Union_of_Croatians_of_Romania

Union of Croats of Romania

Union of Croats of Romania

Political party in Romania

The Union of Croats of Romania (Romanian: Uniunea Croaților din România, UCR; Croatian: Zajedništvo Hrvata u Rumunjskoj, ZHR) is an ethnic minority political party in Romania representing the Croatian community. Its headquarters are in Carașova.

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History

The UCR contested the 1992 general elections, but received just 219 votes and failed to win a seat;[2] the electoral law allowing political parties representing ethnic minority groups to be exempt from the electoral threshold only applied as long as they received 10% of the vote required for a single seat in the Chamber of Deputies.[3] It again failed to win a seat in the 1996 elections as it received just 486 votes, but the 2000 elections saw the party receive 11,084 votes, winning a seat for the first time. It has won a seat in every election since.

Electoral history

More information Election, Chamber of Deputies ...

References

  1. [1]
    Despre noi - ZHR-UCR
  2. [2]
    1992 Parliamentary Elections: Chamber of Deputies Archived June 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine University of Essex
  3. [3]
    Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1585 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
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