Agrarian Union Party
Native namePartidul Uniunea Agrară
CountryRomania
FounderConstantin Argetoianu
PresidentConstantin Argetoianu
Founded1933
Dissolved1938
PredecessorAgrarian League
MergedNational Renaissance Front
IdeologyAgrarianism
Monarchism[1]
Romanian nationalism
PositionCenter to center-right

The Agrarian Union Party (Romanian: Partidul Uniunea Agrară, PUA) was a political party in Romania.

History

The party first contested national elections in 1931, when it was part of the National Union alliance created for the general elections that year.[2] The alliance won 289 of the 387 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, although the PUA did not take any of them.[3]

The party contested the 1932 elections in alliance with the National Union–Iorga, the Democratic Nationalist Party and the National Party.[4] The alliance won five seats in the Chamber of Deputies, of which the PUA took two.[3]

The PUA contested the 1933 elections alone, receiving 2.5% of the vote and winning five seats in the Chamber.[3] However, its vote share fell to 1.7% in the 1937 elections, resulting in it losing all five seats.[3] It did not contest any further elections.[5]

Election results

Parliamentary elections

ElectionVotesPercentageChamberSenatePositionGovernment
1931Part of the National Union–
1932Part of the National Union–
193373,2082.5%9th
193752,1011.7%8th

References

  1. ^ https://ioanscurtu.ro/constantin-argetoianu-portretul-unui-traseist-politic/
  2. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1601 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  3. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1610
  4. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1602
  5. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1597