Parliamentary elections timetable
The government has established the timetable for the parliamentary elections due on December 1.
Ştefan Stoica, 22.08.2024, 14:00
The election marathon in Romania started on June 9, when the citizens decided who would represent them in the European Parliament and who would lead, in the next 4 years, the town halls and the local and county councils. After the European Parliament and local elections in mid-2024, the end of the year will bring the two main electoral competitions, the presidential and parliamentary elections. The parliamentary elections will take place on December 1, on the very National Day, and will be framed by the two rounds of the presidential election. On Wednesday, the executive, which is responsible for organizing the elections, set the timetable for the December 1 parliamentary elections.
The election campaign will start a month earlier, on November 1, and will end on November 30, at 7:00 am. Romanians in the country will vote between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. For the Romanian citizens in the Diaspora, the voting will start on November 30, at 7:00 a.m. and will end on December 1, at 9:00 p.m., so they will have two days to express their options. The deadline for submitting to the Central Electoral Bureau the protocol for establishing an electoral alliance is September 10. September 16 is the deadline by which voters with their domicile in the country and with the residence abroad, as well as those with their domicile abroad, can register in the Electoral Register, with their address from abroad, for the option of voting in a polling station.
By October 2, the lists of candidates and independent candidacies for the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies will be submitted to the electoral constituency for the Romanian citizens with their domicile or residence outside the country. By the same date the lists of candidates of the organizations of citizens belonging to national minorities will be submitted for all electoral constituencies. On the other hand, October 17 is the date by which voters with their domicile in the country and with the residence abroad, as well as those with their domicile abroad can register in the Electoral Register with the address from abroad with the option of postal voting and online on the website votStrainatate.ro.
Also by October 17, political parties, political alliances, electoral alliances or organizations of citizens belonging to national minorities can submit their lists of candidates and independent candidacies to the country’s electoral constituencies. October 22 is the deadline for establishing and submitting electoral signs to the Central Electoral Bureau. Establishing the air time for the candidates to the parliamentary elections will be done by October 31. We remind you that, in June, the Social Democratic Party – PSD won the most town halls and county and local councils, and the social democrats and their governing partners, the liberals, obtained more than half of the MEP seats. (LS)
