Cultural Union of Ruthenians of Romania | |
Native Name: | Uniunea Culturală a Rutenilor din România Културне Товариство Русинів Романії |
Foundation: | 2000 |
Newspaper: | Jurnal Rutean |
National: | National Minorities Parliamentary Group |
Seats1 Title: | Chamber of Deputies |
Seats2 Title: | Senate |
Seats3 Title: | European Parliament |
Country: | Romania |
The Cultural Union of Ruthenians of Romania (ro|Uniunea Culturală a Rutenilor din România, UCRR; rue|Културне Товариство Русинів Романії|translit=Kultulrne Tovarystvo Rusyniv Romaniji, KTRR) is an ethnic minority political party in Romania representing the Rusyn community.
The AIR was established in 2000.[1] It contested the 2000 general elections, and despite receiving just 6,942 votes (0.06%), it won a seat in the Chamber of Deputies under the electoral law allowing political parties representing ethnic minority groups to be exempt from the electoral threshold as long as they received 10% of the vote required for a single seat in the Chamber of Deputies.[2] [3]
The party has won a seat in every election since.
Election | Chamber of Deputies | Senate | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||
2000 | 6,942 | 0.06 | 1 | – | – | – | |
2004 | 2,871 | 0.03 | 1 | ||||
2008 | 4,514 | 0.07 | 1 | – | – | – | |
2012 | 5,265 | 0.07 | 1 | – | – | – | |
2016 | 2,824 | 0.04 | 1 | – | – | – |