The Romanian Election Commission has released the results of the seat share for the 2008 election (Chamber of Deputies reported). The situation is interesting because although the PSD/PC Alliance won the most votes, the PD-L has, just, won more seats. To recap:
Social Democratic Party (PSD) and Conservative Party Alliance (PC), 33%, 114 seats
Democratic Liberal Party (PD-L), 32.57%, 115 seats
National Liberal Party (PNL), 18.32%, 65 seats
Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR), 6.29%, 22 seats
Greater Romania Party (PRM), 3.17%, 0 seats
New Generation Party – Christian Democratic (PNGCD), 2.29%, 0 seats
Representatives of ethnic minorities, 18 seats.
The PD-L party is the big winner in the sense that it made a net gain of 48 seats. This does not necessarily make coalition-building any easier, but it does shift any first-mover advantage in that regard clearly to the PD-L.