Founded in 1990, after the
Romanian Revolution, the
Party of the Roma is the official political association of the
Romani minority in Romania and consequently has one reserved seat in the Chamber of Deputies, regardless of its electoral performance. The party has contested every election since the
1992 suffrage, but has never passed the 5% threshold required for it to gain extra seats. At the
2000,
2004, and
2012 legislative elections, the
Party of the Roma signed a protocol of reciprocal electoral support with the
Social Democratic Party (PSD). The reserved seat has been held by Gheorghe Răducanu between 1992 and 1996, by
Mădălin Voicu between 1996 and 2000, and by
Nicolae Păun between 2000 and 2004 and since 2004 onwards. == Local representation ==