Senate
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upper house of the Romanian Parliament
Key facts
- Type
- Upper house of the Parliament of Romania
- President
- Mircea Abrudean , PNL , since 24 June 2025
- Seats
- 134 (+2 vacant)
- Political groups
- Government (caretaker) (51) PNL (22) USR (19) UDMR (10) Opposition (83) PSD (36) AUR (28) PACE (11) Independents (8)
- Voting system
- 1992–2008; 2016–present: Closed list , D'Hondt method 2008–2016: nominal vote, mixed member proportional representation
- Last election
- 1 December 2024
- Next election
- On or before 26 November 2028
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- assembly
- Part of
- Parliament of Romania
- Country
- Romania
- Headquarters
- Palace of the Parliament
- Chairperson
- Mircea Abrudean
- Official website
- www.senat.ro
- Image
- Saeimas priekšsēdētāja vizīte Rumānijā.jpg
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- number of seats
- 171
- topic's main category
- Category:Senate of Romania
- Commons category
- Senate of Romania
- applies to jurisdiction
- Romania
- native label
- Senatul României
- inception
- 1864-12-06
- position held by head of the organization
- President of the Senate of Romania
- different from
- Senat
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Encyclopedic overview
The Senate (Romanian: Senat) is the upper house in the bicameral Parliament of Romania. It has 136 seats (before the 2016 parliamentary election the total number of elected representatives was 176), to which members are elected by direct popular vote using party-list proportional representation in 43 electoral districts (the 41 counties, the city of Bucharest plus 1 constituency for the Romanians living abroad), to serve four-year terms.
History
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