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