Centre Left Alliance
The Centre Left Alliance (Romanian: Alianţa de Centru Stânga, ACS) is a political alliance between the Social Democratic Party and the National Union for the Progress of Romania founded in September 2012; it lasted until 2014.
The alliance was part of the Social-Liberal Union together with the Conservative Party and the National Liberal Party, the latter two part of the no longer functioning ACD. PSD and UNPR had common parliamentary groups and at one point planned a merger.
Electoral history
Legislative elections
| Election | Chamber | Senate | Position | Aftermath | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| 2012 | 4,344,288 | 58.63 | 159 / 412 |
4,457,526 | 60.10 | 63 / 176 |
1st (within USL)1 |
USL government (until March 2014) |
| PSD-UNPR-UDMR-PC government (until December 2014) | ||||||||
| PSD-UNPR-ALDE2 government (until November 2015) | ||||||||
| Supporting Cioloș Cabinet (Ind.) | ||||||||
Notes:
1 USL was an alliance of two smaller alliances: Centre Left Alliance and Centre Right Alliance. Centre Left Alliance members: PSD (58 senators and 149 deputies) and UNPR (5 senators and 10 deputies). Centre Right Alliance members: PNL (51 senators and 101 deputies) and PC (8 senators and 13 deputies).
2 ALDE was created in June 2015 from a merger of PLR (a splinter of PNL) and PC.