National Union PSD PUR

The National Union PSD PUR (Romanian: Uniunea Națională PSD PUR) was an electoral alliance in Romania in 2004.

History

The alliance was formed between the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the Humanist Party of Romania (PUR) as a counterpart to the Justice and Truth Alliance (DA; PNL-PD), only for the 2004 legislative elections and Romanian presidential election.

The two parties - by then PSD and Conservative Party (PC) - also decided to form a political alliance for the 2008 general elections, called Alliance PSD PC, reflecting the Humanist Party's change of name.

Electoral history

Legislative elections

Election	Chamber			Senate			Position	Aftermath
	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
2004	3,730,352	36.61	132 / 332	3,798,607	36.30	57 / 137	1st 1	Alliance dismantled in December 2004 DA-PUR2-UDMR (until April 2007) PSD in opposition
							PSD supported a minority PNL-UDMR government PC in opposition
2008	2,279,449	33.10	114 / 334	2,352,968	34.16	49 / 137	2nd  (as PSD PC)3	PDL-PSD government (until December 2009) PC in opposition
							Opposition to PDL-UNPR-UDMR (until May 2012)
							USL government (until December 2012)

Notes:

¹ National Union PSD PUR members: PSD (46 senators and 113 deputies) and PUR (11 senators and 19 deputies).
² Soon after the elections, PUR broke the alliance and switched sides, joining Justice and Truth Alliance (DA).
³ Alliance PSD PC members: PSD (48 senators and 110 deputies) and PC (1 senator and 4 deputies).

Presidential elections

Election	Candidate	First round			Second round
		Votes	Percentage	Position	Votes	Percentage	Position
2004	Adrian Năstase	4,278,864	40.9%	1st	4,881,520	48.8%	2nd