Romanian Social Democratic Party (1990–2001)

The Romanian Social Democratic Party (Romanian: Partidul Social Democrat Român, PSDR) was a social-democratic political party in Romania. Founded in 1990, after the fall of the Communist party rule in Romania, it claimed to be the direct successor of the Romanian Social Democratic Party existing between 1927 and 1948, when it had merged with the Communist Party of Romania to create the Romanian Workers' Party. Joining the Socialist International, the party entered alliances with the Democratic Party (forming Uniunea Social-Democrată during the 1996 legislative election), and took part in the Romanian Democratic Convention governments of Victor Ciorbea, Radu Vasile, and Mugur Isărescu (briefly leading the coalition government with Alexandru Athanasiu in 1999). The PSDR adhered to the Social Democratic Pole of Romania, and fused into the Social Democratic Party on January 16, 2001.

A minority wing opposed to the merger survived as Partidul Social Democrat "Constantin Titel Petrescu", later reforming itself as the Social-Democratic Workers' Party, which was dissolved in 2013.[1]

Notable members

Electoral history

Legislative elections
Election Chamber Senate Position Aftermath
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
1990 73,014 0.53
2 / 395
 69,762 0.50
0 / 119
  10th  Opposition to FSN government (until October 1991)
Opposition to FSN–PNL–MER–PDAR government
1992 2,117,144 19.46
10 / 341
 2,210,722 20.16
1 / 143
  2nd 
(within CDR)1		 Opposition to PDSR-PUNR-PRM government
1996 1,582,231 12.93
10 / 343
 1,617,384 13.16
1 / 143
  3rd 
(within USD)2		 CDR-USD-UDMR
2000 3,968,464 36.61
10 / 345
 4,040,212 37.09
2 / 140
  1st 
(within PDSR)3		 PDSR minority government

Notes:

1 CDR members in 1992: PNȚCD (21 senators and 41 deputies), PAC (7 senators and 13 deputies), PNL-AT (1 senator and 11 deputies), PSDR, PNL-CD (4 senators and 3 deputies) and PER (no senators and 4 deputies).

2 USD members: PD (22senators and 43 deputies) and PSDR.

3 Social Democratic Pole of Romania members: PDSR (59 senators and 139 deputies), PSDR and PUR (4 senators and 6 deputies).

Presidential elections
Election Candidate First round Second round
Votes Percentage Position Votes Percentage Position
1990 did not compete
1992 Emil Constantinescu13,717,006
31.1%
 2nd 4,641,207
38.6%
 2nd 
1996 Petre Roman22,598,545
20.5%
 3rd 
2000 Ion Iliescu24,076,273
36.4%
 1st 6,696,623
66.8%
 1st 

Notes:

1 Emil Constantinescu was the common centre-right candidate that was endorsed by the PSDR in 1992, as part of the CDR.

2 Petre Roman was the candidate of the center-left alliance Social-Democratic Union (USD).

3 Ion Iliescu was the candidate of the alliance Social Democratic Pole of Romania (the same acronym as the main party - PDSR).

References
  1. "Partide politice". Retrieved 25 December 2014.
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