2021 President of the Senate of Romania election 2021 President of the Senate of Romania election ← 2020 23 November 2021 2022 → Turnout91.17% Nominee Florin Cîțu Anca Dragu Party PNL USR Popular vote 82 25 Percentage 76.64% 23.36% President of the Senate of Romania before election Anca Dragu USR Elected President of the Senate of Romania Florin Cîțu PNL Politics of Romania Constitution Referendums 1991 (adoption) 2003 (amendments) Constitutional Court Government President (list) Klaus Iohannis Prime Minister (list) Marcel Ciolacu Cabinet (current, list) Parliament Senate Acting President: Alina Gorghiu Standing Bureau Chamber of Deputies President: Alfred Simonis Standing Bureau Judiciary High Court of Cassation and Justice Constitutional Court Ombudsman Judicial reform Political parties Parliamentary National Liberal Party (PNL) Social Democratic Party (PSD) Save Romania Union (USR) Freedom, Unity and Solidarity Party (PLUS) Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR) Humanist Power Party (PPU) Romanian Nationhood Party (PNR) Other ethnic-minority parties Non-parliamentary People's Movement Party (PMP) PRO Romania (PRO) Greater Romania Party (PRM) Ecologist Party of Romania (PER) Elections Permanent Electoral Authority Recent elections Presidential: 201420192024 Legislative: 20162020next Local: 201620202024 European: 201420192024 Administrative divisions Macroregions Development regions Counties Metropolitan areas MunicipalitiesSectorsCitiesCommunes Foreign relations China United States Moldova unification movement Russia Ukraine Embassies Politicians Heads of state Presidents by time in office Prime Ministers Romania portal Other countries vte The President of the Senate of Romania is the senator elected to preside over the Senate meetings. The president of the Senate is also the president of the Standing Bureau of the Senate and the first person in the presidential line of succession.[1] Electoral system[edit] The President of the Senate is elected by secret ballot with the majority of votes from the Senators. If none of the candidates obtains the necessary votes, the first two compete again, and the one with most of the votes wins. Results[edit] Florin Cîțu defeated Anca Dragu in the November elections for Senate President. Candidate Party Support Votes % Florin Cîțu PNL PSD, UDMR 82 60.29% Anca Dragu USR - 25 18.38% Abstentions — AUR, FD 17 12.50% Abstentions — - 12 8.83% Total 136 100.00% References[edit] ^ "Florin Cîțu a demisionat de la șefia Senatului. Alina Gorghiu va ocupa interimar funcția". Stirileprotv.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2022-07-20.