On December 2, the Constitutional Court of Romania confirmed the results of the first round of the presidential elections in Romania.
We were talking about more than 9 million ballots. The decision was made unanimously after a complaint from one of the presidential candidates, Christian Terges, who stated that the votes of candidate Elena Lasconi were allegedly falsified.
But as a result, Terges’ appeal was rejected as unfounded, and the results of the first round of elections were approved.
After the Romanian Central Electoral Commission provided the Constitutional Court with data on the recount of votes – but without taking into account the 640 thousand votes of the diaspora – the Court stated that the votes among the diaspora were not appealed, and therefore, “their recount is no longer necessary.”
The second round of the presidential elections in Romania will take place on December 8. He was approached by far-right politician Kelin Georgescu and liberal pro-European candidate Elena Lasconi.
Georgescu received 22.94% of the votes, and Lasconi – 19.18%. Moreover, the current Prime Minister of Romania, Marcel Ciolaku, received 19.15% of the votes – 2.7 thousand less than Lasconi.
The second round of the presidential elections in Romania will take place on December 8.
Parliamentary elections
Parliamentary elections were held in Romania on December 1.
The ruling Social Democratic Party (PSD) took first place with 22.37% support. Its representative Marcel Ciolaku is the Prime Minister.
In second place is the opposition far-right Alliance for the Unity of Romanians (AUR) with support of 18.27%. This political force has anti-Ukrainian sentiments. It is headed by George Simion.
The third is the National Liberal Party (PNL), which is the coalition partners of the Social Democrats (14.3%). And in fourth place is the opposition Union for the Salvation of Romania (USR) (12.2%), led by Elena Lasconi, who qualified for the second round of the presidential election.
Two far-right political forces, SOS Romania and POT, received 7.6% and 6.3% respectively. And the ethnic Hungarian party UDMR – 6.5%.
Compared to the last parliamentary elections, the far right has greatly increased its support, which confirms the pan-European trend.
It is important for Ukraine that the coalition is formed by the pro-Western parties PSD, PNL and USR.
Source: Racurs
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