General elections were held in Romania on 27 September 1992, with a second round of the presidential election on 11 October. They were the first held after the adoption of a permanent constitution via a referendum held the previous winter. Incumbent President

Ion Iliescu Ion Iliescu (; born 3 March 1930) is a Romanian politician and engineer who served as the second president of Romania from 1989 until 1996 and from 2000 until 2004. Between 1996 and 2000 and also from 2004 to 2008, the year in which he retired, ...

led the field in the first round, but was forced into a run off with

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, candidate of the oppositional

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(CDR). Constantinescu ran on a quicker transition to a

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and purging remaining communist influence from the government. He benefited from a marked downturn in Iliescu's popularity tied to both high unemployment and concerns that Iliescu was wavering in his commitment to democracy. Despite this, opinion polls ahead of the runoff suggested that Iliescu was favoured for a second full term. Not only was it believed that his 16-point first-round lead was too large for Constantinescu to overcome, but most of the minor candidates were expected to eventually offer their support to Iliescu in the second round. In the end, Iliescu was reelected with 61 percent of the vote. The 1992 Romanian presidential election was the second of its kind held in post-1989 Romania. In the parliamentary election, Iliescu's

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(FDSN), which had split off from the National Salvation Front (FSN) earlier in the year, emerged as the largest party in Parliament, winning 117 of the 341 seats in the

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and 49 of the 143 seats in the

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Presidential candidates

Participating candidates

Withdrawn candidates

Results

President

Romanian presidential election 1992 - Iliescu

Romanian presidential election 1992 - Constantinescu

Romanian presidential election 1992 - Funar

Gheorghe Funar and Ioan Mânzatu openly endorsed Ion Iliescu in the second round.

Parliament

Senate

Chamber of Deputies

References

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