Group of Transylvanian Saxons

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The Group of Transylvanian Saxons (Romanian: Gruparea Sașilor Transilvăneni, GST) was a political party active in interwar Romania representing the minority rights of the Transylvanian Saxons, a sub-group of the ethnic German community in Romania who have been living in Transylvania since the High Middle Ages.

History

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In the 1919 elections it won eight seats in the Chamber of Deputies and three in the Senate.[1] However, it did not contest any further elections.[2]

Electoral history

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Legislative elections

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Election Votes % Assembly Senate Position
1919
8 / 568
3 / 216
8th

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp1609–1611 Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1596

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