Peasant Workers' Bloc

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The Peasant Workers' Bloc (Romanian: Blocul Muncitoresc-Ţărănesc, BMŢ) was a political party in Romania that acted as a front group for the banned Communist Party of Romania.

History

In the 1926 elections the BMŢ received 1.5% of the vote, failing to win a seat. The 1927 elections saw the party's vote share fall to 1.3%, again failing to win a seat. Although the 1928 elections saw their vote increase to 1.4%, they remained seatless.^[1]

The 1931 elections were the party's breakthrough, winning five seats in the Chamber of Deputies with 2.5% of the vote.^[1] However, the 1932 elections saw its vote share fall to 0.3%, resulting in the loss of all five seats. The party was banned in the aftermath of the Grivița Strike of 1933, and did not contest any other elections. Its role as a communist front organization was partially taken over by the Labour League, created a few weeks before the 1933 elections.

References

1 2 Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp1600–1611 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

Historical political parties in Romania (1856–1947)

Liberal	National Liberal Party Free and Independent Faction National Liberal Party-Brătianu National Liberal Party–Tătărescu

Conservative	Conservative Party Constitutional Party Conservative-Democratic Party People's Party Romanian National Party Progressive Conservative Party Vlad Țepeș League

Agrarian	Agrarian League Agrarian Union Party Democratic Peasants' Party–Stere Democratic Peasants' Party–Lupu Bessarabian Peasants' Party League Against Usury National Agrarian Party National Peasants' Party National Peasants' Party–Alexandrescu Peasants' Party Peasants' Party–Lupu Ploughmen's Front Radical Peasants' Party Socialist Peasants' Party Transylvanian Peasants' Party

Fascist, corporatist, and far right	Iron Guard Romanian Action Citizen Bloc Crusade of Romanianism National-Christian Defense League National Christian Party National Fascist Movement National Italo-Romanian Cultural and Economic Movement National Renaissance Front National Romanian Fascio National Socialist Party Romanian Front

Socialist, communist, and social democratic	Romanian Social Democratic Workers' Party Social Democratic Party of Romania Labor Party Socialist Party of Romania Social Democratic Party of Bukovina Socialist Party of Transylvania Banat Socialist Party Romanian Communist Party Federation of Socialist Parties from Romania Peasant Workers' Bloc Romanian Social Democratic Party Socialist Workers Party of Romania United Socialist Party

Nationalist	Democratic Nationalist Party Democratic Union Party National Party National Union from Banat

Ethnic minority	Hungarian German Bloc Hungarian People's Party Hungarian People's Union Hungarian Union Magyar Party National Democratic Hungarian-Szekler Party German Party German People's Party Group of Transylvanian Saxons Jewish National People's Party General Jewish Labour Bund in Romania Jewish Party People's Council Party Ukrainian National Party Ukrainian Social Democratic Party Ukrainian Workers' Party of Romania

Other	Union of Patriots/National Popular Party

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