Cultural Union of Ruthenians of Romania

Cultural Union of Ruthenians of Romania

Uniunea Culturală a Rutenilor din România
Културне Товариство Русинів Романії
Cultural Union of Ruthenians of Romania Uniunea Culturală a Rutenilor din România; Културне Товариство Русинів Романії
Founded	2000
Newspaper	Jurnal Rutean
Ideology	Rusyn minority politics
National affiliation	National Minorities Parliamentary Group
Chamber of Deputies	1 / 329
Senate	0 / 136
European Parliament	0 / 32
Website
	rutenii.ro
	Politics of Romania; Political parties; Elections;

The Cultural Union of Ruthenians of Romania (Romanian: Uniunea Culturală a Rutenilor din România, UCRR; Rusyn: Културне Товариство Русинів Романії, romanized: Kultulrne Tovarystvo Rusyniv Romaniji, KTRR) 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
Election	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
2000	6,942	0.06	1	–	–	–
2004	2,871	0.03	1
2008	4,514	0.07	1	–	–	–
2012	5,265	0.07	1	–	–	–
2016	2,824	0.04	1	–	–	–

References

^ About Us Cultural Union of Ruthenians of Romania
^ 1996 Parliamentary Elections: Chamber of Deputies Archived June 14, 2011, 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

External links

Official website

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[1] About Us Cultural Union of Ruthenians of Romania

[2] 1996 Parliamentary Elections: Chamber of Deputies Archived June 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine University of Essex

[NS-3] Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1585 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

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