The decision came after a recount of votes cast in the first round of voting on November 24, ordered by the Constitutional Court in connection with an election complaint by one of the candidates, Cristian Terges.
The President of the Constitutional Court announced the decision on Monday.
Romania. The results of the first round are valid – the Constitutional Court has ruled on the presidential election.
Last week, a recount was called for after independent far-right candidate Garin Georgescu won the first round of voting. There were suspicions that there was outside interference in the election process.
Previous opinion polls had shown a victory for Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolac. Meanwhile, it turned out that the politician didn't even qualify for the second round.
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Last Monday, Romania's Permanent Electoral Authority (AEP) announced that after counting the votes, 99.98 percent of the votes were counted. In the first round of the presidential election, the committee will be headed by Karin Georgescu, a candidate seen as pro-Russian and expected to get 23% of the vote. In second place was USR Secretary Elena Lasconi (19.17%). The two will finally meet in the second round on December 8th.
Far right loses parliamentary elections
Meanwhile, Romania held parliamentary elections on Sunday, resulting in the defeat of the far-right party AUR. After counting the votes, over 99 percent of the committee placed the social democratic PSD in first place with a result of 22.7 percent. AUR came in second at 18%.
According to the voting results, they came in 3rd and 4th place with 99.13%. Committee – National Liberal Party PNL (14.4%), current coalition partner government and center-right USR PSD – Romanian Salvation Union (12%)
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Prime Minister Ion-Marcel Ciolak spoke after the first poll results also showed a victory for the PSD. He said society has shown that it wants the current government to continue investing and move toward pro-Western policies.
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