The Hellenic Union of Romania ( ro, Uniunea Elenă din România, UER; gr, Ένωση Ελλήνων της Ρουμανίας, translit=Énōsē Ellḗnōn tēs Roumanías, EER) is an ethnic minority political party in

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

representing the Greek community.

History

The UER contested the 1990 general elections, and despite receiving only 0.04% of the vote,1990 Parliamentary Elections: Chamber of Deputies
University of Essex it won a single seat in the

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under the electoral law that allows for political parties representing ethnic minority groups to be exempt from the

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. It has won a seat in every election since.

Electoral history

References

External links

Official website
{{Romanian political parties Non-registered political parties in Romania Political parties of minorities in Romania