Alliance for Romanian Unity
{{Short description|Political alliance in Romania}}
{{Politics of Romania}}
{{distinguish|Alliance for the Union of Romanians}}
The Alliance for Romanian Unity ({{langx|ro|Alianța pentru Unitatea Românilor}}, AUR) was a political alliance in Romania. It had ties to the Romanian Hearth Union.{{cite web|url=https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/nceeer/1993-806-20-Crowther.pdf|page=24|title=Electoral politics and transition in Romania|author=William Crowther}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AgCIBwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Allianz+f%C3%BCr+die+Einheit+der+Rum%C3%A4nen%22+%221990%22&pg=PA147|page=147|title=Wahlsysteme und Systemwechsel in Osteuropa: Genese, Auswirkungen und Reform politischer Institutionen|author-link1=Dieter Nohlen|first1=Dieter|last1=Nohlen |first2=Mirjana|last2=Kasapovic|isbn=9783663118046|year=1996|publisher=Springer }}
History
The AUR was formed as an alliance of the Republican Party (PR) and the Romanian National Unity Party (PUNR).[https://web.archive.org/web/20120205171131/http://www2.essex.ac.uk/elect/database/indexElections.asp?country=ROMANIA&election=ro90cd 1990 Parliamentary Elections: Chamber of Deputies] University of Essex It received 2.1% of the Chamber of Deputies vote in the 1990 general elections, winning nine seats. It also received 2.2% of the Senate vote, winning two seats.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp1599–1600 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}} All seats were taken by the PUNR.[https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/bitstream/handle/document/44740/ssoar-studiapolitica-2013-1-preda-Partide_voturi_si_mandate_la.pdf?sequence=1 Partide, voturi și mandate la alegerile din România (1990-2012)] SSOAR
The two parties contested the 1992 general elections separately; the PUNR nominated Gheorghe Funar as its presidential candidate, whilst the PR put forward Ioan Mânzatu. Funar finished third with 11% of the vote, whilst Mânzatu finished last of the six candidates with 3%. The PUNR won 14 Senate seats and 30 Chamber seats, whilst the PR failed to win seats in either house.
Election results
=Parliamentary elections=
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!rowspan=2|Election !colspan=3|Chamber !colspan=3|Senate !rowspan=2|Position !rowspan=2|Status |
| Votes
!% !Seats !Votes !% !Seats |
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| rowspan=2|1990
|rowspan=2|290,875 |rowspan=2|2.12 |rowspan=2|{{Composition bar|9|395|{{party color|Alliance for Romanian Unity}}}} |rowspan=2|300,473 |rowspan=2|2.15 |rowspan=2|{{Composition bar|2|119|{{party color|Alliance for Romanian Unity}}}} |rowspan=2|6th |{{partial|Support to FSN government (1990–1991)}} |
| {{partial|Support to FSN–PNL–MER–PDAR government (1991–1992)}} |
References
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Category:Defunct political party alliances in Romania
Category:Nationalist parties in Romania