2020 President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania election explained

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.

Electoral system

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.