The Social Democratic Pole of Romania ( ro, Polul Democrat-Social din România, PDSR) was an electoral alliance in Romania ruling from 2000 to 2004 in a

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History

Formation

It was founded by the Party of Social Democracy in Romania (PDSR), and of two smaller parties, the Romanian Social Democratic Party (PSDR) and the Humanist Party of Romania (PUR).

2000 legislative election

In the 2000 legislative election, they gained 155 of 346 seats in the

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, and 65 of 143 seats in the

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. In 2001, the PDSR and PSDR merged into the Social Democratic Party (PSD).

Dissolution

The two remaining parties dissolved the alliance in 2004, ahead of the local elections, in which they competed against each other. The PUR even attacked the PSD heavily for its system of "local barons". For the parliamentary election in November, they still managed to set up a new alliance, called

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to counter the center-right Justice and Truth Alliance (DA).

Electoral history

Legislative elections

Notes: ¹ Social Democratic Pole of Romania members:

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(59 senators and 139 deputies), PSDR (2 senators and 10 deputies), and

PUR Pur or PUR may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Pur (band), a German band * Pur, a song by the Cocteau Twins People * Necla Pur (born 1943), Turkish economist and professor * Quraish Pur (1932–2013), Pakistani scholar, writer, and ...

(4 senators and 6 deputies).

Presidential elections

References

Defunct political party alliances in Romania Social Democratic Party (Romania) 2000 establishments in Romania 2004 disestablishments in Romania {{Romania-stub