2020 President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania election

Elections for the president of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania took place on 22 December 2020. The PNL candidate Ludovic Orban was elected with 179 votes, while his PSD opponent Alfred Simonis received 110 votes.

Electoral system

The president of the Chamber of Deputies is elected by secret ballot with the majority of votes of the deputies. If none of the candidates receives the absolute majority of votes, the first two compete again in a second ballot, and the one with most of the votes wins.