The Chamber of Deputies (Romanian: Camera Deputaţilor) is the lower house in Romania's bicameral parliament. It has 343 seats, to which deputies are elected by direct popular vote on a proportional representation basis to serve four-year terms.
2000 elections
Elections to the Chamber of Deputies were held on November 26, 2000, in which the Social Democratic Party of Romania (PSD) won an overall majority. The distribution of seats was as follows:
| Party
| % of seats
| seats
|
| PSD
| 44.93
| 155
|
| PRM
| 24.35
| 84
|
| PD
| 8.99
| 31
|
| PNL
| 8.70
| 30
|
| UDMR
| 7.83
| 27
|
| Minorities
| 5.22
| 18
|
2004 elections
In Romania's 2004 legislative election, held on November 28, the PSD again won the largest number of seats but faced a significantly reduced majority.
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