Union of Croats of Romania
Uniunea Croaților din România
Zajedništvo Hrvata u Rumunjskoj
PresidentGiureci-Slobodan Ghera[1]
Founded1991
IdeologyCroatian minority interests
National affiliationNational Minorities Parliamentary Group
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Senate
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European Parliament
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The Union of Croats of Romania (Romanian: Uniunea Croaților din România, UCR; Croatian: Zajedništvo Hrvata u Rumunjskoj, ZHR) is an ethnic minority political party in Romania representing the Croatian community. Its headquarters are in Carașova.

History

The UCR contested the 1992 general elections, but received just 219 votes and failed to win a seat;[2] the electoral law allowing political parties representing ethnic minority groups to be exempt from the electoral threshold only applied as long as they received 10% of the vote required for a single seat in the Chamber of Deputies.[3] It again failed to win a seat in the 1996 elections as it received just 486 votes, but the 2000 elections saw the party receive 11,084 votes, winning a seat for the first time. It has won a seat in every election since.

Electoral history

Election Chamber of Deputies Senate
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
1992 219 0.00 0 – – –
1996 486 0.00 0 – – –
2000 11,084 0.10 1 – – –
2004 10,331 0.10 1 – – –
2008 9,047 0.13 1 – – –
2012 6,281 0.08 1 – – –
2016 3,532 0.05 1 – – –
2020 3,345 0.06 1 – – –

References

  1. ^ Despre noi - ZHR-UCR
  2. ^ 1992 Parliamentary Elections: Chamber of Deputies Archived June 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine University of Essex
  3. ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1585 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

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