be held NA November/December
2000); prime minister appointed by the president
election results: percent of vote - Emil CONSTANTINESCU 54.4%, Ion
ILIESCU 45.6%

Legislative branch: bicameral Parliament or Parlament consists of the
Senate or Senat (143 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote
on a proportional representation basis to serve four-year terms) and
the Chamber of Deputies or Adunarea Deputatilor (343 seats; members
are elected by direct popular vote on a proportional representation
basis to serve four-year terms)
elections: Senate - last held 3 November 1996 (next to be held fall
2000); Chamber of Deputies - last held 3 November 1996 (next to be
held fall 2000)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - CDR 30.7%, PDSR
23.1%, USD 13.2%, UDMR 6.8%, PRM 4.5%, PUNR 4.2%, others 17.5%; seats
by party - CDR 53, PDSR 41, USD 23, UDMR 11, PRM 8, PUNR 7; Chamber of
Deputies - percent of vote by party - CDR 30.2%, PDSR 21.5%, USD
12.9%, UDMR 6.6% PRM 4.5%, PUNR 4.4%, others 19.9%; seats by party -
CDR 122, PDSR 91, USD 53, UDMR 25, PRM 19, PUNR 18, ethnic minorities
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Judicial branch: Supreme Court of Justice, judges are appointed by the
president on the recommendation of the Superior Council of Magistrates

Political parties and leaders: Agrarian Democratic Party of Romania or
PDAR ; Alliance Party for Romania or APR [Tedor
MELESCANU]; Civic Alliance Party or PAC ;
Democratic Party or PD ; Democratic Union of Hungarians
in Romania or UDMR ; Liberal Party '93 or PL-93 [Dinu
PATRICIU]; National Liberal Party or PNL ;
National Liberal Party-Democratic Convention or PNL-CD [Nicolae
CERVENI]; National Peasants' Christian and Democratic Party or PNTCD
; Party of Social Democracy in Romania or PDSR [Ion
ILIESCU]; Romania Mare Party (Greater Romanian Party) or PRM [Corneliu
Vadim TUDOR]; Romanian National Unity Party or PUNR ;
Romanian Social Democratic Party or PSDR ;
Socialist Labor Party or PSM ; Socialist Party or PS
; The Democratic Convention or CDR
note: to increase their voting strength several of the above-mentioned
parties united under umbrella organizations: PNTCD, PNL, and PNL-CD
form the bulk of the Democratic Convention or CDR ; PD
and PSDR form the Union of Social Democrats or USD ; and
PAC and PL-93 form the National Liberal Alliance or ANL [Nicolae
MANOLESCU]; PSM, PS, ANL, and numerous other small parties failed to
gain representation in the most recent election

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