Agrarian Union Party
Defunct Romanian political party
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The Agrarian Union Party (Romanian: Partidul Uniunea Agrară, PUA) was a political party in Romania.
Agrarian Union Party Partidul Uniunea Agrară | |
|---|---|
| President | Constantin Argetoianu |
| Founder | Constantin Argetoianu |
| Founded | 1933 |
| Dissolved | 1938 |
| Preceded by | Agrarian League |
| Merged into | National Renaissance Front |
| Ideology | Agrarianism Monarchism[1] Romanian nationalism |
| Political position | Center to center-right |
History
The party first contested national elections in 1931, when it was part of the National Union alliance created for the general elections that year.[2] The alliance won 289 of the 387 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, although the PUA did not take any of them.[3]
The party contested the 1932 elections in alliance with the National Union–Iorga, the Democratic Nationalist Party and the National Party.[4] The alliance won five seats in the Chamber of Deputies, of which the PUA took two.[3]
The PUA contested the 1933 elections alone, receiving 2.5% of the vote and winning five seats in the Chamber.[3] However, its vote share fell to 1.7% in the 1937 elections, resulting in it losing all five seats.[3] It did not contest any further elections.[5]
