Recent Romanian Politics On 19 April 2007 a joint session of the the Romanian legislature suspended President Traian Băsescu on charges of unconstitutional conduct by a vote of 322 to 108. There was a national referendum on his impeachment which failed. There were legislative elections November 30, 2008. The Social Democrats and Conservatives formed a pre-election alliance. They obtained 2,279,449 votes in the Chamber of Deputies election, which got them 33.1% which was good for 114 seats. The Democratic Liberal Party obtained 2,228,860 votes, which was only 32.4% but 115 seats. If anyone can interpret that we would be much obliged. The National Liberal Party obtained 1,279,063 votes or 18.6% which resulted in 65 seats. The Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania obtained 425,008 or 6.2% which was good for 22 seats. The Greater Romania Party (3.2%) lost all 21 seats it had held and the New Generation Party (2.3%) did not earn any seats. There were 24 other parties that all obtained less than 1% of the votes and had no (zero) seats. About 7.2 million people voted out of a total of 18.4 million eligible (note that the population was estimated as 22,246,000 with 15.6% under age 15 so 18.4 is reasonable). For the Senate Social Democrats and Conservatives obtained 2,352,968 votes (34.16%) which was good for 49 seats. Again, the Democratic Liberal Party obtained less votes (2,312,358; 33.57%) but more seats (51). The National Liberal Party obtained 1,291,029 votes or 18.74 which resulted in 28 seats. The Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania obtained 440,449 or 6.39% which was good for 9 seats. The Greater Romania Party (3.57%) lost all 13 seats it had held and the New Generation Party (2.53%) did not earn any seats. The Liberal Democrats and Social Democrats formed a coalition after the election. Former prime minister Theodor Stolojan eventually withdrew his candidacy for the premiership and President Basescu nominated Emil Boc, leader of the Liberal Democrats, as Prime Minister.