Republican Party (Romania, 1990)

The Republican Party (Romanian: Partidul Republican, PR) was a political party in Romania. In 1993 it merged with two other parties to create the Party of Social Democracy in Romania (PSDR), although some dissatisfied members created a party with the same name later the same year.

History

The Republican Party contested the 1990 general elections as part of the Alliance for Romanian Unity (AUR), a nationalist political alliance formed with the Romanian National Unity Party (PUNR).^[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] However, all of the seats were taken by the PUNR.^[3] The Republican Party contested the 1992 general elections alone, receiving 1.6% of the Chamber vote and failing to win a seat.^[4]

Electoral history

Legislative elections

Election	Chamber			Senate			Position	Status
	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
1990	Part of the AUR		0 / 395	300,473	2.15	0 / 119	6th	Extraparliamentary
1992	177,056	1.63	0 / 341	205,988	1.88	0 / 143	11th	Extraparliamentary

Presidential elections

Election	Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Position
1992	Ioan Mânzatu	362,485	3.0	6th

References

1. 1990 Parliamentary Elections: Chamber of Deputies Archived 2003-01-07 at the Wayback Machine University of Essex
2. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp1599–1600 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
3. Partide, voturi și mandate la alegerile din România (1990-2012) SSOAR
4. 1992 Parliamentary Elections: Chamber of Deputies Archived 2003-01-07 at the Wayback Machine University of Essex