Romanian presidential election, 1996

Infobox Election
election_name = Romanian Presidential election
country = Romania
type = presidential
ongoing = no
party_color = no
previous_election = Romanian presidential election, 1992
previous_year = 1992
next_election = Romanian presidential election, 2000
next_year = 2000
seats_for_election =
election_date = 3 November, 1996
17 November, 1996


colour1 = F2E125
nominee1 = Emil Constantinescu
leader1 =
leader_since1 =
party1 = Romanian Democratic Convention
home_state1 =
leaders_seat1 =
running_mate1 =
last_election1 =
seats_needed1 =
electoral_vote1 =
states_carried1 =
seats1 =
seat_change1 =
popular_vote1 = 3,569,941
7,057,906
percentage1 = 28.21%
54.41%
swing1 =


colour2 = 73C2FB
nominee2 = Ion Iliescu
leader2 =
leader_since2 =
party2 = Party of Social Democracy (Romania)
home_state2 =
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last_election2 =
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popular_vote2 = 4,081,093
5,914,579
percentage2 = 32.25%
45.59%
swing2 =


colour3 = 73C2FB
nominee3 = Petre Roman
leader3 =
leader_since3 =
party3 = Democratic Party (Romania)
home_state3 =
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popular_vote3 = 2,598,545
-
percentage3 = 20.54%
-
swing3 =


colour4 = 15803C
nominee4 = György Frunda
leader4 =
leader_since4 =
party4 = Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania
home_state4 =
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last_election4 =
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popular_vote4 = 761,411
-
percentage4 = 6.02%
-
swing4 =


colour5 = 025ad0
nominee5 = Corneliu Vadim Tudor
leader5 =
leader_since5 =
party5 = Greater Romania Party
home_state5 =
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seats5 =
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popular_vote5 = 597,508
-
percentage5 = 4.72%
-
swing5 =

colour6 = D5D5D5
nominee6 = and 11 others
popular_vote6 = more than 338,907
-
percentage6 = under 9,39%
-

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map_size =
map_caption = Winner by county in the first round
title = President
before_election = Ion Iliescu
before_colour = 73C2FB
after_election = Emil Constantinescu
after_colour = F2E125
before_party =
after_party = none

These are the results of the Romanian presidential elections of November 3, run-off held on November 17, 1996:

Results

First round

Run-off