Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party
The Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party is a Christian democratic and agrarian political party in Romania. It claims to be the successor of the National Peasants' Party. The party was excluded from the European People's Party in June, 2017. The party joined the European Christian Political Movement in February, 2020.
History
1989–1992
The Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party was -founded by Corneliu Coposu, Ioan Alexandru, and Ion Rațiu in December, 1989, being thus the first officially registered political party after the fall of Communism. The party competed in the 1990 elections, where it ranked 4th with 2.5% and supported Ion Rațiu for president. The PNȚ-CD presidential candidate ranked 3rd, with 4.3%., Corneliu Coposu, and Ion Rațiu at a 1990 manifestation held in Bucharest
Given the political dominance of the National Salvation Front that was exerted prior and after the first free elections in post-1989 Romania, the PNȚ-CD decided to form a consistent alliance of centre-right parties aiming mainly to oppose it.
As a result, in 1991, most notably alongside the National Liberal Party, the PNȚ-CD formed the Romanian Democratic Convention.
Eventually, the PNȚ-CD would affirm itself as the most dominant internal political force for much of the convention's existence. For the period 1990–1992, PNȚ-CD was one of the main opposition parties.
1992–1996
At the 1992 elections, the party ran on a common CDR list and supported the candidacy of Emil Constantinescu as President of Romania. Consequently, the CDR ranked 2nd, having scored 20.16%, while Emil Constantinescu managed to qualify in the second round of the presidential election where he finished second with 38.57%. For the period 1992–1996, the party was the main opposition force in the Parliament of Romania.1996–2000
At the 1996 elections, CDR managed to rank 1st, with 30.70%, and once again supported the candidacy of Emil Constantinescu, who also managed to win the presidency with 54.41%. For the period 1996–2000, PNȚ-CD was the most important governing party within the CDR, being also part of a grand coalition which included the Democratic Party and the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania.At the 2000 elections, PNȚ-CD ran on a common CDR 2000 list and scored 5.30%, being unable to pass the electoral threshold required for an alliance. This weak electoral result was primarily owed to the fragmentation of the alliance and the scission of the Romanian right into several other parties as well as to the tumultuous previous governing term. For the period 2000–2004, PNȚ-CD was in extra-parliamentary opposition.
2004–2008
At the 2004 elections, PNȚ-CD ran independently, having scored 1.9%, failing this time as well to surpass the electoral threshold. The party supported the presidential candidacy of Gheorghe Ciuhandu, former mayor of Timișoara. Ciuhandu ranked 5th, with 1.9%.In March, 2005, PNȚ-CD voted to change its name to the Christian Democratic People's Party after the unification with the Union for Romanian Reconstruction. Eventually, it returned to its original name. The party did not compete in the 2008 legislative elections.
Afterwards, the party was split between a wing sustained by Marian-Petre Miluț supporting Aurelian Pavelescu as president and one supporting former Prime Minister and Bucharest mayor Victor Ciorbea as president.
2011–present
Victor Ciorbea was elected on June 18, 2011 president of the party. In September 2011 the Bucharest Courthouse recognised Victor Ciorbea as party president. Nonetheless, the split continued until Ciorbea left the party in order to become a senator on PNL's lists. Pavelescu was subsequently recognized as president and the fractions were dissolved.For the 2012 legislative elections, PNȚ-CD ran on a common Right Romania Alliance, along with the Democratic Liberal Party and the Civic Force. The party won one senator seat and one deputy seat. On April 23, 2013, Pavelescu was elected president of the party.
At the 2014 European Parliament election, the party only gained 0.89% of the vote, with candidates like former EP member Sebastian Bodu and the current party president, Aurelian Pavelescu, opening the list.
Following the 2019 European Parliament election and thanks to an agreement between the party and Social Democratic Party, the party has 1 MEP: Cristian Terheș.
Motto
Its motto as of 2006 is Fiecare contează. At the 2014 European elections PNȚCD motto was Renaștem pentru România ta!Electoral history
Legislative elections
Notes:1 CDR members in 1992: PNȚCD, :ro:Partidul Alianța Civică|PAC, :ro:Partidul Național Liberal-Aripa Tânără|PNL-AT, PSDR, :ro:Partidul Național Liberal-Convenția Democrată|PNL-CD and PER.
2 CDR members in 1996: PNȚCD, PNL, :ro:Partidul Național Liberal-Convenția Democrată|PNL-CD, :ro:Uniunea Forțelor de Dreapta|PAR, PER and Ecologist Federation of Romania.
3 CDR 2000 members: PNȚCD, :ro:Uniunea Forțelor de Dreapta|UFD, Ecologist Federation of Romania, National Christian Democratic Alliance and The Moldavians Party.
4 PNȚCD competed on PNL ballots.
5 Right Romania Alliance members: PDL, FC and PNȚCD.
Presidential elections
Notes:1 Emil Constantinescu was the common centre-right candidate that was endorsed by the PNȚCD in both 1992 and 1996 as part of the larger Romanian Democratic Convention.
2 Mugur Isărescu was endorsed by the PNȚCD at the 2000 elections as part of the Romanian Democratic Convention 2000 alliance.
3 Electoral protocol endorsing Traian Băsescu, the candidate of the Democratic Liberal Party, due to a decision enforced by the then official fraction of the PNȚCD led by Marian Petre Miluț.
4 Elena Udrea was endorsed by the People's Movement Party -PNȚCD alliance at the 2014 Romanian presidential elections.
5 Electoral protocol endorsing Viorica Dăncilă, the candidate of the Social Democratic Party.
European elections
Notes:1 Electoral protocol endorsing the Social Democratic Party.
Presidents of the party
| Nº | Name Born - Died | Portrait | Term start | Term end | Duration |
| 1 | Corneliu Coposu | 1990 | 1995 | 5 years | |
| 2 | Ion Diaconescu | 1995 | 2001 | 6 years | |
| – | :ro:Constantin Dudu Ionescu|Constantin Dudu Ionescu .JPG|60px | 2002 | 2004 | 2 years | |
| 5 | Gheorghe Ciuhandu .jpg|60px | 2004 | 2007 | 3 years | |
| 6 | Marian Petre Miluț (1955– | 2007 | 2011 | 4 years | |
| 7 | Aurelian Pavelescu (1964– | 2011 | present | 9 years to date |