Comparison of Radical Right-Wing Parties in Bulgaria and Romania: The National Movement of Ataka and the Great Romania Party
Vol.11,No.1(2009)
Bulgaria; Minorities; Nationalism; Party systems; Populism; Radical right-wing parties; Romania; Xenophobia;
Markéta Smrčková
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Election results
Romania
The results of parliamentary elections 1992:
http://www2.essex.ac.uk/elect/database/indexElections.asp?country=ROMANIA&election=ro92cd.
The results of parliamentary elections 1996: http://www.kappa.ro/guv/bec/v-dep-e.html.
The results of presidential elections 1996: http://www.kappa.ro/guv/bec/r-prs-e.html.
The results of parliamentary elections 2000:
http://www2.essex.ac.uk/elect/database/indexElections.asp?country=ROMANIA&election=ro20cd.
The results of presidential elections 2000:
http://www2.essex.ac.uk/elect/database/indexElections.asp?country=ROMANIA&election=ro2000presidential.
The results of parliamentary elections 2004: http://www.bec2004.ro/rezultate.htm.
The results of presidential elections 2004: http://www.bec2004.ro/documente/rezultate.htm.
The results of elections to EP 2007: www.bec2007pe.ro/rezultate.html.
The results of parliamentary elections 2008: http://www.becparlamentare2008.ro/rezultate.html.
Bulgaria
The results of parliamentary elections 2005: http://www.geocities.com/izbori2005/;
http://psephos.adam-carr.net/ countries/b/bulgaria/bulgaria2005.txt.
The results of presidential elections 2006: http://www.izbori2006.org/results_2/index.html.
The results of elections to EP 2007: http://www.izbori2007.eu/results/ [available to 1. 3. 2008];
http://www.electoralgeography.com/new/en/countries/b/bulgaria/2007-european-elections-bulgaria.html.
Unless otherwise indicated, the elections results are available to March 2009.

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