The Group of Transylvanian Saxons (, GST) was a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or p ...

active in interwar

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representing the minority rights of the

Transylvanian Saxons The Transylvanian Saxons (german: Siebenbürger Sachsen; Transylvanian Saxon: ''Siweberjer Såksen''; ro, Sași ardeleni, sași transilvăneni/transilvani; hu, Erdélyi szászok) are a people of German ethnicity who settled in Transylvania ( ...

, a sub-group of the ethnic German community in Romania who have been living in

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since the

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History

In the 1919 elections it won eight seats in the Chamber of Deputies and three in the Senate. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', pp1609–1611 However, it did not contest any further elections.Nohlen & Stöver, p1596

Electoral history

Legislative elections

References

{{Authority control German diaspora political parties Defunct political parties in Romania German organizations in Romania Political parties of minorities in Romania Regionalist parties in Romania