The Democratic Union of Slovaks and Czechs of Romania ( ro, Uniunea Democratică a Slovacilor și Cehilor din România, UDSCR; cz, Demokratický svaz Slováků a Čechů v Rumunsku, DSSCR; sk, Demokratický zväz Slovákov a Čechov v Rumunsku, DZSCR) is an ethnic minority political party in

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representing the Czech and Slovak communities.

History

Established on 4 January 1990 in

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, the UDSCR contested the May 1990 general elections. Despite receiving only 4,584 votes (0.03%),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

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