National Union PSD+PUR

The National Union PSD+PUR (Romanian: Uniunea Națională PSD+PUR) was an electoral alliance in Romania in 2004.

History

The alliance was formed between the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the Humanist Party of Romania (PUR) as a counterpart to the Justice and Truth Alliance (DA; PNL-PD), only for the 2004 legislative elections and Romanian presidential election.

The two parties - by then PSD and Conservative Party (PC) - also decided to form a political alliance for the 2008 general elections, called Alliance PSD+PC, reflecting the Humanist Party's change of name.

Electoral history

Legislative elections
Election Chamber Senate Position Aftermath
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
2004 3,730,352 36.61
132 / 332
 3,798,607 36.30
57 / 137
  1st 1 Alliance dismantled in December 2004
DA-PUR2-UDMR (until April 2007)
PSD in opposition
PSD supported a minority PNL-UDMR government
PC in opposition
2008 2,279,449 33.10
114 / 334
 2,352,968 34.16
49 / 137
  2nd 
(as PSD+PC)3		 PDL-PSD government (until December 2009)
PC in opposition
Opposition to PDL-UNPR-UDMR (until May 2012)
USL government (until December 2012)

Notes:

1 National Union PSD+PUR members: PSD (46 senators and 113 deputies) and PUR (11 senators and 19 deputies).
2 Soon after the elections, PUR broke the alliance and switched sides, joining Justice and Truth Alliance (DA).
3 Alliance PSD+PC members: PSD (48 senators and 110 deputies) and PC (1 senator and 4 deputies).

Presidential elections
Election Candidate First round Second round
Votes Percentage Position Votes Percentage Position
2004 Adrian Năstase4,278,864
40.9%
 1st 4,881,520
48.8%
 2nd 

References


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