Cultural Union of Ruthenians of Romania
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The Cultural Union of Ruthenians of Romania (Romanian: Uniunea Culturală a Rutenilor din România, UCRR) is an ethnic minority political party in Romania representing the Rusyn community.
History
The AIR was established in 2000.[1] It contested the 2000 general elections, and despite receiving just 6,942 votes (0.06%), it won 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
| Election | Chamber of Deputies | Senate | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |
| 2000 | 6,942 | 0.06 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 2004 | 2,871 | 0.03 | 1 | |||
| 2008 | 4,514 | 0.07 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 2008 | 5,265 | 0.07 | 1 | – | – | – |
