The Bloc of Peasants and Intellectuals ( ro, Blocul Țăranilor și Intelectualilor, BȚI) was a political alliance in

Moldova Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The unrecognised state of Transnistr ...

led by Simion Certan.Blocul electoral “Blocul Ţăranilor şi Intelectualilor” (BŢI)
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History

The bloc was formed to contest the February 1994 elections, and consisted of the Alliance of Free Peasants (AȚL), the Congress of the Intellectuals (CI), the Democratic Christian League of the Women of Moldova (LDCFM), the Christian Democratic Party of Moldova (PDCM) and the National Liberal Party (PNL). Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1334 It received 9% of the vote, winning 11 of the 104 seats and becoming the third-largest faction in Parliament. In June 1994 PDCM and the seatless Democratic Party merged into the Congress of the Intellectuals, which was renamed "United Democratic Congress", before becoming the

Party of Democratic Forces The Party of Democratic Forces ( ro, Partidul Forțelor Democratice, PFD) was a political party in Moldova. History The party was established in January 1993 as the Congress of Intellectuals, a breakaway from the Christian Democratic Popular Fron ...

(PFD) in October 1995. The 1998 elections saw the PFD contest the elections alone, whilst the LDCFM joined the

Democratic Convention of Moldova The Democratic Convention of Moldova ( ro, Convenţia Democrată din Moldova, CDM) was a political alliance in Moldova. History The CDM was formed in 1997,Andrei Brezianu & Vlad Spânu (2007) ''Historical Dictionary of Moldova'', Scarecrow Press ...

and the PNL joined the Alliance of Democratic Forces. ATL ceased to exist.

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{{Moldovan political parties Defunct political party alliances in Moldova