Christian Liberal Alliance
The Christian Liberal Alliance (Romanian: Alianța Creștin-Liberală, ACL), also known as the PNL-PDL Alliance (Romanian: Alianța PNL-PDL), was a centre-right[1] electoral alliance in Romania.
The alliance was founded on 28 July 2014 by the National Liberal Party (PNL) and Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) prior to a planned future merger between the two parties in order to field a joint presidential candidate in the 2014 presidential election.[2][3] In August 2014, the parties selected Klaus Iohannis, PNL party president and mayor of Sibiu (German: Hermannstadt), as presidential candidate.[4][5]
In the first round of the 2014 presidential election held on 2 November 2014, ACL candidate Iohannis received 30.4% of the vote, coming in second place behind Victor Ponta, the Social Democratic Party (PSD) candidate and incumbent Prime Minister of Romania.[6] In the runoff election held on 16 November 2014, Iohannis received 54.5% of the vote, becoming the surprise victor of the Romanian presidency.[7] The alliance was disbanded on 17 November 2014 upon the merger of PNL and PDL.[8]
Electoral history[edit]
Presidential elections[edit]
| Election | Candidate | First round | Second round | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Percentage | Position | Votes | Percentage | Position | ||
| 2014 | Klaus Iohannis | 2,881,406 | 30.3% |
2nd | 6,288,769 | 54.4% |
1st |
References[edit]
- ^ Radu Cinpoes (2015). "Political Culture and Participation: Between Enthusiasm and Indifference?". In Lavinia Stan; Diane Vancea (eds.). Post-Communist Romania at Twenty-Five: Linking Past, Present, and Future. Lexington Books. p. 109. ISBN 978-1-4985-0110-1.
- ^ "Romania Opposition Parties Merge Before Elections | Balkan Insight". 28 July 2014.
- ^ Serban Georgescu (22 July 2014). "PNL and PDL form the Christian Liberal Alliance". nineoclock.ro. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ "Romania's Christian Liberal Alliance chooses its presidential candidate | Romania-Insider.com". Archived from the original on 2014-11-04. Retrieved 2014-11-04.
- ^ http://www.ziuanews.ro/politica/sigla-acl-a-intrat-de-luni-in-productie-128950[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Romania's PM Ponta wins first round of presidential election". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2023-04-04.
- ^ "Romanians elected Klaus Iohannis their new president for the next five years". TheDiplomat.ro. 17 November 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ "Alianţa Creştin-Liberală desființată oficial. PDL-iștii sunt de astăzi PNL-iști!". Archived from the original on 2014-12-05. Retrieved 2014-11-29.