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- The estimate based on the statements of those leaving the constituencies predicts a result of 30.5 percent for PSD and 29 percent for NLP.
- The USR-PLUS alliance critical to the system can count on 16 percent of the vote.
- The Hungarian Democratic Alliance of Romania (DAHR) obtained about 5.7 percent of the vote.
- According to the exit poll, seven parties, including a new nationalist formation, the Association for the Unification of Romanians (AUR), which pays 5.2 percent, could cross the parliamentary threshold.
- At the parliamentary threshold of 5%, the exit poll measured both the left-wing pro-Romania party led by former Prime Minister Victor Ponta and the People’s Movement Party (PMP) founded by former head of state Traian Basescu, a Romanian member of the European People’s Party together with the PNL and the DAHR.
So there are three parties, PMP, Pro Romania and AUR, which, according to the exit poll, cannot be sure that they made it to parliament: they will only get a clear answer after all the votes have been counted.
Who forms a government?
It is uncertain at the moment if the PSD will continue to have the largest parliamentary faction, since its advantage will not exceed the margin of measurement error. Both the Romanian Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the National Liberal Party (PNL) are considered the winners of the Romanian parliamentary elections, according to the first statements of the party presidents.
PSD president Marcel Ciolacu said the votes cast on Sunday show Romanian voters say a change is needed. Ciolacu believed that voters sanctioned the government, which “scoffed at dealing with the epidemic.” He added that a government is needed that can solve the real challenges, then thanked voters for overcoming their fears of the epidemic and understood that “the cabinet headed by Ludovic Orban must go.” Ciolacu declined to comment on who the coalition talks were with. As he said, we must first wait for the final results and clearly see the composition of the parliament.
According to the president of the PNL, Ludovic Orban, the liberals can be considered winners of the elections. He recalled that the estimates of the exit polls do not include the votes cast in the hour and a half before the polls close, nor the foreign votes, so he trusts that the Liberals will be the winners of the competition. He noted that he was confident that the PNL could form coalitions with other parties. According to Orban, the PNL is willing to co-govern with democratic political forces committed to the EU and NATO.
According to Kelemen Hunor, Hungarian representation in the Romanian parliament will be assured in the next four years. The president of the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (DAHR) evaluated the Romanian parliamentary elections on Sunday based on the results of exit polls published after the polls closed. He said the DAHR will be present in both the House of Representatives and the Senate and will provide proportional representation to the Hungarian community.
The politician attributed the coronavirus epidemic to holding Sunday’s elections with the weakest turnout in 30 years. He said talks to ensure a parliamentary majority and a stable government should begin in the next few days. He added that he would consider the formation of a stable middle-right government desirable, but neither side has asked the DAHR to start negotiations on a possible coalition.
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