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1939 Romanian general election

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Field	Value
country	Kingdom of Romania
type	legislative
previous_election	1937 Romanian general election
previous_year	1937
next_year	1946 (C) →
1990 (S)
seats_for_election	All 258 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
All 88 seats in the Senate
election_date	1–2 June 1939
image1	Armand Calinescu.jpg
leader1	Armand Călinescu
party1	FRN
color1	000080
popular_vote1	1,587,514
percentage1	100%
seats1	258 C / 88 S
seat_change1	- C / - S
title	Prime Minister
posttitle	Subsequent Prime Minister
before_election	Armand Călinescu
after_election	Armand Călinescu
before_party	FRN
after_party	FRN

1990 (S) All 88 seats in the Senate General elections were held in Romania in June 1939. The Chamber of Deputies was elected on 1 June, and the Senate on the following day.

Electoral system

The new electoral system saw voters elect candidates in eleven constituencies. The number of seats for each group was the same in every constituency, even if the number of voters was different, leading to the over-representation of some groups, including the Industry and Commerce group.

The voting age was also raised from 21 to 30,

Results

Chamber of Deputies

Senate

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1591 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
They were the first elections since the introduction of the royal dictatorship of [[Carol II of Romania. King Carol II]] under the [[1938 Constitution of Romania. 1938 constitution]]. Voters were presented with a single list from the [[National Renaissance Front]], which had been the only legally permitted party in Romania since December.Nohlen & Stöver, p1603
Within the constituencies voters and candidates were divided into groups based on their occupations, and could only vote or stand in those groups. Each constituency having between five and ten seats per occupational group.Nohlen & Stöver, p1582

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