 0| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 3| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 3| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 0.90%|- | ! style="background-color: " | | style="text-align:left;" | Romanian Nationhood Party| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | —| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | —| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 0| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 1| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 1| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 0.73%|-| ! style="background-color: " | | style="text-align:left;" | Alliance for the Homeland| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | —| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | —| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 0| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 1| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 1| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 0.73%|-! align=left colspan=2|Total! 330! 100! colspan=2 | —! 330! 100|}

Notes:

¹ FD did not exist at the time of the 2020 legislative elections. All deputies were elected on PNL's list.

² All deputies of PUSL were elected on PSD's list.

³ The PNR deputy was elected on AUR's list.

Senate

The President of the Senate for this legislature was initially Anca Dragu (USR), from December 2020 until her removal from office on 23 November 2021, being shortly afterwards replaced by Florin Cîțu (PNL).^{[10] [11]}

|- ! style="text-align:center;" colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Party! style="text-align:center;" colspan=2 | Election seating! style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2 | Lost! style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2 | Won! style="text-align:center;" colspan=2 | Present seating|-! style="text-align:center;" | Seats! style="text-align:center;" | %! style="text-align:center;" | Seats! style="text-align:center;" | %|-|  | style="text-align:left;" | Social Democratic Party| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 47| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 34.55%| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 1| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 0| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 46| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 33.82%|-|  | style="text-align:left;" | National Liberal Party| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 41| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 30.14%| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 3| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 0| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 38| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 27.94%|-| ! style="background-color: #00AAE7" | | style="text-align:left;" | Save Romania Union| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 25| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 18.38%| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 0| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 0| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 25| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 18.38%|- | ! style="background-color: " | | style="text-align:left;" | Alliance for the Union of Romanians| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 14| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 10.29%| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 1| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 0| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 13| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 9.56%|-|  | style="text-align:left;" | Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 9| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 6.61%| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 0| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 0| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 9| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 6.61%|-|  | style="text-align:left;" | Force of the Right¹| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | —| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | —| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 0| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 3| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 3| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 2.20%|-| ! style="background-color: #0066B6" | | style="text-align:left;" | Social Liberal Humanist Party²| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | —| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | —| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 0| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 1| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 1| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 0.73%|- | ! style="background-color: " | | style="text-align:left;" | Romanian Nationhood Party³| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | —| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | —| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 0| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 1| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 1| style="text-align:right;vertical-align:top;" | 0.73%|-! align=left colspan=2|Total! 136! 100! colspan=2 | —! 136! 100|}

Notes:

¹ FD did not exist at the time of the 2020 legislative elections. All senators were elected on PNL's list.

² The PUSL senator was elected on PSD's list.

³ The PNR senator was elected on AUR's list.

See also

• Parliament of Romania
• Politics of Romania
• List of members of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania (2020–2024)

Notes and References

1. Web site: ParliamentaryElection2020/BEC-final results:Senate: PSD 29.32%, PNL 25.58%; Chamber of Deputies: PSD 28.90%, PNL 25.19% . 2022-02-10 . AGERPRES.
2. Web site: Guvernul PNL - USR-PLUS - UDMR a trecut de votul Parlamentului / Cîțu: Mulțumesc milioanelor de români care au susținut această coaliție . 2022-02-10 . HotNews.
3. Web site: USR și PLUS au fuzionat. Decizia Curții de Apel București, definitivă. Noul partid se pregătește de Congres . 2022-02-10 . Digi24.
4. Web site: 2021: Cronologia unei crize politice inutile. Când PNL se certa cu USR, morgile erau pline . 2022-02-10 . stirileprotv.ro.
5. Web site: Ludovic Orban și-a înființat un nou partid. Cum se numește formațiunea politică . 2022-02-10 . Antena 3.
6. Web site: Orban: Mi-am depus demisia de la șefia Camerei Deputaților. Gruparea demolatoare cu sprijinul lui Iohannis calcă în picioare democrația . Digi24 . 13 October 2021 . ro . 2022-02-10 .
7. Web site: Marcel Ciolacu este noul președinte al Camerei Deputaților: 217 voturi "pentru" . 2022-02-10 . Mediafax.
8. Web site: Florin Roman preia conducerea Camerei Deputaților pentru următoarele două săptămâni . 2022-02-10 . Antena 3.
9. Web site: Sorin Grindeanu devine preşedinte interimar al Camerei Deputaţilor. Marcel Ciolacu: „Mă bucur că a reuşit să creeze o majoritate” . 2022-02-10 . Digi24.
10. Web site: Florin Cîțu este noul președinte al Senatului. "Mulțumesc pentru vot colegilor și coaliției pentru susținere" . 2022-02-10 . Mediafax.
11. Web site: Anca Dragu, după ce pierdut șefia Senatului: Prima grijă a noului USL a fost să asigure o funcție pentru partid/ Această funcție are nevoie de stabilitate și continuitate pentru a preveni abuzurile puterii care se coagulează conjunctural . 2022-02-10 . G4Media.