Opposition candidate wins Romanian presidential vote
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Bucharest: Opposition candidate Traian Basescu won Romania&#39;s hotly-contested presidential election dominated by the country&#39;s EU membership bid, but the centre-right mayor of Bucharest on Monday faced the arduous task of trying to form a government from a
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Romania's Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) said that Traian Basescu, the centrist opposition leader, has won the presidential run-off held on Sunday.
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BUCHAREST, Romania -- Romanian centrist Traian Basescu scored an upset presidential win yesterday and vowed to replace the ruling ex-communists with a reformist team in the run-up to European Union entry in 2007.
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BUCHAREST, Dec. 13. - Prime Minister Mr Adrian Nastase conceded defeat in Romaniaâs presidential runoffs today, calling opponent Mr Traian Basescu the countryâs future President.
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About 18 million Romanian's are eligible to vote in Sunday's national election for a new president and Parliament.
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With 98.76 percent of the ballots counted, Basescu had 51.23 percent of the vote, compared with Nastase's 48.77, according to The Associated Press.
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Romanians went to the polls to elect a president in a second-round run-off vote pitting Prime Minister Adrian Nastase, the favourite, against Bucharest Mayor Traian Basescu.
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Mayor Traian Basescu was ahead in the Romanian presidential runoff, according to official partial results released Monday. Basescu had 51.75 percent of the vote, to 48.25 for Prime
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Romanians go to the polls to choose between the governing ex-communists and a strong opposition alliance.
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The party of Kenya's opposition challenger Raila Odinga says he has won his country's presidential election.
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Presidential elections began early Sunday in Romania with around 18 million eligible voters expected to vote in the first round of the race.
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KIEV, Ukraine -- The opposition candidate won the most votes today in Ukraine&#39;s presidential election but fell short of a first-round victory, according to an exit poll conducted by a consortium of non-governmental and polling groups.
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Opposition candidate Traian Basescu won Romania's hotly-contested presidential election dominated by the country's EU membership bid, but the centre-right mayor of Bucharest faced the arduous task of trying to ...
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Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase has conceded defeat in Sunday's presidential run-off election.
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Mayor Traian Basescu was ahead in the Romanian presidential runoff, according to official partial results released Monday.
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Romania&#39;s centrist opposition leader Traian Basescu has scored an upset victory in a presidential race against leftist Prime Minister Adrian Nastase, partial official results show.
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BUCHAREST, Dec 13 (IPS) - The unexpected victory of opposition leader Traian  Basescu has brought new political uncertainties to Romania.