2021 President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania election

2021 election of the president of the Chamber of Deputies
Turnout	90.30%
President before election; Ludovic Orban (before October 2021); PNL	Elected President ; Marcel Ciolacu; PSD

Elections for the president of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania took place on 23 November 2021. The previous president, Ludovic Orban, elected in 2020, resigned on 13 October 2021 after losing the presidency of the PNL to Florin Cîțu, in the midst of the 2021 Romanian political crisis.^[1]

The PSD candidate Marcel Ciolacu, supported by the PNL and the UDMR as part of the then-new parliamentary majority, became the new Chamber president.^[2]

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.

Results


Candidate		Party	Support	Votes	%
	Marcel Ciolacu	PSD	PNL, UDMR	216	65.46%
	Cristina Prună	USR	FD	77	23.34%
	Abstentions	AUR	-	32	9.69%
	Did not vote	—	-	5	1.51%
Total				330	100.00%

References

^ "Orban: Mi-am depus demisia de la șefia Camerei Deputaților. Gruparea demolatoare cu sprijinul lui Iohannis calcă în picioare democrația". Digi24 (in Romanian). 13 October 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
^ "Marcel Ciolacu este noul președinte al Camerei Deputaților: 217 voturi "pentru"".

[1] "Orban: Mi-am depus demisia de la șefia Camerei Deputaților. Gruparea demolatoare cu sprijinul lui Iohannis calcă în picioare democrația". Digi24 (in Romanian). 13 October 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2022.

[2] "Marcel Ciolacu este noul președinte al Camerei Deputaților: 217 voturi "pentru"".

[1]

[2]