Bulgarian Union of Banat–Romania Uniunea Bulgară din Banat–România Български съюз на Банат–Румъния | |
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| Founded | 3 May 1990 |
| Headquarters | Strada Palanca, Nr. 1,Timișoara |
| Ideology | Banat Bulgarianminority interests |
| National affiliation | National Minorities Parliamentary Group |
| Chamber of Deputies | 1 / 329 |
| Senate | 0 / 136 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 32 |
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TheBulgarian Union of Banat–Romania (Romanian:Uniunea Bulgară din Banat–România, UBB-R;Bulgarian:Български съюз на Банат–Румъния,romanized: Bălgarski săyuz na Banat–Rumăniya, BSB-R) is anethnic minority political party inRomania representing theBulgarian community.
The UBB-R contested the1990 general elections, and despite receiving only 3,451 votes (0.03%),[1] it won a single seat in theChamber of Deputies under the electoral law that allows for political parties representing ethnic minority groups to be exempt from theelectoral threshold. It retained its seat in the1992 elections, but was beaten by theBratstvo Community of Bulgarians in Romania in the1996 elections, losing its seat.
The party regained its seat in the2000 elections, and has retained it in every election since, including in the2020 elections, when it received 0.08% of the vote.[2]
| Election | Chamber of Deputies | Senate | ||||
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| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |
| 1990 | 3,451 | 0.03 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 1992 | 1,906 | 0.02 | 1 | |||
| 1996 | 4,115 | 0.03 | 0 | – | – | – |
| 2000 | 20,085 | 0.18 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 2004 | 15,283 | 0.15 | 1 | |||
| 2008 | 14,039 | 0.20 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 2012 | 10,155 | 0.14 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 2016 | 4,542 | 0.06 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 2020 | 4,853 | 0.08 | 1 | – | – | – |
