A particular electoral system
Un sistem electoral de factură particulară

Summary/Abstract: The parliamentary elections of November 2-9, 1919, were the first collective experience of democracy in the Romanian political space. It was based, after more than five decades of census electoral practice, on the mechanism of universal (male) voting, enshrined in the Constitution in 1917. The use of proportional representation for the election of 60% of deputies was a real electoral revolution. In November 1919, the first election in the history of the country was organized, attended by the inhabitants of all Romanian provinces. The texts below analyze the electoral mechanisms and procedures used, as well as their political effects.

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