Agrarian Union Party

{{short description|Defunct Romanian political party}}

{{Infobox political party

| colorcode = {{party color|Agrarian Union Party}}

| name = Agrarian League

| native_name = Liga Agrară

| country = Romania

| founder = Constantin Argetoianu

| president = Constantin Argetoianu

| founded = 1933

| dissolved = 1938

| predecessor = Agrarian League

| merged = National Renaissance Front

| ideology = Agrarianism
Monarchismhttps://ioanscurtu.ro/constantin-argetoianu-portretul-unui-traseist-politic/
Romanian nationalism

| position = Center to center-right

}}{{Politics of Romania}}

The Agrarian Union Party ({{langx|ro|Partidul Uniunea Agrară}}, PUA) was a political party in Romania.

History

The party first contested national elections in 1931, when it was part of the National Union alliance created for the general elections that year.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1601 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}} The alliance won 289 of the 387 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, although the PUA did not take any of them.Nohlen & Stöver, p1610

The party contested the 1932 elections in alliance with the National Union–Iorga, the Democratic Nationalist Party and the National Party.Nohlen & Stöver, p1602 The alliance won five seats in the Chamber of Deputies, of which the PUA took two.

The PUA contested the 1933 elections alone, receiving 2.5% of the vote and winning five seats in the Chamber. However, its vote share fell to 1.7% in the 1937 elections, resulting in it losing all five seats. It did not contest any further elections.Nohlen & Stöver, p1597

Election results

=Parliamentary elections =

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! Election !! Votes !! Percentage !! Chamber !! Senate !! Position !! Government

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| 1931

| colspan=2|Part of the National Union

|

|

| –

| {{yes2|Government}}

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| 1932

| colspan=2|Part of the National Union

| {{Composition bar|2|387|hex={{party color|Agrarian Union Party}}}}

| {{Composition bar|0|113}}

| –

| {{no2|Opposition}}

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| 1933

| 73,208

| 2.5%

| {{Composition bar|5|387|hex={{party color|Agrarian Union Party}}}}

| {{Composition bar|0|113}}

| 9th

| {{no2|Opposition}}

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| 1937

| 52,101

| 1.7%

| {{Composition bar|0|387}}

| {{Composition bar|0|113}}

| 8th

| {{no2|Opposition}}

References