A Pro-European Party Wins the Parliamentary Elections in Romania

In the parliamentary elections in Romania, according to preliminary results after counting 99.45% of the votes, the ruling pro-European Social Democratic Party (PSD) won. However, the far-right Alliance for the Unification of Romanians (AUR) came in second.

This was reported by Romanian G4media.

Thus, the Social Democratic Party (PSD) received 22.6% of the vote. At the same time, the Alliance for the Unification of Romanians received 18.2%.

At the same time, the centre-right opposition party, the Union for the Salvation of Romania, won 12.1%, the Liberals - 14.4%, and smaller far-right parties (SOS and POT) gained 7.6% and 6.3% respectively. The UDMR, a political force of ethnic Hungarians, received 6.5%.

Reuters notes that after the first round of the presidential election, where far-right Kelin Georgescu won, support for radical forces has increased significantly. This may create difficulties for the formation of a PSD-led government, given the disagreements among the parties over economic reforms and budgetary policy.

As reported by The Gaze, in late November, the Romanian Constitutional Court ordered the Central Election Commission to recount all votes in the first round of the presidential election.

The decision was made following a two-hour hearing on a complaint filed by presidential candidate Cristian Terhes, who accused the CEC of falsifying the votes of another candidate, Elena Lasconi.

The far-right and pro-Russian politician Georgescu won the first round of the presidential race, raising questions about how such a surprise could have been possible.

The country's Supreme Defence Council said it had evidence of interference and that Romania was being targeted by hostile forces such as Russia. It is also claimed that TikTok paid more attention to Gheorghesek and did not force him to mark content as political.