Poll predictions have ruling party ahead in Romania
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BUCHAREST: Romania&#39;s ruling Social Democrats have emerged ahead in a general election but may be deprived of a clear majority needed to keep the Balkan country on track towards the European Union, exit polls showed.
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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, almost complete  official results showed on Monday.
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A coincidence that could tip the scales in Romania&#39;s tightly fought presidential and parliamentary elections on Sunday is literally the colors used by the two main political parties in their campaign.
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Romania&#39;s former communists looked likely to retain power last night when exit polls put them comfortably ahead in elections for both parliament and president.
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Prime Minister Adrian Nastase leads in Romanian presidential elections with 43,7% of the votes, the national TV channel reported, citing preliminary results.
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Echoing events in Ukraine where a populist opposition candidate faced the ruling party's favorite, Romanian voters will decide Sunday whether a sophisticated ex-communist or a scrappy ex-sailor will preside ...
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29 November 2004 -- Exit polls suggest that Romania&#39;s ruling Social Democratic Party leads parliamentary voting but will come up short of a majority that would allow it to form a government single-handedly.
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Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase and his left-wing party face a tough challenge from the centrist opposition in today - s presidential and parliamentary elections.
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BUCHAREST -- Exit polls indicated no clear winner in Romania&#39;s presidential election yesterday, forcing a runoff next month between a former ship&#39;s captain with a populist message and a political veteran whose party is associated with the country&#39;s
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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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Partial results put opposition candidate Traian Basescu narrowly ahead in the race to be Romanian president.
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With a choice of two presidential elections to follow - one here Nov. 2 and one in Romania Nov.
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The BBC's Nick Thorpe in Romania investigates a tip-off of possible electoral fraud in the country's presidential and parliamentary elections.
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Turkey's Islamic-rooted ruling party was headed for victory Sunday with more than half the votes counted in parliamentary elections that pitted the government against opponents warning of a threat to secular traditions.
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Amid allegations of widescale fraud, the candidate of the ruling Social Democrat Party (PSD) narrowly emerged the leader in the first round of Romania's presidential election, according to partial vote tallies.
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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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BUCHAREST, Romania - Exit polls showed no clear winner in Romania&#39;s presidential election Sunday, forcing a runoff next month between a former ship&#39;s captain with a populist message and a political veteran embodying the communist past.