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{{distinguish|Alliance for the Union of Romanians}}

The '''Alliance for Romanian Unity''' ({{lang-ro|Alianța pentru Unitatea Românilor}}, AUR) was a [[political alliance]] in [[Romania]]. It had ties to the [[Romanian Hearth Union]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/nceeer/1993-806-20-Crowther.pdf|page=24|title=ELECTORAL POLITICS AND TRANSITION IN ROMANIA|author=William Crowther}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AgCIBwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Allianz+f%C3%BCr+die+Einheit+der+Rum%C3%A4nen%22+%221990%22&pg=PA147|page=147|title=Wahlsysteme und Systemwechsel in Osteuropa: Genese, Auswirkungen und Reform politischer Institutionen|author-link1=Dieter Nohlen|first1=Dieter|last1=Nohlen |first2=Mirjana|last2=Kasapovic|isbn=9783663118046|year=1996|publisher=Springer }}</ref>

==History==
The AUR was formed as an alliance of the [[Republican Party (Romania)|Republican Party]] (PR) and the [[Romanian National Unity Party]] (PUNR).<ref>[http://www2.essex.ac.uk/elect/database/indexElections.asp?country=ROMANIA&election=ro90cd 1990 Parliamentary Elections: Chamber of Deputies] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205171131/http://www2.essex.ac.uk/elect/database/indexElections.asp?country=ROMANIA&election=ro90cd |date=2012-02-05 }} University of Essex</ref> It received 2.1% of the [[Chamber of Deputies (Romania)|Chamber of Deputies]] vote in the [[1990 Romanian general election|1990 general elections]], winning nine seats. It also received 2.2% of the [[Senate (Romania)|Senate]] vote, winning two seats.<ref name=NS>[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', pp1599–1600 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}}</ref> All seats were taken by the PUNR.<ref>[https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/bitstream/handle/document/44740/ssoar-studiapolitica-2013-1-preda-Partide_voturi_si_mandate_la.pdf?sequence=1 Partide, voturi și mandate la alegerile din România (1990-2012)] SSOAR</ref>

The two parties contested the [[1992 Romanian general election|1992 general elections]] separately; the PUNR nominated [[Gheorghe Funar]] as its presidential candidate, whilst the PR put forward Ioan Mânzatu. Funar finished third with 10.8% of the vote, whilst Mânzatu finished last of the six candidates with 3%. The PUNR won 14 Senate seats and 30 Chamber seats, whilst the PR failed to win seats in either house.

==Electoral history==
===Legislative elections===
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!rowspan=2|Election
!colspan=3|[[Chamber of Deputies (Romania)|Chamber]]
!colspan=3|[[Senate of Romania|Senate]]
!rowspan=2|Position
!rowspan=2|Status
|-
!Votes
!%
!Seats
!Votes
!%
!Seats
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1990 Romanian general election|1990]]
|rowspan=2|290,875
|rowspan=2|2.12
|rowspan=2|{{Composition bar|9|395|{{party color|Alliance for Romanian Unity}}}}
|rowspan=2|300,473
|rowspan=2|2.15
|rowspan=2|{{Composition bar|2|119|{{party color|Alliance for Romanian Unity}}}}
|rowspan=2|6th
|{{partial|Support to [[National Salvation Front (Romania)|FSN]] government (1990–1991)}}
|-
|{{partial|Support to [[National Salvation Front (Romania)|FSN]]–PNL–[[Ecological Movement of Romania|MER]]–[[Democratic Agrarian Party of Romania|PDAR]] government (1991–1992)}}
|}

==References==
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{{Romanian political parties}}

[[Category:Defunct political party alliances in Romania]]
[[Category:Nationalist parties in Romania]]
[[Category:Right-wing parties in Romania]]
[[Category:Romanian nationalist parties]]