PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION UPDATE

President Iohannis and ex-PM Viorica Dancila to run in the second round of Romania's presidential election

Newsroom, 10.11.2019, 23:32

ELECTION The incumbent president, Klaus Iohannis, backed by the ruling National Liberal Party, and the former Social Democratic PM Viorica Dancila will run in the second round of the presidential election in Romania on November 24, according to the partial counting made public on Sunday night, after the first round. The official results for 95% of the votes nation-wide put Iohannis first with around 36%, followed by Dancila with 24% and Barna with 13%. All the other 11 candidates got between 0.1% and 9% of the votes. The incumbent head of state said the war against the Social Democratic Party is not over, and called on citizens to vote in the second round as well. Sundays vote helps the Social Democrats to keep campaigning and to prove what they want to achieve on behalf of Romanias people, said Viorica Dancila. According to the Central Electoral Bureau, the turnout in the country was 47.66%. In the diaspora, where people went to polling stations as of Friday, record-high turnout figures were reported, with over 650,000 voters reported to have cast their ballots. The election continues abroad, with polling stations closing on Monday morning on the US West Coast.

(translated by: Ana-Maria Popescu)