The Union of Croats of Romania (Romanian: Uniunea Croaților din România, UCR; Croatian: Zajedništvo Hrvata u Rumunjskoj, ZHR) is an ethnic minority political partyinRomania representing the Croatian community. Its headquarters are in Carașova.
Union of Croats of Romania
Uniunea Croaților din România
Zajedništvo Hrvata u Rumunjskoj | |
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President | Giureci-Slobodan Ghera[1] |
Founded | 1991 |
Ideology | Croatian minority interests |
National affiliation | National Minorities Parliamentary Group |
Chamber of Deputies |
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Senate |
0 / 136
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European Parliament |
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Website | |
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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.
Election | Chamber of Deputies | Senate | ||||
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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 | – | – | – |