The first round of the Romanian presidential election was held on Sunday. On the basis of 99.81% of the votes counted, the Central Election Bureau has announced the following results:

Traian Băsescu (PDL – Democrats) – 32.43 per cent
Mircea Dan Geoana (PSD – Social Democrats) – 31.16 per cent
George-Crin-Laurenţiu Antonescu (PNL – Liberals) – 20.02 per cent
Corneliu Vadim-Tudor (PRM – Greater Romania Party) – 5.55 per cent
Hunor Kelemen (UDMR – Hungarians) – 3.84 per cent
Sorin Mircea Oprescu (ind.) – 3.18 per cent
George Becali (PNG-CD – New Generation Party-Christian Democrat) – 1.91 per cent
Remus Florinel Cernea (Greens) – 0.62 per cent
Constantin Rotaru (Socialist Alliance) – 0.45 per cent
Gheorghe-Eduard Manole (ind.) – 0.35 per cent
Ovidiu Cristian Iane (Ecologists) – 0.23 per cent
Constantin-Ninel Potîrcă (ind.) – 0.21 per cent

Turnout 54.32 per cent

In addition, there was a referendum on whether there should be a unicameral parliament with fewer deputies. According to the Central Election Bureau, the turnout was 50.91 per cent, with the ‘yes’ vote winning 77.78 per cent of the valid votes cast and the ‘no’ vote winning, obviously, 22.22 per cent.