Colonel William A. Phillips

The Bulgarian Union of Banat–Romania (Romanian: Uniunea Bulgară din Banat România, UBB-R; Bulgarian: Български съюз на Банат–Румъния, romanizedBălgarski săjuz na Banat–Rumănija, BSB-R) is an ethnic minority political party in Romania representing the Bulgarian community.

History

The UBB-R contested the 1990 general elections, and despite receiving only 3,451 votes (0.03%),[1] it won a single seat in the Chamber of Deputies under the electoral law that allows for political parties representing ethnic minority groups to be exempt from the electoral threshold. It retained its seat in the 1992 elections, but was beaten by the Bratstvo Community of Bulgarians in Romania in the 1996 elections, losing its seat.

The party regained its seat in the 2000 elections, and has retained it in every election since, including in the 2020 elections, when it received 0.08% of the vote.[2]

Electoral history

Election Chamber of Deputies Senate
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
1990 3,451 0.03 1
1992 1,906 0.02 1
1996 4,115 0.03 0
2000 20,085 0.18 1
2004 15,283 0.15 1
2008 14,039 0.20 1
2012 10,155 0.14 1
2016 4,542 0.06 1
2020 4,853 0.08 1

References

  1. ^ 1990 Parliamentary Elections: Chamber of Deputies Archived 2012-02-05 at the Wayback Machine University of Essex
  2. ^ "Alegeri Parlamentare 2020 – Camera Deputaților". rezultatevot.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved January 30, 2024.