Our Party (Moldova)

Our Party Partidul Nostru
Abbreviation	PN
Leader	Renato Usatîi
Founder	Renato Usatîi
Founded	1999
Preceded by	Christian Democratic Peasants' Party of Moldova
Ideology	Populism Russophilia Social conservatism Euroscepticism
National affiliation	Electoral Bloc "Renato Usatîi"
Colors	Blue
Parliament	0 / 101
District Presidents	1 / 32
Website
pnru.md
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Renato Usatîi

Dumitru Ciubașenco

Our Party (Romanian: Partidul Nostru), previously known as the Republican People's Party (Partidul Popular Republican, PPR), is a populist political party in Moldova.^[1] Founded in 1999 as the Peasants' Christian Democratic Party of Moldova (Partidul Țărănesc Creștin Democrat din Moldova, it promotes Russophilia, social conservatism, and soft Euroscepticism. Its party chairman is Renato Usatîi, while other key figures include Dumitru Ciubașenco (the party's candidate at 2016 Moldovan presidential election) and Ilian Cașu (the party deputy chairman and 2015 candidate for the function of mayor of Chișinău).

At the 2005 Moldovan parliamentary election, the party won 1.4% of the popular vote but no seats. The 6th National Conference of the Peasants' Christian Democratic Party of Moldova took place on 28 May 2005. The conference decided to change the name of the party to the Republican People's Party and adopted a new status and program. Its chairman became Nicolae Andronic. The party was in opposition to the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM), who governed until 2009. On 13 April 2014, a party congress took place, in which Andronic ceded leadership to Usatîi, and the party was renamed Our Party.^[2][3] On 10 June 2014, the Ministry of Justice of Moldova announced that it had not recognised this action.^[4][5] On 8 February 2015, the party congress was repeated and the Ministry of Justice approved on 27 February 2015 the modifications to the party program, status, the new name, and new leader.^[6][7]

Election results

Presidential

Election	Candidate	First round		Second round		Result
		Votes	%	Votes	%
2016	Dumitru Ciubașenco	85,466	6.03%	Endorsed Igor Dodon		Lost N
2020	Renato Usatîi	227,938	16.90%	Against Dodon (but he didn't endorse Maia Sandu)		Lost N

Parliamentary elections

Parliament

Election	Leader	Performance					Rank	Government
		Votes	%	± pp	Seats	+/–
2019	Renato Usatîi	41,769	2.95%	New	0 / 101	New	6th	Extra-parliamentary
2021		60,100	4.1% (Electoral Bloc "Renato Usatîi")	New	0 / 101	New	4th	Extra-parliamentary

Local elections

Department and municipality councils

Election year	No. of votes	% of votes	No. of overall seats won	+/–
2015	143,387	11.2	135 / 1,116

City and countryside councils

Election year	No. of votes	% of votes	No. of overall seats won	+/–
2015	87,090	8.2	784 / 10,570

Mayors

Election year	Mayors	% of overall mayor mandates	No. of overall mandates won	+/–
2015	43	4.8	43 / 898
2019	23		23 / 898	20
2023	17	1.9	17 / 898	6

References

1. "Programele electorale înaintea parlamentarelor din Republica Moldova: între promisiuni și populism". www.veridica.ro (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
2. Un congres ca o nunta. Controversatul om de afaceri, Renato Usatai, si-a lansat partidul cu mult fast, 13 aprilie 2014, inprofunzime.md
3. Partidul Popular Republican, redenumit în „Partidul nostru”, 13 aprilie 2014, trm.md
4. Motivul pentru care Ministerul Justiției a respins modificările la Partidul Popular Republican Archived 6 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine
5. Decizie: Renato Usatîi, fără „Partidul Nostru”
6. (VIDEO) Victorie multașteptată! Partidul Nostru a fost înregistrat la Ministerul Justiției
7. Ministerul Justiției a înregistrat „Partidul Nostru”, condus de Renato Usatîi

External links

• Official website