Traian Basescu obtained 50.43% of the votes while his countercandidate, Mircea Geoana, 49.57%, after counting 95.40% of the voting sections, the partial official results at 8AM, published by the Central Electoral Office, reveal.The next official partial results will be released at 11 AM.
Damn... also, if it stays this narrow, I guess accusations of electoral fraud will have high time. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
Central Electoral Office: Traian Basescu 50.33%, Mircea Geoana 49.66% - Top News - HotNews.ro
Traian Basescu obtained 50.33% and Mircea Geoana 49.66%, the final results released by the Central Electoral Office at 2:45 PM read. The final results are still provisional and will become final after all fraud allegations will be dealt with.
PSD Secretary General Liviu Dragnea: massive frauds compel us to contest elections / Romanians chose Geoana, the state apparatus attempts to name Traian Basescu - Top News - HotNews.ro
The frauds we witnessed obliges us to contest these elections, Social Democratic State Secretary Liviu Dragnea declared. He added that he knows that Romanians elected Mircea Geoana while Basescu's state apparatus tries to make Basescu a winner. Dragnea announced that the decision to contest elections was taken by all Social Democratic leaders on Monday morning and will be validated at 5PM. Dragnea said that the Social Democrats will finish registering all frauds. The decision comes after the official partial results indicated Basescu winner after last night's exit polls pointed to Mircea Geoana. Up to this point, Mircea Geoana did not make any declarations.
