2021 President of the Senate of Romania election

The President of the Senate of Romania is the senator elected to preside over the Senate meetings. The president of the Senate is also the president of the Standing Bureau of the Senate and the first person in the presidential line of succession.

Election of the President of Senate, 2021

23 November 2021
Turnout91.17%
 
Nominee Florin Cîțu Anca Dragu
Party PNL USR
Popular vote 82 25
Percentage 76.64% 23.36%


President before election

Anca Dragu
USR

Elected President

Florin Cîțu
PNL

Electoral system

The President of the Senate is elected by secret ballot with the majority of votes from the Senators. If none of the candidates obtains the necessary votes, the first two compete again, and the one with most of the votes wins.

Results

Candidate Party Support Votes %
Florin Cîțu PNL PSD, UDMR 82 60.29%
Anca Dragu USR - 25 18.38%
Abstentions N/A AUR, FL 17 12.50%
Abstentions N/A - 12 8.83%
Total 136 100.00%

References

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