Senate of Romania

The Senate (Romanian: Senat) is the upper house in the bicameral Parliament of Romania. It has 176 seats (as of 9 December 2012, after the next legislative elections 136), to which members are elected by direct popular vote, using mixed member proportional representation (at the next elections by closed list party-list proportional representation) in 43 electoral districts (the 41 counties, the city of Bucharest plus 1 constituency for the Romanians living abroad), to serve four-year terms.

Senate of Romania

The Senate (Romanian: Senat) is the upper house in the bicameral Parliament of Romania. It has 176 seats (as of 9 December 2012, after the next legislative elections 136), to which members are elected by direct popular vote, using mixed member proportional representation (at the next elections by closed list party-list proportional representation) in 43 electoral districts (the 41 counties, the city of Bucharest plus 1 constituency for the Romanians living abroad), to serve four-year terms.