Democratic Peasants' Party–Lupu
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The Democratic Peasants' Party–Lupu () was a
political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ...
in
Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...
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History

The party was established on 20 January 1946 as a breakaway from the
National Peasants' Party The National Peasants' Party (also known as the National Peasant Party or National Farmers' Party; , or ''Partidul Național-Țărănist'', PNȚ) was an Agrarianism, agrarian political party in the Kingdom of Romania. It was formed in 1926 throu ...
(PNȚ).The History of the Soviet Bloc 1945–1991: A Chronology: Part 1, 1945–1952
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Nicolae L. Lupu Nicolae L. Lupu (November 4, 1876 – December 4, 1946) was a Romanian left-wing politician and social physician. Originally a leader of the Labor Party (Romania), Labor Party, which was joined with the Peasants' Party (Romania), Peasants' Party, ...
, it contested the November 1946 elections, winning two seats.
Dieter Nohlen Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An ex ...
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Despite its vote share falling from 2.4% to 0.7%, the party retained its two seats in the
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. However, they were the last multi-party elections held until
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Electoral history


Legislative elections


References

1946 establishments in Romania Agrarian parties in Romania Agrarian socialist parties Defunct socialist parties in Romania National Peasants' Party breakaway groups Political parties established in 1946 Political parties in the Kingdom of Romania Political parties with year of disestablishment missing Poporanism {{Romania-party-stub