Union of Armenians of Romania | |
President: | Varujan Vosganian |
Foundation: | 11 March 1990 |
Headquarters: | Bd. Carol I, Nr. 43, Sector 2, Bucharest |
Ideology: | Armenian minority interests |
National: | National Minorities Parliamentary Group |
Seats1 Title: | Chamber of Deputies |
Seats2 Title: | Senate |
Seats3 Title: | European Parliament |
Country: | Romania |
The Union of Armenians of Romania (ro|Uniunea Armenilor din România, UAR; hy|Ռումինիայի հայերի միություն|translit=Ṙuminiayi Hayeri Miutʿyun, RHM) is an ethnic minority political party in Romania representing the Armenian community.
The UAR contested the 1990 general elections, and despite receiving only 399 votes (0.003%),[1] it won a single seat in the Chamber of Deputies under the electoral law that allows for political parties representing ethnic minority groups to be exempt from the electoral threshold. It has won a seat in every election since.
Election | Chamber of Deputies | Senate | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||
1990 | 399 | 0.00 | 1 | – | – | – | |
1992 | 7,145 | 0.07 | 1 | ||||
1996 | 11,543 | 0.09 | 1 | – | – | – | |
2000 | 21,302 | 0.20 | 1 | – | – | – | |
2004 | 9,810 | 0.10 | 1 | ||||
2008 | 13,829 | 0.20 | 1 | – | – | – | |
2012 | 10,761 | 0.15 | 1 | – | – | – | |
2016 | 4,868 | 0.07 | 1 | – | – | – |