Community of the Lipovan Russians in Romania Comunitatea Rușilor Lipoveni din România Община русских-липован Румынии | |
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| President | Silviu Feodor (since 2016)[1] |
| Founded | 14 January 1990 |
| Headquarters | Str. Dr. Rațiu, nr.10, Sector 1, Bucharest |
| Newspaper | Zorile |
| Ideology | Lipovan Russianminority interests |
| Religion | Old Believers |
| National affiliation | National Minorities Parliamentary Group |
| Chamber of Deputies | 1 / 329 |
| Senate | 0 / 136 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 32 |
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TheCommunity of the Lipovan Russians in Romania (Romanian:Comunitatea Rușilor Lipoveni din România, CRL;Russian:Община русских-липован Румынии,romanized: Obshchina Russkikh-Lipovan Rumynii, ORL) is anethnic minority political party inRomania representing theLipovan community.
Established on 14 January 1990,[2] the CRLR took part in theMay 1990 general elections. Despite receiving only 0.13% of the vote,[3] it received one 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 has been receiving a seat in every election since.
| Election | Chamber of Deputies | Senate | ||||
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| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |
| 1990 | 17,974 | 0.13 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 1992 | 14,975 | 0.14 | 1 | |||
| 1996 | 11,902 | 0.10 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 2000 | 11,558 | 0.10 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 2004 | 10,562 | 0.10 | 1 | |||
| 2008 | 9,203 | 0.13 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 2012 | 8,328 | 0.11 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 2016 | 6,160 | 0.09 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 2020 | 5,146 | 0.09 | 1 | – | – | – |
