The astonished Romanian elections brought a very tight result, true victory depends on the ruling coalition.

Our article is updated

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. According to the results of the exit poll, the two political forces are fighting face to face for victory.

It is estimated that the PSD finished in first place with 30.5 percent of the votes, while the NLP obtained 29 percent of the votes.

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 has not spoken about who is in coalition negotiations, he wants to wait for the final result.

According to Prime Minister Ludovic Orban, president of the PNL, the Liberals won. He maintained that the estimates of the exit poll do not include the votes cast in the hour and a half before the closing of the polls, nor the foreign votes, so he is confident that the final result will be fine. He is confident that he will be able to form a coalition with parties, with “democratic political forces committed to the EU and NATO” that he is willing to govern.

Dacian Ciolos, co-chair of Save the Romania Alliance (USR) and the liberal electoral alliance PLUS USR-PLUS, also considered his party’s electoral performance a victory, as they now expect their weight in parliament to double that four years ago. Ciolos noted that USR-PLUS does not intend to negotiate with the PSD to form a government coalition. Dan Barna, another co-chair of USR-PLUS, said that the election results show that reforms cannot be implemented in Romania without his party. He added that based on the final results, they expect a result of up to 18-20 percent.

DAHR also entered Parliament with an (expected) result of 5.7 percent, whose president, Kelemen Hunor, said they would be present in both the House of Representatives and the Senate and provide proportional representation to the Hungarian community.

He also spoke of the need to start negotiations in the coming days to ensure a parliamentary majority and stable governance. He envisions a stable middle-right government, but neither party has even come close to DAHR.

According to the exit poll, the Nationalist Association for the Unification of Romanians (AUR) has also joined, and the party’s co-chair said it was a great victory, as the party was founded a year ago. He said they would not enter into a coalition with anyone.



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