Union of Croats of 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.
Union of Croats of Romania Uniunea Croaților din România Zajedništvo Hrvata u Rumunjskoj | |
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| President | Giureci-Slobodan Ghera[1] |
| Founded | 1991 |
| Ideology | Croatian minority interests |
| Chamber of Deputies | 1 / 329 |
| Senate | 0 / 136
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| European Parliament | 0 / 32
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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
| Election | Chamber of Deputies | Senate | ||||
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| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |
| 1992 | 219 | 0.00 | 0 | – | – | – |
| 1996 | 486 | 0.00 | 0 | – | – | – |
| 2000 | 11,084 | 0.10 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 2004 | 10,331 | 0.10 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 2008 | 9,047 | 0.13 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 2012 | 6,281 | 0.08 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 2016 | 3,532 | 0.05 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 2020 | 3,345 | 0.06 | 1 | – | – | – |
References
- Despre noi - ZHR-UCR
- 1992 Parliamentary Elections: Chamber of Deputies Archived June 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine University of Essex
- Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1585 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7