Romanian elections: right-wing forces gain a third of the vote, but Social Democrats lead
Kyiv • UNN
In the parliamentary elections in Romania, The Social Democratic Party received 22% of the vote, the far-right AUR - 18%. The three right-wing parties together won about 30% of the vote, making it difficult to form a coalition.
The far-right AUR party was able to more than double the number of votes compared to the last election four years ago.
Passes UNN with reference to DW.
Elections to the legislative bodies of Romania. after processing about 98% of the ballots, it was found that the Social Democratic Party (PSD) received 22% of the vote. it is followed by the far-right Alliance for the unification of Romanians (AUR) with 18% of the vote.
The center - right National Liberal Party is in third place with 14.55%.
Fourth place goes to the conservative-Liberal Reform Party of the yesr with almost 12 percent.
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Hungary'S UDMR party is in fifth place with about 7%. Two new far - right parties also entered parliament: SOS Romania - about 7 percent and POT-almost 6 percent.
It should be noted that several far-right parties combined also have about 30%.
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All Western-oriented parties have ruled out the possibility of a coalition with the AUR. Difficult coalition negotiations are expected in the coming days. It is unclear what alliances will be possible. According to experts, the result of the parliamentary elections is also likely to have an impact on a possible second round of presidential elections.