The Party of the Roma ( ro, Partida Romilor „Pro Europa”, PRPE; rmy, Partida le Romenge), known until 2008 as Social Democratic Party of the Roma ( ro, Partida Romilor Social-Democrată, PRS-D), is a

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representing the Romani minority. Its leader is Nicolae Păun, and it currently has one reserved seat in the

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Parliamentary representation

Founded in 1990, after the

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, the ''Party of the Roma'' is the official political association of the Romani minority in Romania and consequently has one reserved seat in the Chamber of Deputies, regardless of its electoral performance. The party has contested every election since the 1992 suffrage, but has never passed the 5% threshold required for it to gain extra seats. At the

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, 2004, and 2012 legislative elections, the ''Party of the Roma'' signed a protocol of reciprocal electoral support with the

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(PSD). The reserved seat has been held by Gheorghe Răducanu between 1992–1996, by

Mădălin Voicu Mădălin Ştefan Voicu (born 10 July 1952, in Bucharest) is a Romanian musician and politician of Romani ethnicity. Voicu is a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and has been a parliamentarian in the Chamber of Deputies since 1996. He ...

between 1996–2000, and by Nicolae Păun between 2000–2004 and since 2004 onwards.

Local representation

At the 2016 Romanian local elections, 143 municipal councillors and one mayor, Dumitru Mircea in Brăhășești, were elected on behalf of the PRPE..

Electoral history

Legislative elections

European elections

References

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