Association of Macedonians of Romania

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The Association of Macedonians of Romania (Romanian: Asociaţia Macedonenilor din România, AMR; Macedonian: Друштвото на Македонците од Романија, Društvoto na Makedoncite od Romanija) is an ethnic minority political party in Romania representing the Macedonian community.

History

The party was created in 2000.[1] In the general elections that year the party received only 8,809 votes (0.08%), winning a seat in the Chamber of Deputies under the electoral law allowing political parties representing ethnic minority groups to be exempt from the electoral threshold as long as they received 10% of the vote required for a single seat in the Chamber of Deputies.[2][3] The party has won a seat in every election since.

Electoral history

Election Chamber of Deputies Senate
Votes % Seats Elected MPs Votes % Seats
20008,8090.081Vasile Ioan Savu
20049,7500.101Liana Dumitrescu
200811,8140.171Liana Dumitrescu
201212,2120.161Ionel Stancu

References

  1. About us Association of Macedonians of Romania
  2. 2000 Parliamentary Elections: Chamber of Deputies University of Essex
  3. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1585 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

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