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
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Category:Agrarian parties in Romania
Category:Defunct political parties in Romania
Category:Political parties in the Kingdom of Romania
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