Social Democrats easily win Romania parliamentary elections
BUCHAREST, Romania — Romania’s left-leaning Social Democrats easily won parliamentary elections a year after a major anti-corruption drive forced the last Socialist prime minister from power, near-final results released Monday showed.
Election authorities said that with 99 percent of the votes from Sunday’s balloting counted, the Social Democratic Party had won about 46 percent and the center-right Liberals were second with over 20 percent.
The chairman of the Social Democrats, Liviu Dragnea, spoke Sunday after exit polls showed similar results.