League of Albanians of Romania explained

League of Albanians of Romania
Native Name:Asociația Liga Albanezilor din România
Lidhja e shqiptarëve të Rumanisë
Foundation:30 June 1999
Country:Romania
National:National Minorities Parliamentary Group
Seats1 Title:Chamber of Deputies

The League of Albanians of Romania (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Asociația Liga Albanezilor din România, ALAR; Lidhja e shqiptarëve të Rumanisë, LSR) is an ethnic minority political party in Romania representing the Albanian community.

History

The ALAR was established on 30 June 1999.[1] In the 2000 general elections it defeated the Cultural Union of Albanians of Romania to win the single seat reserved for the Albanian community in the Chamber of Deputies under the electoral law allowing political parties representing ethnic minority groups to be exempt from the electoral threshold only applied as long as they received 10% of the vote required for a single seat in the Chamber of Deputies.[2] [3] It has retained its seat in every election since.

Electoral history

ElectionChamber of DeputiesSenate
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
200010,5430.101
20045,0110.051
20088,7920.131
201210,0100.141
20164,6400.071

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.alar.ro/cine.html History
  2. http://www2.essex.ac.uk/elect/database/indexElections.asp?country=ROMANIA&election=ro20cd 2000 Parliamentary Elections: Chamber of Deputies
  3. [Dieter Nohlen]