Social Democratic Union (Romania)

{{for|the 2014 Romanian alliance with the same name|Social Democratic Union (Romania, 2014)}}

{{Infobox political party

| logo = Social Democratic Union (Romania) Logo.jpg

| native_name = Uniunea Social-Democrată

| colorcode = #000080

| founded = 1995

| dissolved = 1999

| ideology = Social democracy
Social liberalism
Pro-Europeanism

| position = Center-left

| international = Socialist International

|european = Party of European Socialists{{cite web | url=https://www.academia.edu/39154174 | title=Evoluţia Partidului Democrat în perioada 2000 -2004 Răzvan Victor Pantelimon | date=January 2007 | last1=Pantelimon | first1=Razvan Victor }}

| affiliation1_title = Constituent parties

| affiliation1 = Democratic Party (PD)
Romanian Social Democratic Party (PSDR)

| leader = Petre Roman (PD)
Sergiu Cunescu (PSDR)

| country = Romania

| abbreviation = USD

}}

The Social Democratic Union ({{langx|ro|Uniunea Social-Democrată}}, USD) was an electoral alliance established on 27 September 1995 between the Democratic Party (PD) and the Romanian Social Democratic Party (PSDR). The alliance was formed to participate in the 1996 Romanian general election.{{Cite web|url=https://www.psdcaransebes.ro/despre/|title=Social-democrația după 1989|language=ro}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.politicaromaneasca.ro/petre_roman-319|title=Petre Roman - Personalităti Politice - Politica Românească|publisher=www.politicaromaneasca.ro|accessdate=2021-05-10}}{{Cite web|title=Romania - New constitution|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Romania|access-date=2021-07-01|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}

The alliance formally ended in 1999, when the Romanian Social Democratic Party left it, in order to join the Social Democratic Pole of Romania.

Composition

class="wikitable sortable"

! colspan="2" |Party

!Abbr.

!Ideology

!From

!To

bgcolor={{Party color|Democratic Party (Romania)}} |

|Democratic Party - National Salvation Front

|PD-FSN

|Social democracy
Left-wing populism

|1995

|1999

bgcolor={{Party color|Romanian Social Democratic Party (1990–2001)}} |

|Romanian Social Democratic Party

|PSDR

|Social democracy

|1995

|1999

Electoral history

=Legislative elections=

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
1996 \|1,582,231 \|12.93 \|{{Composition bar\|53\|343\|{{party color\|Social Democratic Union (Romania)}}}} \|1,617,384 \|13.16 \|{{Composition bar\|23\|143\|{{party color\|Social Democratic Union (Romania)}}}} \|3rd \|{{yes2\|CDR–USD–UDMR government (1996–2000)}}

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

1996

|1,582,231