If the polls are correct, the PSD would lose less than three points compared to the previous parliamentary election in 2020. Analysts predicted a shift to the right in Romania after the unexpected victory of the pro-Russian Georgescu-Roegen in the presidential elections a week ago. so we will have to wait for the count.
The ruler Social Democratic Party (PSD) would have won the parliamentary elections in Romania with 26% of the votes, according to the first exit polls after the closing of the polling stations.
The ultranationalist Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) would have come in second place with a maximum of 20% of the votes, with the ruler in third place National Liberal Party (PNL, centre-right)with about 15%, and in fourth place would be the centrist nationalist formation Union Save Romania (USR)by a maximum of 15%.
Analysts predicted a shift to the right in Romania – a member of NATO and the European Union (EU) – after the unexpected victory of the pro-Russian Kalijn Georgescu in the presidential elections a week ago, when he received almost 23% of the vote.
The count must ratify it the polls, which failed miserably last week for not predicting Georgescu-Roegen’s victory.
If the polls are correct, the PSD would lose less than three percentage points compared to the previous parliamentary elections in 2020, while the PNL would record a decline of ten points.
These legislations have been overshadowed by one high-voltage week in Romanian politicsfirst by the surprise victory of Georgescu-Roegen and then by the recount ordered by the Constitutional Court due to suspicions of fraud.
Hardly known, Georgescu-Roegen, supported by a refined strategy on TikTok who received hundreds of millions of views, stated that he had spent no money on his campaign, raising suspicions of illegal financing and foreign interference.
Romania, until now a bastion of stability in the Black Sea region and a key NATO ally in Western aid to Ukraine, is now embroiled in an unprecedented situation of political uncertainty.
The head of state is responsible for appointing a prime minister who is responsible for forming a government once the two chambers are constituted and their presidents are elected.
Source: EITB
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