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The Agrarian Union Party (, PUA) was a political party in
Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...
.


History

The party first contested national elections in 1931, when it was part of the National Union alliance created for the
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that year. The alliance won 289 of the 387 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, although the PUA did not take any of them.Nohlen & Stöver, p1610 The party contested the
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in alliance with the
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, the Democratic Nationalist Party and the
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. The alliance won five seats in the Chamber of Deputies, of which the PUA took two. The PUA contested the 1933 elections alone, receiving 2.5% of the vote and winning five seats in the Chamber. However, its vote share fell to 1.7% in the
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, resulting in it losing all five seats. It did not contest any further elections.Nohlen & Stöver, p1597


Election results


Parliamentary elections


References

Agrarian parties in Romania Defunct political parties in Romania Political parties in the Kingdom of Romania {{Romania-party-stub