Candidates and Candidacies during General Elections in Romania, 1926-1928
Candidates and Candidacies during General Elections in Romania, 1926-1928

Summary/Abstract: This study represents a synopsis of the research conducted during the ”Parliamentary Elites and the Electoral Dynamic (1918-1937)” grant funded by C.N.C.S.I.S., from 2008 to 2009, under the supervision of professor Florin Müller. In the present study, we suggest a fresh approach to the Romanian interwar political elite, an analysis of selection strategies of candidates for obtaining membership in the Chamber of Deputies and in the Senate. All candidates in the general elections that took place between 1922 and 1928, for the Chamber of Deputies and for the Senate, were introduced in a database containing information about the politician’s name, the district for which he stood for election, the political party to which he belonged at the moment of the elections, the political party/bloc/group on whose list he appeared, his position on the list, his profession, nationality, age. The data came to light by comparing results inside the same election, and during consecutive elections, and, finally, reuniting the three analyzed elections. We have extended the research to all parties from the political spectrum (centre, centre-left, left, far-right and far-left), including the non-parliamentary ones. In conclusion, the results have shown that between 1926-1928, 3655 candidates were registered in the electoral race for the Chamber of Deputies and 1214 candidates for the upper Body. For both Houses of Parliament, 7496 candidates were registered.

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