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{{Infobox election
| country = Socialist Republic of Romania
| flag_year = 1965
| type = parliamentary
| previous_election = 1965 Romanian parliamentary election
| previous_year = 1965
| next_election = 1975 Romanian parliamentary election
| next_year = 1975
| seats_for_election = All 465 seats in the [[Great National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Romania|Great National Assembly]]
| election_date = 2 March 1969
| image1 = Nicolae Ceaușescu.jpg
| leader1 = [[Nicolae Ceaușescu]]
| party1 = Romanian Communist Party
| alliance1 = [[Front of Socialist Unity and Democracy|FUS]]
| color1 = DD0000
| seats1 = 465
| seat_change1 = {{steady}}
| popular_vote1 = 13,543,499
| percentage1 = 99.77%
| title = [[List of heads of government of Romania|Prime Minister]]
| posttitle = Elected [[List of heads of government of Romania|Prime Minister]]
| before_election = [[Ion Gheorghe Maurer]]
| after_election = [[Ion Gheorghe Maurer]]
| before_party = Romanian Communist Party
| after_party = Romanian Communist Party
}}

Parliamentary elections were held in [[Romania]] on 2 March 1969.<ref name=NS>[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1591 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}}</ref> The [[Front of Socialist Unity and Democracy|Front of Socialist Unity]] (FUS), which had been formed a year earlier to replace the [[People's Democratic Front (Romania)|People's Democratic Front]] (FDP), was the only organization that contested the election;<ref name=N2>Nohlen & Stöver, p1604</ref> no prospective candidate could run for office without the Front's prior approval.<ref name=cs>[http://countrystudies.us/romania/69.htm Electoral system]. ''Romania: A country study.'' [[Library of Congress]] Federal Research Division, December 1989.</ref> Like the People's Democratic Front, the Front of Socialist Unity was dominated by the [[Romanian Communist Party]] (PCR).<ref name=N2/><ref name=cs/> The Front won all 465 seats in the [[Great National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Romania|Great National Assembly]].<ref>Nohlen & Stöver, p1612</ref>

==Electoral system==
These were the first elections held under the [[1965 Constitution of Romania|1965 constitution]]. Candidates were elected in single member constituencies, and had to receive over 50% of the vote.<ref name=N>Nohlen & Stöver, p1583</ref> If no candidate passed this threshold, or if [[voter turnout]] in the constituency was less than 50%, re-runs were held until the requirements were met.<ref name=N/> Voters had the option of voting against the Front candidates.<ref name=N2/>

==Results==
{{Election results
|party1=[[Front of Socialist Unity and Democracy|Front of Socialist Unity]]|votes1=13543499|seats1=465
|row2=Against|votes2=30748
|invalid=2896
|electorate=13582249
|source=Nohlen & Stöver
}}

==References==
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{{Romanian elections}}

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