Association of Macedonians of Romania
Association of Macedonians of Romania Asociația Macedonenilor din România Друштвото на Македонците од Романија | |
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| Founded | 2000 |
| Headquarters | Str. Thomas Masaryk nr. 29, Bucharest |
| Ideology | Macedonian minority politics |
| National affiliation | National Minorities Parliamentary Group |
| Chamber of Deputies | 1 / 329 |
| Senate | 0 / 136
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| European Parliament | 0 / 32
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| asociatia-macedonenilor | |
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The Association of Macedonians of Romania (Romanian: Asociația Macedonenilor din România, AMR; Macedonian: Друштвото на Македонците од Романија, romanized: Društvoto na Makedoncite od Romanija, DMR) is an ethnic minority political party in Romania representing the Macedonian community.
History
[edit]The party was created in 2000.[1] In the general elections that year the party received only 8,809 votes (0.08%), winning a seat in the Chamber of Deputies under the electoral law allowing political parties representing ethnic minority groups to be exempt from the electoral threshold as long as they received 10% of the vote required for a single seat in the Chamber of Deputies.[2][3] The party has won a seat in every election since.
Electoral history
[edit]| Election | Chamber of Deputies | Senate | |||||
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| Votes | % | Seats | Elected MPs | Votes | % | Seats | |
| 2000 | 8,809 | 0.08 | 1 | Vasile Ioan Savu | – | – | – |
| 2004 | 9,750 | 0.10 | 1 | Liana Dumitrescu | |||
| 2008 | 11,814 | 0.17 | 1 | Liana Dumitrescu | – | – | – |
| 2012 | 12,212 | 0.16 | 1 | Ionel Stancu | – | – | – |
References
[edit]- ^ About us Archived 2015-02-11 at the Wayback Machine Association of Macedonians of Romania
- ^ 2000 Parliamentary Elections: Chamber of Deputies Archived 2013-02-27 at the Wayback Machine University of Essex
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1585 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
