Social Democrats and far-right parties appear to be making gains in Romania’s parliamentary elections as the counting of votes begins.
In Romania, the ruling party, the Social Democrats, seems to be winning the country’s parliamentary elections. According to a door-to-door poll published by the local media, the party would get 26 percent of the votes.
According to the door-to-door survey, the far-right parties would also appear to be the winners of the election, which would receive a total of around 30 percent support.
However, door-to-door polls do not tell about the voting decisions of Romanians living abroad. Hundreds of thousands of Romanians live abroad, so their votes are a significant catch. According to preliminary estimates, these votes could go to far-right parties and to the center-right opposition party USR.
The result of the Romanian parliamentary election does not seem to reflect the pattern of the recently held presidential election, in which a far-right independent candidate Călin Georgescu rose to surprise success.
In Romania, the president has great power in forming the government: the president appoints the prime minister, who goes on to appoint the government.
Romania’s bicameral parliament consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate, both of which are elected in the current elections.
Source: AFP, Reuters