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{{Short description|Political party in Romania representing the Hungarian minority}}

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Right-wing politics>Right-wing| european = European Free Alliance (EFA)| website =weblink}}The Hungarian People's Party of TransylvaniaWEB,weblink Ethnic Hungarian party in Romania says "Transylvania is not a colony of Bucharest", budapesttelegraph.com, 22 July 2013, 2014-04-08, (; ) was a political party representing the Hungarian minority in Romania. It was founded in 2011.WEB,weblink Bejegyezték az EMNP-t, kitekinto.hu, 17 September 2013, 2014-04-08, Party was dissolved after merge with Hungarian Civic Party to form Hungarian Alliance of Transylvania in November 2022.WEB,weblink Două partide maghiare din România au fuzionat. Noul partid se numește Alianța Maghiară din Transilvania (AMT) și promovează autonomia, G4Media.ro, 2022-11-03, 2023-08-06, ro-RO,

Ideology and objectives

File:Romania - PPMT proposed regions.svg|thumb|left|175px|Map of the PPMT's proposed NUTS statistical regions of RomaniaNUTS statistical regions of RomaniaIt positions itself as an alternative for the Hungarian minority in Romania to the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR/RMDSZ), the largest party representing the Hungarians/Magyars living in Romania. The party's aim is "to establish an own parliament and government in Transylvania" and to achieve autonomy for the Szeklerland.WEB,weblink Cultural autonomy and territorial federalism: two voting options for Hungarians in Transylvania, nationalia.info, 13 November 2012, 28 May 2014, It also advocates territorial autonomy for Partium.WEB,weblink Megalakult a Partiumi Autonómia Tanács, kitekinto.hu, 22 July 2013, 20 June 2014, WEB,weblink Nyílt pályázat a Partium jelképeinek megtervezésére, erdely.ma, 21 May 2013, 20 June 2014,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140701110414weblink">weblink 1 July 2014, dead, In June 2014, Tibor Toró made a proposal for the revision of the bilateral treaty between Romania and Hungary, which was signed in 1996: I think the basic treaty with Hungary should be amended to introduce a reference to the possibility of creating the legal framework of autonomy for national communities, specifically for Hungarians.WEB,weblink PPMT propune analizarea revizuirii Tratatului româno-ungar, să fie cuprinse şi referiri la autonomie, 19 June 2014, This political organization is closely associated with the European MP László Tőkés, who was described by the president Tibor Toró as "the mentor of the party".WEB,weblink Harghita: PPMT îi propune lui Tokes Laszlo să accepte să candideze la europarlamentare pe, In August 2021, the party proposed a similar law to the Hungarian anti-LGBT law.WEB,weblink Will Romania step up anti-LGBTQ legislation like Hungary? | DW | 11.08.2021, Deutsche Welle, WEB,weblink 'Nationalist' and far-right politicians try to push anti-LGBTQ law in Romania, 12 August 2021,

Electoral history

Legislative elections

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"! rowspan="2" |Election! colspan="3" |Chamber! colspan="3" |Senate! rowspan="2" |Position! rowspan="2" |Aftermath!Votes!%!Seats!Votes!%!Seats!rowspan=4|201247,9550.65{{Composition bar412Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania}}}}58,7650.79{{Composition bar176Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania}}}}7thOpposition to USL government (2012–2014)}}Opposition to Social Democratic Party (Romania)-National Union for the Progress of Romania>UNPR-Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania-Conservative Party (Romania)>PC government}} (2014)Opposition to Social Democratic Party (Romania)-National Union for the Progress of Romania>UNPR-ALDE government}} (2014–2015)Neutral to the technocratic Cioloș Cabinet (2015–2017)}}!rowspan=3|2016did not competeNeutral to Social Democratic Party (Romania)-Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (Romania)>ALDE government}} (2017–2019)Neutral to PSD minority government}} (2019)Neutral to PNL minority government (2019–2020)}}

Presidential elections

{| class=wikitable width=100%! rowspan=2|Election! rowspan=2|Candidate! colspan=3|First round! colspan=3|Second round!Votes!Percentage!Position!Votes!Percentage!Positionalign=center!2014Zsolt Szilágyi (politician)}} >0.56grayalign=center!2019did not compete

See also

• Hungarians in Romania
• Székely autonomy movement

References

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