Ecological Movement of Romania

The Ecological Movement of Romania (Romanian: Mișcarea Ecologistă din România, MER) was a political party in Romania.

History

Following the overthrow of the Communist regime in Romania, the MER was formed as a front for the post-Ceaușescu regime in an effort to attract the support of environmentalists.^[1] It received 2.6% of the Chamber of Deputies vote in the 1990 general elections, winning 12 seats. It also received 2.6% of the Senate vote, winning one seat.^[2] In December 1990 the party joined the National Convention for the Establishment of Reform and Democracy (CDR), a coalition opposing the National Salvation Front (FSN) government.^[1] The collapse of the coalition in January 1992 led to the party failing to win a seat in the 1992 general elections;^[1] although its vote share was reduced only marginally to 2.3% it lost all its seats.^[3]

It contested the 1996 elections as part of the National Union of the Centre alliance, alongside the Romanian Democratic Agrarian Party (PDAR) and the Humanist Party (PC). However, the alliance received only 0.9% of the vote, failing to win a seat.^[4]

Election results

Parliamentary elections

Election	Chamber			Senate			Position	Aftermath
	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
1990	358,864	2.62	12 / 395	341,478	2.50	1 / 119	5th	Opposition to FSN government (1990–1991)
								FSN–PNL–MER–PDAR government (1991–1992)
1992	243,740	2.25	0 / 341	231,401	2.11	0 / 143	10th	Extraparliamentary
1996	Part of the National Union of the Centre		0 / 341	Part of the National Union of the Centre		0 / 143	16th	Extraparliamentary

References

1. John Barry & E. Gene Frankland (2002) International Encyclopedia of Environmental Politics, Taylor & Francis, p139
2. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp1599–1600 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
3. 1992 Parliamentary Elections: Chamber of Deputies Archived June 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine University of Essex
4. 1996 Parliamentary Elections: Chamber of Deputies Archived June 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine University of Essex