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
PresidentGiureci-Slobodan Ghera[1]
Founded1991
IdeologyCroatian minority interests
National affiliationNational Minorities Parliamentary Group
Chamber of Deputies
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Senate
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European Parliament
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Website
www.zhr-ucr.ro

History

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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

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Election Chamber of Deputies Senate
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

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