Romania elected its members of the European Parliament for the first time on 25 November 2007; the election was initially scheduled for 13 May, but the PM postponed it for domestic political reasons. A referendum on a new voting system for national parliamentary elections was held on the same day.

Pre-election situation

Romania joined the European Union on 1 January 2007, and was initially represented in the European Parliament by 35 observers as follows:

Opinion polls

Results

[[Image:Romania european elections 2007.png|thumb|right|225px|Map of the Romanian counties based on the winning party {{legend|#ff9900|Democratic Party}} {{legend|#cc3333|Social Democratic Party}} {{legend|#75ab17|Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania}} {{legend|#7baee8|Liberal Democratic Party}}]] 35 MEPs were appointed by Romania to serve as observers in the Parliament before the country joined in 2007. Since then up until the election, the observers served as full MEPs.