BEC - Partial results as of 7 a.m.: Iohannis - 54.66 pct, Ponta - 45.33 pc

Christian Liberal Alliance's candidate Klaus Iohannis got 54.66 percent of the vote in the second round of the presidential elections on Sunday, while Prime Minister Victor Ponta, the candidate of the Social Democratic Party - National Union for Romania's Progress - Conservative Party alliance polled 45.33 percent, according to partial results supplied by the Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) early on Monday.

The results were obtained after centralizing the reports from 18,188 polling stations accounting for 96.50 percent of the total.

According to the Bureau data, Iohannis got 6,126,024 votes, while Ponta polled 5,081,479 votes.

Among the counties that delay to report the figures are southern Olt (57.40 percent) and southeastern Constanta (57.60 percent).

Also centralized were the figures from 276 polling stations from abroad, accounting for 93.87 percent of the total.

The BEC will release the next partial returns at 11 a.m..AGERPRES