Election-night countSun 18 Mar, 21:00 → Mon 19 Mar, 18:00 Polling night Precedent: based on the last election18–19 MarElection-night count: Sun 18 Mar, 21:00 → Mon 19 Mar, 18:00, precedent.
Intermediate count
Intermediate countTue 20 Mar, 00:00 → Fri 23 Mar, 23:59 Days 1–5 after polls close Precedent: based on the last election20–23 MarIntermediate count: Tue 20 Mar, 00:00 → Fri 23 Mar, 23:59, precedent.
Final result
Final resultFri 23 Mar, 00:00 → Fri 6 Apr, 23:59 Days 4–19 after polls close Precedent: based on the last election23 Mar – 6 AprFinal result: Fri 23 Mar, 00:00 → Fri 6 Apr, 23:59, precedent.
announced set by law or the authorityprecedent from the last electionestimate our estimateBucharest time. Polls close in 905 days.
Government. Days from polling day to the government's swearing-in: 2020, 6 Dec to 23 Dec 2020 (17; election date from Wikipedia; swearing-in 23 Dec 2020 at 20:00, gds.ro 23 Dec 2020); 2024, 1 Dec to 23 Dec 2024 (22; Europa Liberă, 23 Dec 2024). Press, not checked against gov.ro. Both governments were formed in a joint sitting of both chambers; the stage sits on the Chamber race only. A government market needs a deadline well beyond the longest precedent; the 60-day dissolution clause (art. 89) is the formal backstop. Not before . Precedents: 17 and 22 days from polling day.
Stage windows and their sources 4 stages, each cited
Election-night count
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Voting runs 07:00-21:00 local; voters queuing at 21:00 may vote until 23:59 (Legea 208/2015 arts. 82(3), 88); abroad voting also runs on the Saturday (art. 6(1)). On 18 Mar 2029 Romania is on EET (UTC+2; summer time starts 25 Mar 2029), so polls close 19:00 UTC. DATE WORKING (tentative): the Parliament elected on 1 Dec 2024 legally met on Fri 20 Dec 2024 (presidential decree of 11 Dec 2024, presidency.ro), and members take up their mandate on that day (Constitution art. 70(1)), so the four-year mandate (art. 63(1)) expires on 20 Dec 2028. Art. 63(2) requires the election 'în cel mult 3 luni de la expirarea mandatului', i.e. by Tue 20 Mar 2029; polling can only be a Sunday (Legea 208/2015 art. 6(1)), so the latest permitted day is Sun 18 Mar 2029, used here. The law sets no earliest day. PRECEDENT points earlier: the last three regular elections were held before the mandate expired, on 11 Dec 2016, 6 Dec 2020 and 1 Dec 2024 (2016/2020 dates from Wikipedia). The Government sets the date by decision published at least 90 days ahead (art. 6(2)). An early election after a dissolution (art. 89) would change everything. 2024 precedent (1 Dec 2024): Radio România (2 Dec 2024, 13:20) reported more than 98% of polling-station records processed by 05:00 on 2 Dec; the BEC's official partial results were at 09:00 (Chamber 59.61% of 19,919 polling stations, Senate 59.17%, news.ro 2 Dec 2024) and 12:00 (Chamber 84.29%) on Monday (BEC communiqués Comunicat_1RP-4RP, parlamentare2024.bec.ro/rezultate/). The window closes at 18:00 EET Monday. Provisional, not the BEC's result.
Intermediate count
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Legea 208/2015 art. 94(1)-(2): each constituency electoral bureau sends its totals to the BEC within 24 hours of receiving the polling-station files; the BEC then determines, separately for each chamber, which parties and alliances meet the electoral threshold (5% nationally or 20% in at least four constituencies for a party). Constituency bureaus allocate seats only after that (art. 94(4)). 2024 precedent: the BEC's national vote totals for the Senate and the Chamber (RFS_1, RFCD_1) and its threshold press release (CP_47) are dated Wed 4 Dec 2024 by the server (15:55-16:02 UTC), day 3 (parlamentare2024.bec.ro). The opening (Tuesday 00:00 EET) is an ESTIMATED floor; the window closes at the end of Friday 23 Mar 2029, EET, two days past precedent. Vote totals, not yet the seat allocation.
Final result
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The BEC draws up the final records per chamber and sends them to the Senate and the Chamber for validation (Legea 208/2015 art. 96(2)), and 'publică rezultatele alegerilor în Monitorul Oficial al României, Partea I, în termen util, pentru respectarea prevederilor art. 63 alin. (3) din Constituţia României' (art. 97): the new Parliament must meet within 20 days of the election (Constitution art. 63(3)), i.e. by Sat 7 Apr 2029. Requests to annul the election in a polling station or constituency go to the BEC within 48 hours of the close and are decided within 3 days (art. 12(3)). 2024 precedent: national seat distribution (RM_1) on 6 Dec 2024; final records for the Senate and the Chamber (RF_2, RF_3) dated 7 Dec 2024 by the server (18:24 UTC), day 6; published in Monitorul Oficial nr. 1237, Partea I, of 10 Dec 2024, day 9 (ziuaconstanta.ro, 11 Dec 2024). The opening (Friday 23 Mar 2029, 00:00 EET, day 5) is an ESTIMATED floor; the window closes at the end of Fri 6 Apr 2029, EEST (UTC+3), day 19, the last day before the constitutional meeting deadline. The chambers validate their members' mandates themselves; no court confirms the result, so there is no court-validation stage.
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Constitution art. 103: after consulting the party with an absolute majority, or else the parties in Parliament, the President designates a candidate for prime minister, who must ask for Parliament's confidence 'în termen de 10 zile de la desemnare'; the programme and list are debated in joint session and need a majority of all deputies and senators. Art. 85(1): the President then appoints the government. No vote before the new Parliament meets (art. 63(3), art. 70(1)), which cannot happen before the BEC's result; the floor is this file's ESTIMATED earliest final result, not a fixed date. Art. 89(1): if no confidence is granted within 60 days of the first request and after at least two rejected requests, the President may dissolve Parliament. 2024 precedent: Parliament met on 20 Dec 2024 (decree of 11 Dec 2024, presidency.ro); the government won the confidence vote and was sworn in on 23 Dec 2024, day 22 (Europa Liberă, 23 Dec 2024).
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Election-night countSun 18 Mar, 21:00 → Mon 19 Mar, 18:00 Polling night Precedent: based on the last election18–19 MarElection-night count: Sun 18 Mar, 21:00 → Mon 19 Mar, 18:00, precedent.
Intermediate count
Intermediate countTue 20 Mar, 00:00 → Fri 23 Mar, 23:59 Days 1–5 after polls close Precedent: based on the last election20–23 MarIntermediate count: Tue 20 Mar, 00:00 → Fri 23 Mar, 23:59, precedent.
Final result
Final resultFri 23 Mar, 00:00 → Fri 6 Apr, 23:59 Days 4–19 after polls close Precedent: based on the last election23 Mar – 6 AprFinal result: Fri 23 Mar, 00:00 → Fri 6 Apr, 23:59, precedent.
announced set by law or the authorityprecedent from the last electionestimate our estimateBucharest time. Polls close in 905 days.Stage windows and their sources 3 stages, each cited
Election-night count
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Voting runs 07:00-21:00 local; voters queuing at 21:00 may vote until 23:59 (Legea 208/2015 arts. 82(3), 88); abroad voting also runs on the Saturday (art. 6(1)). On 18 Mar 2029 Romania is on EET (UTC+2; summer time starts 25 Mar 2029), so polls close 19:00 UTC. DATE WORKING (tentative): the Parliament elected on 1 Dec 2024 legally met on Fri 20 Dec 2024 (presidential decree of 11 Dec 2024, presidency.ro), and members take up their mandate on that day (Constitution art. 70(1)), so the four-year mandate (art. 63(1)) expires on 20 Dec 2028. Art. 63(2) requires the election 'în cel mult 3 luni de la expirarea mandatului', i.e. by Tue 20 Mar 2029; polling can only be a Sunday (Legea 208/2015 art. 6(1)), so the latest permitted day is Sun 18 Mar 2029, used here. The law sets no earliest day. PRECEDENT points earlier: the last three regular elections were held before the mandate expired, on 11 Dec 2016, 6 Dec 2020 and 1 Dec 2024 (2016/2020 dates from Wikipedia). The Government sets the date by decision published at least 90 days ahead (art. 6(2)). An early election after a dissolution (art. 89) would change everything. 2024 precedent (1 Dec 2024): Radio România (2 Dec 2024, 13:20) reported more than 98% of polling-station records processed by 05:00 on 2 Dec; the BEC's official partial results were at 09:00 (Chamber 59.61% of 19,919 polling stations, Senate 59.17%, news.ro 2 Dec 2024) and 12:00 (Chamber 84.29%) on Monday (BEC communiqués Comunicat_1RP-4RP, parlamentare2024.bec.ro/rezultate/). The window closes at 18:00 EET Monday. Provisional, not the BEC's result.
Intermediate count
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Legea 208/2015 art. 94(1)-(2): each constituency electoral bureau sends its totals to the BEC within 24 hours of receiving the polling-station files; the BEC then determines, separately for each chamber, which parties and alliances meet the electoral threshold (5% nationally or 20% in at least four constituencies for a party). Constituency bureaus allocate seats only after that (art. 94(4)). 2024 precedent: the BEC's national vote totals for the Senate and the Chamber (RFS_1, RFCD_1) and its threshold press release (CP_47) are dated Wed 4 Dec 2024 by the server (15:55-16:02 UTC), day 3 (parlamentare2024.bec.ro). The opening (Tuesday 00:00 EET) is an ESTIMATED floor; the window closes at the end of Friday 23 Mar 2029, EET, two days past precedent. Vote totals, not yet the seat allocation.
Final result
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The BEC draws up the final records per chamber and sends them to the Senate and the Chamber for validation (Legea 208/2015 art. 96(2)), and 'publică rezultatele alegerilor în Monitorul Oficial al României, Partea I, în termen util, pentru respectarea prevederilor art. 63 alin. (3) din Constituţia României' (art. 97): the new Parliament must meet within 20 days of the election (Constitution art. 63(3)), i.e. by Sat 7 Apr 2029. Requests to annul the election in a polling station or constituency go to the BEC within 48 hours of the close and are decided within 3 days (art. 12(3)). 2024 precedent: national seat distribution (RM_1) on 6 Dec 2024; final records for the Senate and the Chamber (RF_2, RF_3) dated 7 Dec 2024 by the server (18:24 UTC), day 6; published in Monitorul Oficial nr. 1237, Partea I, of 10 Dec 2024, day 9 (ziuaconstanta.ro, 11 Dec 2024). The opening (Friday 23 Mar 2029, 00:00 EET, day 5) is an ESTIMATED floor; the window closes at the end of Fri 6 Apr 2029, EEST (UTC+3), day 19, the last day before the constitutional meeting deadline. The chambers validate their members' mandates themselves; no court confirms the result, so there is no court-validation stage.
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Provenance: researcher agent 2026-09-25: Constitution of Romania arts. 63, 70, 85, 89, 103 (presidency.ro), Legea nr. 208/2015 arts. 6, 12, 82, 88, 94, 96, 97 (2015 text via lege5.ro; consolidation of 11 Nov 2020 via sts.ro), BEC 2024 site parlamentare2024.bec.ro (results page, communiqués, file dates), presidency.ro decree release of 11 Dec 2024, press on 2024 timings (Radio România, news.ro, ziuaconstanta.ro, Europa Liberă, gds.ro), Wikipedia for 2016/2020 election dates (CC BY 4.0 (Election Index)). Last verified 2026-09-25.
Questions and answers
When is the Romania legislative election 2029?
Polling day is 2029-03-18, not yet officially confirmed.
When will the final result of the Chamber of Deputies race be official?
Expected between 2029-03-22T22:00:00Z and 2029-04-06T20:59:59Z (UTC), confidence precedent. The BEC draws up the final records per chamber and sends them to the Senate and the Chamber for validation (Legea 208/2015 art. 96(2)), and 'publică rezultatele alegerilor în Monitorul Oficial al României, Partea I, în termen util, pentru respectarea prevederilor art. 63 alin. (3) din Constituţia României' (art. 97): the new Parliament must meet within 20 days of the election (Constitution art. 63(3)), i.e. by Sat 7 Apr 2029. Requests to annul the election in a polling station or constituency go to the BEC within 48 hours of the close and are decided within 3 days (art. 12(3)). 2024 precedent: national seat distribution (RM_1) on 6 Dec 2024; final records for the Senate and the Chamber (RF_2, RF_3) dated 7 Dec 2024 by the server (18:24 UTC), day 6; published in Monitorul Oficial nr. 1237, Partea I, of 10 Dec 2024, day 9 (ziuaconstanta.ro, 11 Dec 2024). The opening (Friday 23 Mar 2029, 00:00 EET, day 5) is an ESTIMATED floor; the window closes at the end of Fri 6 Apr 2029, EEST (UTC+3), day 19, the last day before the constitutional meeting deadline. The chambers validate their members' mandates themselves; no court confirms the result, so there is no court-validation stage.
When will the final result of the Senate race be official?
Expected between 2029-03-22T22:00:00Z and 2029-04-06T20:59:59Z (UTC), confidence precedent. The BEC draws up the final records per chamber and sends them to the Senate and the Chamber for validation (Legea 208/2015 art. 96(2)), and 'publică rezultatele alegerilor în Monitorul Oficial al României, Partea I, în termen util, pentru respectarea prevederilor art. 63 alin. (3) din Constituţia României' (art. 97): the new Parliament must meet within 20 days of the election (Constitution art. 63(3)), i.e. by Sat 7 Apr 2029. Requests to annul the election in a polling station or constituency go to the BEC within 48 hours of the close and are decided within 3 days (art. 12(3)). 2024 precedent: national seat distribution (RM_1) on 6 Dec 2024; final records for the Senate and the Chamber (RF_2, RF_3) dated 7 Dec 2024 by the server (18:24 UTC), day 6; published in Monitorul Oficial nr. 1237, Partea I, of 10 Dec 2024, day 9 (ziuaconstanta.ro, 11 Dec 2024). The opening (Friday 23 Mar 2029, 00:00 EET, day 5) is an ESTIMATED floor; the window closes at the end of Fri 6 Apr 2029, EEST (UTC+3), day 19, the last day before the constitutional meeting deadline. The chambers validate their members' mandates themselves; no court confirms the result, so there is no court-validation stage.
Where are the official Chamber of Deputies results?
Romania legislative election 2029