Democratic Agrarian Party of Romania
{{Infobox political party
| name = Democratic Agrarian Party of Romania
| native_name = Partidul Democrat Agrar din România
| native_name_lang = ro
| logo = Logo of the Democratic Agrarian Party of Romania.png
| colorcode = {{party color|Democratic Agrarian Party of Romania}}
| abbreviation = PDAR
| leader = Mihai Berca
| founder = Victor Surdu
| national = Red Pentagon{{cite web | url=https://evz.ro/corneliu-coposu-fotografii-parlament.html | title=Povestea unei fotografii. Corneliu Coposu nu este lăsat să ajungă la microfonul Parlamentul | date=11 April 2018 }}{{cite web | url=https://senspolitic.ro/de-ce-au-esuat-coalitiile-postcomuniste-ii-temele-nepregatite-si-lectiile-neinvatate/ | title=De ce au eșuat coalițiile postcomuniste (II) Temele nepregătite și lecțiile neînvățate | date=11 August 2022 }}{{cite web|url=https://jurnalul.ro/editorial/traditia-coalitiilor-de-scandal-507580.html|title=Tradiţia Coaliţiilor de scandal|author=Ion Cristoiu |date=14 May 2009|lang=ro|work=Jurnalul Național}}{{cite web|url=https://adevarul.ro/blogurile-adevarul/romania-se-intoarce-la-guvernarea-cu-1739231.html|title=România se întoarce la guvernarea cu partide-balama|author=Radu Borcea|date=3 June 2016|lang=ro|work=Adevărul}}{{cite web|url=https://www.g4media.ro/guvern-minoritar-un-caz-de-exceptie-care-se-inscrie-in-regulile-democratiei-exemple-din-romania-si-din-alte-tari.html|title= Guvern minoritar – un caz de excepție, care se înscrie în regulile democrației. Exemple din România și din alte țări |author= Petru Clej |date=7 October 2021|lang=ro|work=G4 Media}} (1992-1994){{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d33MfEFXvW8C&q=pdar | title=Political Handbook of the World 2012 | isbn=978-1-60871-995-2 | last1=Lansford | first1=Tom | last2=Muller | first2=Tom | date=2 April 2012 }}
National Union of the Centre (1996)
| founded = {{Start date|1990|1|29|df=yes}}
| dissolved = {{End date|1998|3|14|df=yes}}
| merged = Romanian National Party
| ideology = Agrarianism (Ruralism)
Romanian nationalismhttp://www.regione.toscana.it/documents/10180/452241/partiti%20elezioni%20-%20Q50/9bd72f76-8f3b-4cd5-9931-5deeb1fc3154 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d33MfEFXvW8C&q=pdar | title=Political Handbook of the World 2012 | isbn=978-1-60871-995-2 | last1=Lansford | first1=Tom | last2=Muller | first2=Tom | date=2 April 2012 }}
| position = Centre to centre-left
| country = Romania
}}
The Democratic Agrarian Party of Romania ({{langx|ro|Partidul Democrat Agrar din România}}, PDAR) was a political party in Romania.
History
The PDAR was formed on 29 January 1990 as a competitor to the Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (PNȚCD). In the transitional government led by Petre Roman, PDAR member Nicolae Ștefan was Minister of Agriculture. The party received 1.8% of the Chamber of Deputies vote in the 1990 general elections, winning nine seats.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1599 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}} It also received 1.6% of the vote in the Senate elections, but failed to win a seat.[http://www2.essex.ac.uk/elect/database/indexElections.asp?country=ROMANIA&election=ro90s 1990 Parliamentary Elections: Senate] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205171123/http://www2.essex.ac.uk/elect/database/indexElections.asp?country=ROMANIA&election=ro90s |date=2012-02-05 }} University of Essex
Despite increasing its Chamber vote share in the 1992 general elections to 3%, it failed to win a seat.[http://www2.essex.ac.uk/elect/database/indexElections.asp?country=ROMANIA&election=ro92cd 1992 Parliamentary Elections: Chamber of Deputies] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030107120618/http://www2.essex.ac.uk/elect/database/indexElections.asp?country=ROMANIA&election=ro92cd |date=2003-01-07 }} University of Essex However, it won five seats in the Senate with 3.3% of the vote.Nohlen & Stöver, pp1607–1613 It contested the 1996 elections as part of the National Union of the Centre alliance, alongside the Ecological Movement of Romania (MER) and the Humanist Party (PC). However, the alliance received only 0.9% of the vote, failing to win a seat.[http://www2.essex.ac.uk/elect/database/indexElections.asp?country=ROMANIA&election=ro96cd 1996 Parliamentary Elections: Chamber of Deputies] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614133919/http://www2.essex.ac.uk/elect/database/indexElections.asp?country=ROMANIA&election=ro96cd |date=2011-06-14 }} University of Essex In 1998, the PDAR merged with the New Romania Party to form the Romanian National Party.
Election results
=Parliament=
| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
!rowspan=2|Election !colspan=3|Chamber !colspan=3|Senate !rowspan=2|Position !rowspan=2|Aftermath | ||||||||
| Votes
!% !Seats !Votes !% !Seats | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan=2|1990 | rowspan=2|250,403 | rowspan=2|1.83 | rowspan=2|{{Composition bar|9|395|{{party color|Democratic Agrarian Party of Romania}}}} | rowspan=2|221,790 | rowspan=2|1.59 | rowspan=2|{{Composition bar|0|119}} | rowspan=2|7th | {{partial|Supported the FSN government (1990–1991)}} |
| {{yes|FSN–PNL–MER–PDAR government (1991–1992)}} | ||||||||
| 1992 | 322,990 | 2.99 | {{Composition bar|0|341}} | 359,042 | 3.25 | {{Composition bar|5|143|{{party color|Democratic Agrarian Party of Romania}}}} | 7th | {{partial|Supported the PDSR–PUNR–PRM–PSM government}} |
| 1996 | colspan=2|Part of the National Union of the Centre | {{Composition bar|0|341}} | colspan=2|Part of the National Union of the Centre | {{Composition bar|0|143}} | 16th | {{no2|Extraparliamentary}} |