Peasants' Party–Lupu

Peasants' Party–Lupu

Partidul Țărănesc–Lupu
Peasants' Party–Lupu Partidul Țărănesc–Lupu
Leader	Nicolae L. Lupu
Founded	1927
Dissolved	1937
Split from	Peasants' Party
Merged into	National Peasants' Party
Ideology	Agrarianism; Poporanism; Agrarian socialism
Political position	Left-wing
	Politics of Romania; Political parties; Elections;

The Peasants' Party–Lupu (Romanian: Partidul Țărănesc–Lupu, PȚ–Lupu) was a political party in Romania.

History

The party was formed by Nicolae L. Lupu in 1927 after the Peasants' Party merged into the National Peasants' Party. In the 1928 general elections it received 2.5% of the vote, winning five seats in the Chamber of Deputies.^[1] It increased its vote share to 3.5% in the 1931 elections, winning seven seats. After receiving 6% of the vote in the 1932 elections the party won 12 seats in the Chamber and one seat in the Senate. However, it lost one Chamber seat and its Senate seat in the 1933 elections as its vote share fell to 5.5%.^[1]

Electoral history

Legislative elections

Election	Votes	%	Chamber	Senate	Position
1928	70,506	2.5	5 / 387	0 / 110	5th
1931	100,682	3.5	7 / 387	0 / 113	7th
1932	170,860	5.9	12 / 387	1 / 113	4th
1933	152,167	5.2	11 / 387	0 / 113	8th

References

^ ^a ^b Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp1600–1611 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

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[NS-1] Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp1600–1611 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

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