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Christian Liberal Alliance

Christian Liberal Alliance

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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

Presidential elections

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References

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    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.
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    "Romania Opposition Parties Merge Before Elections | Balkan Insight". 28 July 2014.
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    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.
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    "Romania's Christian Liberal Alliance chooses its presidential candidate | Romania-Insider.com". Archived from the original on 2014-11-04. Retrieved 2014-11-04.
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    http://www.ziuanews.ro/politica/sigla-acl-a-intrat-de-luni-in-productie-128950%5B%5D
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    "Romania's PM Ponta wins first round of presidential election". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2023-04-04.
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    "Romanians elected Klaus Iohannis their new president for the next five years". TheDiplomat.ro. 17 November 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
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    "Alianţa Creştin-Liberală desființată oficial. PDL-iștii sunt de astăzi PNL-iști!". Archived from the original on 2014-12-05. Retrieved 2014-11-29.
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