2007 European Parliament election in Romania


Romania elected its members of the European Parliament for the first time on 25 November 2007; the election was initially scheduled for 13 May, but the PM postponed it for domestic political reasons. A referendum on a new voting system for national parliamentary elections was held on the same day.

Pre-election situation

Romania joined the European Union on 1 January 2007, and was initially represented in the European Parliament by 35 observers as follows:

Opinion polls

Polling FirmDateSourcePDPSDPNLPNGPRMUDMRPLDPCUndecided
CURS1 July 200743%10%12%8%5%5%<5%<5%N/A
IMAS1 August 200731.7%12.8%9.4%9.3%3.4%2.7%2.2%N/A26.3%
CURS5 September 200735%24%13%8%5%5%<5%<5%N/A
CCSB21-29/9/200737.2%21.5%12.6%8.4%5.6%3.9%<5%4.1%N/A
Insomar10-17/10/200742%19%13%5%5%5%3%3%N/A
IMAS10-22/10/200737%18%16%8%6%6%5%N/AN/A
CIVIS24 October 200727.1%20.7%20.6%8.8%4.8%4.4%5.7%1.9%N/A
ATLE6-11/11/200733.5%25.0%9.5%5.5%5.9%4.9%4.7%4.5%N/A
Insomar8-13/11/200740%19%13%5%6%5%6%4%N/A
BCS10-15/11/200735%23%14%5.6%4%4%4.7%3.3%N/A
ATLE13-18/11/200732.1%26.0%9.5%4.9%6.3%4.6%5.2%5.1%N/A
CSOP17-19/11/200738.2%19.5%12.9%7.3%4.8%4.6%6.2%2.2%N/A

Results

35 MEPs were appointed by Romania to serve as observers in the Parliament before the country joined in 2007. Since then up until the election, the observers served as full MEPs. The breakdown of parties and their European groupings was as follows:
The next election will be in 2009 and the number of seats will be reduced to 33.