Social Democratic Pole of Romania

Social Democratic Pole of Romania Polul Democrat-Social din România
Abbreviation	PDSR
Leader	Ion Iliescu (2000) Adrian Năstase (2000-2003) Alexandru Athanasiu (2000-2001) Dan Voiculescu (2000-2003)
Founded	7 September 2000
Dissolved	16 June 2003[1]
Succeeded by	National Union PSD+PUR
Ideology	Social democracy Left-wing nationalism Left-wing populism Pro-Europeanism
Political position	Center-left
European affiliation	Party of European Socialists
International affiliation	Socialist International
Constituent parties	PDSR (until 2001) PSDR (until 2001) PSD (2001-2003) Romanian Humanist Party
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The Social Democratic Pole of Romania (Romanian: Polul Democrat-Social din România,^[2][3] PDSR) was an electoral alliance in Romania ruling from 2000 to 2003 in a coalition government.

History

Formation

It was founded by the Party of Social Democracy in Romania (PDSR), and of two smaller parties, the Romanian Social Democratic Party (PSDR) and the Humanist Party of Romania (PUR).

2000 legislative election

In the 2000 legislative election, they gained 155 of 346 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, and 65 of 143 seats in the Senate. In 2001, the PDSR and PSDR merged into the Social Democratic Party (PSD).

Dissolution

The two remaining parties dissolved the alliance in 2004, ahead of the local elections, in which they competed against each other. The PUR even attacked the PSD heavily for its system of "local barons". For the parliamentary election in November, they still managed to set up a new alliance, called National Union PSD+PUR to counter the center-right Justice and Truth Alliance (DA).

Electoral history

Legislative elections

Election	Chamber			Senate			Position	Aftermath
	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
2000	3,968,464	36.61	155 / 345	4,040,212	37.09	65 / 140	1st ^1	PDSR minority government (with UDMR support)

Notes:

¹ Social Democratic Pole of Romania members: PDSR (59 senators and 139 deputies), PSDR (2 senators and 10 deputies), and PUR (4 senators and 6 deputies).

Presidential elections

Election	Candidate	First round			Second round
		Votes	Percentage	Position	Votes	Percentage	Position
2000	Ion Iliescu	4,076,273	36.4%	1st	6,696,623	66.8%	1st

See also

• Politics of Romania
• List of political parties in Romania

References

1. "PUR iese de la guvernare". 16 June 2003.
2. "Semnul electoral al alianței politice Polul Democrat-Social din România" [The electoral sign of the political alliance Social Democratic Pole from Romania]. lege5.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2019-12-06.
3. "Definiții pentru PSD" [Definitions for PSD] (in Romanian). Retrieved 2017-08-26.