Association_of_Macedonians_of_Romania

Association of Macedonians of Romania

Association of Macedonians of Romania

Political party in Romania

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

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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

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References

  1. [1]
    About us Archived 2015-02-11 at the Wayback Machine Association of Macedonians of Romania
  2. [2]
    2000 Parliamentary Elections: Chamber of Deputies Archived 2013-02-27 at the Wayback Machine University of Essex
  3. [3]
    Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1585 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
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