Romanian Election Ends With Likelihood of Runoff
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BUCHAREST, Romania, Nov. 28 -- Exit polls showed no clear winner in the election Sunday to replace President Ion Iliescu, raising the likelihood of a runoff next month between a former ship&#39;s captain with a populist message and a political veteran.
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The Romanian presidential election was too close to call, with one exit poll narrowly giving the nod to Prime Minister Adrian Nastase, while another survey had him neck and neck with his centre-right rival.
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Reformist opposition candidate Traian Basescu won Romania&#39;s presidential runoff election, according to nearly complete returns Monday -- a blow to the successors of the once-powerful communists who ruled for most of the period since the 1989 revolution.
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BUCHAREST, Romania  - Exit polls indicated no clear winner in Romania's presidential election Sunday, forcing a runoff next month between a former ship's captain with a populist message and a political veteran whose party is associated with the country's communist past.
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Exit polls show Romaniaâs ruling party leading in parliamentary elections, but forced into a runoff in the race for president. But the governing Social Democratic Party was falling short of gaining a parliamentary
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The Romanian presidential election was too close to call last night as both candidates declared themselves the victor after a run-off ballot produced a statistical dead heat.
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Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase hasn&#39;t received enough votes for an outright win in the first round of presidential elections and will need to face Bucharest Mayor Traian Basescu in a runoff, exit polls said.
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BUCHAREST  - Romanians rang the end of an era as they voted for a president to succeed Ion Iliescu and lead the former communist country into the European Union.
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Opposition candidate Traian Basescu seems likely to emerge the winner in Romania&#39;s presidential runoff election, according to partial results released today.
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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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Opposition candidate Traian Basescu has won an upset victory in Romania&#39;s presidential runoff, defeating Prime Minister Adrian Nastase.
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About 18 million Romanian&#39;s are eligible to vote in Sunday&#39;s national election for a new president and Parliament. The ruling former communist Social Democrats, credited
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Traian Basescu is the projected winner of Romania&#39;s presidential election, with 51.7 percent of the vote, the central election commission said Monday.
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Exit polls in key Romanian elections are showing a likely win for the ruling Social Democrats. But as in Ukraine, the opposition has demanded an investigation into voting irregularities.
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BUCHAREST, Romania - Reformist opposition candidate Traian Basescu was winning Romania&#39;s presidential runoff in a tight contest, according to partial official results released Monday.
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BUCHAREST, Dec 13 (IPS) - The unexpected victory of opposition leader Traian  Basescu has brought new political uncertainties to Romania.
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The results of Romania's presidential and parliamentary elections on Sunday evoke a mood of pessimism in some of the country's newspapers.