Democratic Party of Labour

The Democratic Party of Labour (Romanian: Partidul Democrat al Muncii, PDM) was a political party in Romania.

Democratic Party of Labour Partidul Democrat al Muncii
Abbreviation	PDM
Founded	26 February 1990
Dissolved	24 October 1994
Merged into	Democratic Party
Ideology	Social democracy[1]
Political position	Centre-left
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History

The PDM contested the 1990 general elections, receiving around 0.4% of the vote in the Chamber elections and 0.3% of the vote in the Senate elections. Although it failed to win a seat in the Senate, the party won a single seat in the Chamber.^[2] The 1992 elections saw the party's vote share in the Chamber elections fall to 0.03%, resulting in it losing its seat.^[3]

Electoral history

Legislative elections

Election	Chamber			Senate			Position	Status
	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
1990	52,595	0.38	1 / 395	44,360	0.32	0 / 119	14th	Supported the FSN government (until October 1991)
								Supported the FSN–PNL–MER–PDAR government
1992	3,888	0.03	0 / 341	2,933	0.02	0 / 143	51st	Extraparliamentary

References

1. http://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/bitstream/handle/document/44740/ssoar-studiapolitica-2013-1-preda-Partide_voturi_si_mandate_la.pdf?sequence=1
2. 1990 Parliamentary Elections: Chamber of Deputies Archived February 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine University of Essex
3. 1992 Parliamentary Elections: Chamber of Deputies Archived 2011-06-14 at the Wayback Machine University of Essex