{"id":834298,"date":"2024-11-25T07:53:26","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T05:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/?p=834298"},"modified":"2024-11-25T07:53:26","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T05:53:26","slug":"2024-presidential-election-update-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/2024-presidential-election-update-7-id834298.html","title":{"rendered":"2024 Presidential Election Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 After counting approximately 99.80% of total votes, the first round of the presidential election in Romania was surprisingly won by C\u0103lin Georgescu, an independent candidate, accused of supporting Russia and eulogizing representatives of the Romanian far-right in the inter-war period. Georgescu grabbed 22.91% of total votes, with large numbers in the Diaspora and the capital-city Bucharest as well.<\/p>\n<p>Some 4 thousand votes currently separate the candidates in second and third place respectively, Social-Democrat leader, Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu, with 19.19%, and the leader of Save Romania Union (USR), Elena Lasconi, with 19.15% The leader of the ultranationalist and populist Alliance for the Unity of Romanians, George Simion, came in fourth in 13.89%, followed by the president and candidate of the National Liberal Party, former Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuc\u0103 with 8.82%.<\/p>\n<p>The second round of the presidential election is slated for December 8, while the parliamentary election will be held on December 1, the National Day of Romania.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION\u00a0\u2013 After counting approximately 99.80% of total votes, the first round of the presidential election in Romania was surprisingly won by C\u0103lin Georgescu, an independent candidate, accused of supporting Russia and eulogizing representatives of the Romanian far-right in the inter-war period. 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