Romanian Opposition&#39;s Basescu Wins Run-off, Early Results Say
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Traian Basescu, the head of Romania&#39;s main opposition alliance won the presidential run-off election against Prime Minister Adrian Nastase, early results said.
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EXIT polls from Romaniaâs presidential run-off yesterday showed the race between the Social Democrat prime minister, Adrian Nastase, and the opposition leader, Traian Basescu, was too close to call.
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Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase has conceded defeat in Sunday&#39;s presidential run-off election. Official results show that a colorful former ship&#39;s captain-turned-politician won Romania&#39;s presidency.
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In a Jan. 15 story about Romanian revolutionaries, The Associated Press erroneously reported that former President Ion Iliescu stepped down after he was defeated by Traian Basescu in a presidential election. Iliescu did not run in the election. Basescu won a runoff vote against Adrian Nastase in December.
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BUCHAREST - Romanians went to the polls on Sunday for a general election and the first round of a presidential vote, marking the end of the era of Ion Iliescu in the former Soviet state.
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Both candidates of Romania&#39;s presidential runoff claimed victory on Sunday while exit polls showed them neck-and-neck. Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase reacts after
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BUCHAREST, ROMANIA - Exit polls show no clear victor in Romania&#39;s presidential election Sunday, making it likely that the two front-runners will compete in a runoff vote next month.
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The bitterly fought contest to become president of Romania was too close to call last night after a run-off ballot placed the outgoing prime minister in a dead heat with the mayor of Bucharest, according to exit polls.
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The opposition leader Traian Basescu emerged victorious from Romania's presidential elections yesterday, promising to tackle corruption and backtracking on suggestions that he would re-open a deal on the ...
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BUCHAREST, Romania  - Romania's centrist  opposition Tuesday demanded a rerun of Sunday's general  elections, alleging fraud in the electronic vote counting had  helped the ruling ex-communists, who held a slim lead.
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A supporter puts up a poster for Bucharest mayor Traian Basescu. BUCHAREST, Romania  -- Romanians, angered by poverty and corruption, began voting Sunday in a closely contested election to decide who ...
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Romania's Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) said late on Tuesday that it had rejected a centrist opposition demand to cancel Sunday's ballot due to alleged vote counting fraud that gave the ruling Social Democracy ...
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Romania's centrist opposition leader  Traian Basescu scored an upset victory in a presidential race  against leftist Prime Minister Adrian Nastase, partial official  results showed Monday.
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Traian Basescu, a sea captain turned politician, won a surprise victory in Romania&#39;s presidential run-off election held on Sunday, according to final results announced yesterday.
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Exit polls in Romaniaâs vote show the ruling party in the lead in todayâs parliamentary elections, but forced into a run off for the presidential election.
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Romania&#39;s ruling party appears to have won the presidential and parliamentary elections on Sunday, but by smaller margins than exit polls had suggested.
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Opposition candidate Traian Basescu has won an upset victory in Romania&#39;s presidential runoff, defeating Prime Minister Adrian Nastase.