Christian Liberal Alliance

The Christian Liberal Alliance (Romanian: Alianța Creștin-Liberală, ACL), also known as the PNL-PDL Alliance (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, 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
Election Candidate First round Second round
Votes Percentage Position Votes Percentage Position
2014 Klaus Iohannis2,881,406
30.3%
 2nd 6,288,769
54.4%
 1st 


References
  1. 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.
  2. http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/romania-opposition-parties-merge-before-elections
  3. 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.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-11-04. Retrieved 2014-11-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. http://www.ziuanews.ro/politica/sigla-acl-a-intrat-de-luni-in-productie-128950
  6. https://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/03/us-romania-election-idUSKBN0IL3BN20141103
  7. "Romanians elected Klaus Iohannis their new president for the next five years". TheDiplomat.ro. 17 November 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-12-05. Retrieved 2014-11-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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