The Organization of the Parliamentary Elections in November 1919 in Historical Maramureș
Ilie GHERHEȘ
Abstract. From the right bank of the Tisa River (today, Ukraine), with credentials, meaning with the right to vote on behalf of the population of the entire Historical Maramureș, five representatives were part of the delegation of Maramureș residents for the Great National Assembly from Alba-Iulia, December 1st, 1918: Ilie Filip, Mihai Dan, Ioan Bilțiu-Dăncuș, Florentin Bilțiu-Dăncuș and priest Ioan Doroș. The parliamentary elections of November 1919, organized throughout Greater Romania, determined the distribution of nine electoral constituencies in the former Maramureș county, corresponding to nine future deputies and, then, four electoral constituencies for future senators, surrounding the cities on both banks of the Tisa River. Maramureș was integrated into the new state of Greater Romania as it existed throughout the Middle Ages and the Modern Era as an administrative unit, established over time, in the natural citadel formed by the mountains and the Tisariver, creating its own metabolism of evolution. Both ethnic Ukrainians and some Hungarians embraced the idea of union with Romania primarily to protect themselves from the prospect of Bolshevization.
Keywords: Maramureș Voivodship (Historical), Kingdom of Romania, December 1st, 1918, parliamentary elections, Trianon Peace Treaty (June 4th, 1920)