Republican Party (Romania)

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The Republican Party (Romanian: Partidul Republican, PR) was a political party in Romania.

History

The Republican Party contested the 1990 general elections as part of the Alliance for Romanian Unity, an alliance formed with the Romanian National Unity Party.^[1] The alliance received 2.1% of the Chamber of Deputies vote, winning nine seats. It also received 2.2% of the Senate vote, winning two seats.^[2]

The Republican Party contested the 1992 general elections alone, receiving 1.6% of the Chamber vote and failing to win a seat.^[3] Its votes share fell to 0.14% (Chamber) and 0.16% (Senate) in the 1996 elections, leaving the party seatless. The 2000 elections saw its votes share fall again to 0.10% and 0.11%.

References

↑ 1990 Parliamentary Elections: Chamber of Deputies University of Essex
↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp1599–1600 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
↑ 1992 Parliamentary Elections: Chamber of Deputies University of Essex

Political parties in Romania

Represented in the Chamber of Deputies (387)	Social Democratic Party + National Union for the Progress of Romania (191) National Liberal Party (106) Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (24) Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (17) People's Movement Party (13) Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (1) Green Party (1) Ethnic minorities parties (18; 1 each) Unaffiliated (6)

Represented in the Senate (168)	Social Democratic Party + National Union for the Progress of Romania (71) National Liberal Party (56) Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (9) Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (8) People's Movement Party (1) Unaffiliated (21)

Represented in the European Parliament (32)	Social Democratic Party + National Union for the Progress of Romania (S&D, 14) National Liberal Party (EPP, 8) Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (EPP, 2) People's Movement Party (EPP, 1) Party of Humanist Power (S&D, 1) M10 (ECR, 1) Independent (ALDE, 3 EPP, 1 ENF, 1)

Not represented in Parliament*	Greater Romania Party (1.47%) Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania (0.79%) Romanian Ecologist Party (0.79%) Socialist Party (0.03%) New Republic New Generation Party – Christian Democratic

Portal:Politics List of political parties Politics of Romania *average 2012 result for the two chambers given in parentheses

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