1931 Romanian general election

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1931 Romanian general election

| country = Kingdom of Romania

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = no

| turnout = 72.48%

| previous_election = 1928 Romanian general election

| previous_year = 1928

| previous_mps =

| next_election = 1932 Romanian general election

| next_year = 1932

| next_mps =

| seats_for_election = All 387 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
All 113 seats in the Senate

| election_date = 1–8 June 1931

| image_size = 130x130px

| image1 = Ion Gheorghe Duca - Foto02.jpg

| leader1 = Ion Duca

| leader_since1 = 28 December 1930
(PNL-Duca)

| leaders_seat1 =

| last_election1 = –

| party1_name = no

| party1 = National Union

| color1 = FFE101

| popular_vote1 = 1,389,901 D

| percentage1 = 48.86%

| seats1 = 108 S / 289 D

| seat_change1 = New

| swing1 = New

| image2 = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-2000-0518-507, Julius Maniu.jpg

| leader2 = Iuliu Maniu

| leader_since2 = 10 October 1926
(party foundation)

| leaders_seat2 =

| last_election2 = 105 S / 348 D

| party2 = National Peasants' Party

| popular_vote2 = 438,747 D

| percentage2 = 15.42%

| seats2 = 1 S / 30 D

| seat_change2 = {{nowrap|{{decrease}} 104 S / {{decrease}} 296 D}}

| swing2 = {{decrease}}63.8pp

| image3 = Gh. I. Bratianu.jpg

| leader3 = Gheorghe Brătianu

| leader_since3 = 15 June 1930
(party foundation)

| last_election3 = –

| party3 = National Liberal Party–Brătianu

| seats3 = 0 S / 12 D

| seat_change3 = New

| popular_vote3 = 173,586 D

| percentage3 = 6.10%

| swing3 = New

| image4 = Le_général_Averescu%2C_commandant_du_1er_corps_d'armée_roumain.jpg

| leader4 = Alexandru Averescu

| leader_since4 = 3 April 1918
(party foundation)

| last_election4 = 0 S / 5 D

| party4 = People's Party (interwar Romania)

| seats4 = 0 S / 10 D

| seat_change4 = {{steady}} 0 S / {{increase}} 5 D

| popular_vote4 = 141,141 D

| percentage4 = 4.96%

| swing4 = {{increase}}2.5pp

| image5 = Gy%C3%B6rgy_Bethlen.jpg

| leader5 = György Bethlen

| leader_since5 = 1 April 1926

| last_election5 = 0 S / 16 D

| party5 = Magyar Party (Romania)

| seats5 = 0 S / 10 D

| seat_change5 = {{steady}} 0 S / {{decrease}} 6 D

| popular_vote5 = 139,003 D

| percentage5 = 4.89%

| swing5 = {{decrease}}1.3pp

| image6 = A.c_cuza.jpg

| leader6 = A. C. Cuza

| leader_since6 = March 1923
(party foundation)

| last_election6 = 0 S / 0 D

| party6 = National-Christian Defense League

| seats6 = 0 S / 8 D

| seat_change6 = {{steady}} 0 S / {{increase}} 8 D

| popular_vote6 = 113,863 D

| percentage6 = 4.00%

| swing6 = {{increase}}2.8pp

| title = Prime Minister

| posttitle = Subsequent Prime Minister

| before_election = Nicolae Iorga

| before_party = PND

| after_election = Nicolae Iorga

| after_party = PND

}}

General elections were held in Romania in June 1931.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1591 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}} The Chamber of Deputies was elected on 1 June, whilst the Senate was elected in three stages on 4, 6 and 8 June. The result was a victory for the governing National Union, an alliance of the National Party, the National Liberal Party, the German Party, the Agrarian Union Party, the Vlad Ţepeş League, the Agrarian League and several other parties.Nohlen & Stöver, p1601 The Union won 289 of the 387 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 108 of the 113 seats in the Senate elected through universal vote.Nohlen & Stöver, p1610-1611 The five seats won by the Communist-dominated Peasant Workers' Bloc were ultimately invalidated by the new Parliament.