The Socialist Party of Moldova ( ro, Partidul Socialist din Moldova) is a

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

. It came second in the 1994 parliamentary election in alliance with the

Unity Movement for Equality in Rights The Unity Movement for Equality in Rights ( ro, Mișcarea republicană pentru egalitate în drepturi "Unitate-Edinstvo", MUE) was a political party in Moldova. History The party was formed in July 1989 as Interfront, part of a left-wing pan-Sovi ...

, the successor of the Pan-Soviet anti-independence movement in Moldova and supported by the then-unregistered

Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova The Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Партидул Комуништилор дин Република Молдова, italic=no, Partidul Comuniștilor din Republica Moldova; russian: Партия коммунистов Р ...

. In 1997 a faction split from the party and founded the

Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova The Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Partidul Socialiștilor din Republica Moldova; russian: Партия социалистов Республики Молдова, Partya sotsialistov Respubliki Moldova, PSRM) is a democra ...

(PSRM), which would later become a major party in Moldovan politics. At the 2005 parliamentary election on March 6, the party formed the Electoral Bloc Motherland together with PSRM, but won no seats. It hasn't participated to any other election since then.

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1992 establishments in Moldova Political parties established in 1992 Socialist parties in Moldova {{Moldova-party-stub