United Social Democratic Party (Romania)

United Social Democratic Party Partidul Social Democrat Unit
Abbreviation	PSD Unit
President	Oana Crețu
Secretary-General	Dan Ujeucă
Founded	2023 (2023)
Ideology	Social democracy Christian left Progressivism
Political position	Centre-left
Colors	Purple
Website
www.psdu.ro
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The United Social Democratic Party (Romanian: Partidul Social Democrat Unit, PSD Unit or PSDU) is a political party in Romania which follows a centre-left social democratic and Christian democratic ideology.^[1] In the aftermath of the 2024 Romanian parliamentary election, the party attracted media attention due to its unusually high vote share for a minor party, which was probably due to people voting for them instead of the larger Social Democratic Party by mistake, as the two have very similar electoral symbols.^[2][3][4]

In March 2025, the party registered party president Oana Crețu's candidacy for that year's presidential election.^[5] The Central Electoral Bureau rejected her candidacy because only 197,194 of the 205,427 signatures submitted were deemed to be valid, less than the required 200,000.^[6]

Ideology

The party is economically centre-left and socially progressive, and can also be described as Christian-social and pro-European.^[7] It also presents itself as a youth-oriented party, campaigning on education reform and free school meals.^[8][9] The party supports a universal basic income.^[10]

Electoral results

Year	Election	Votes	Share	Seats
2024	Senate	164,659	1.78%	0
	Chamber of Deputies	177,122	1.92%	0
Source:prezenta.roaep.ro/parlamentare01122024/pv/romania/results/

References

1. Partidul Social Democrat Unit (2024-02-06). Prin apariția PSDU își pierde PSD electoratul ?. Retrieved 2024-12-02 – via YouTube.
2. "Cine este PSD Unit, partidul care a luat din voturile principalului partid de guvernământ. „Escrocheria secolului, clone ale PSD prin siglă și nume"". adevarul.ro (in Romanian). 2024-12-02. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
3. "Cine este PSDU, partidul care a „furat" din voturile PSD cu o denumire și siglă asemănătoare". www.digi24.ro (in Romanian). 2024-12-02. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
4. Dobrescu, Petre (2024-12-01). "Partidul PSD Unit, cu o siglă aproape identică, a luat din voturile PSD la alegerile parlamentare". Libertatea (in Romanian). Retrieved 2024-12-02.
5. "Oana Creţu (PDSU), Gelu Drăgan şi Constantin-Titian Filip şi-au depus candidaturile la BEC pentru alegerile prezidenţiale - HotNews.ro" (in Romanian). 2025-03-16. Retrieved 2025-03-16.
6. "Decision no. 43D" (PDF) (in Romanian). 2025-03-17. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
7. "Cine este PSDU, partidul care a „furat" din voturile PSD cu o denumire și siglă asemănătoare". www.digi24.ro (in Romanian). 2024-12-02. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
8. "Partidul acuzat că a luat din voturile PSD a promis pe TikTok că împarte șaorma: „Mâncare în școli și, bineînțeles, o șaorma"". www.antena3.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2024-12-02.
9. Andreescu, Maria (2024-12-02). "VIDEO | Doamna Oana din București, femeia cu partidul care nu e PSD, dar are numele (+Unit), sigla și trandafirii cu care a "șterpelit" voturi de la PSD • Alegeri 2024". B365 (in Romanian). Retrieved 2024-12-03.
10. "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2025-01-21.