Centre Left Alliance

Centre Left Alliance Alianţa de Centru Stânga
Party Presidents	Victor Ponta (PSD) Gabriel Oprea (UNPR)
Founded	9 August 2012
Dissolved	25 February 2014^[a]
Ideology	Social democracy Left-wing nationalism
Political position	Centre-left
Colors	Red
^^ along with USL^[citation needed]

The Centre Left Alliance (Romanian: Alianţa de Centru Stânga, ACS) was a political alliance^[1] between the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the National Union for the Progress of Romania (UNPR) founded in August 2012.^[2]

The alliance was part of the Social Liberal Union (USL) together with the Conservative Party (PC) and the National Liberal Party (PNL), the latter two part of the no longer functioning ACD. PSD and UNPR had common parliamentary groups and at one point planned a merger.^[3]

Electoral history

Legislative elections

Election	Chamber			Senate			Position	Aftermath
	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
2012	4,344,288	58.63	159 / 412	4,457,526	60.10	63 / 176	1st  (within USL)^1	USL government (2012–2014)
							PSD-UNPR-UDMR-PC government (2014)
							PSD-UNPR-ALDE^2 government (2014–2015)

Notes:

¹ USL was an alliance of two smaller alliances: Centre Left Alliance (ACS) and Centre Right Alliance (ACD). Centre Left Alliance (ACS) members: PSD (58 senators and 149 deputies) and UNPR (5 senators and 10 deputies). The Centre Right Alliance (ACD) members were the PNL (51 senators and 101 deputies) and the PC (8 senators and 13 deputies).
² ALDE was created in June 2015 from a merger of PLR (a splinter of PNL) and PC.

References

1. "PSD si UNPR vor forma o alianta politica de centru-stanga".
2. "UNPR a format cu PSD Alianţa de Centru Stânga, parte a USL".
3. "Liviu Dragnea anunță un nou partid. Ce s-a ales din partidele înființate de Victor Ponta, Mircea Geoana, Teodor Meleșcanu, Gabriel Oprea și Marian Vanghelie". 19 September 2021.