Election Name: | 2020 election of the president of the Chamber of Deputies |
After Election: | Ludovic Orban |
Before Party: | Social Democratic Party (Romania) |
Before Election: | Marcel Ciolacu |
President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania | |
Map Size: | 300px |
Percentage2: | 38.07% |
Popular Vote2: | 110 |
Party2: | PSD |
Nominee2: | Alfred Simonis |
Colour2: | ED262B |
Percentage1: | 61.93% |
Country: | Romania |
Popular Vote1: | 179 |
Party1: | PNL |
Nominee1: | Ludovic Orban |
Colour1: | FFDD00 |
Image1: | File:Ludovic Orban, EPP Summit, Sibiu, May 2019 (cropped).jpg |
Election Date: | 22 December 2020 |
Next Year: | 2021 |
Next Election: | 2021 President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania election |
Previous Year: | 2019 |
Previous Election: | 2019 President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania election |
Party Colour: | no |
Ongoing: | no |
Type: | presidential |
After Party: | PNL |
The president of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania is the deputy elected to preside over the meetings in the lower chamber of the Parliament of Romania. The president is also the president of the Standing Bureau of the Chamber of Deputies, and the second in the presidential line of succession, after the president of the Senate.
The president of the Chamber of Deputies is elected by secret ballot with the majority of votes of the deputies. If none of the candidates receives the absolute majority of votes, the first two compete again in a second ballot, and the one with most of the votes wins.