BEC

President Klaus Iohannis signed a decree on Wednesday to convene the new Parliament on 21 December. According to the decree, the Legislature resulting from 6 December elections is convened at 12:00 on 21 December at the Palace of Parliament. President Klaus Iohannis announced at the Cotroceni Palace on Monday that he would convene the new Parliament on 21 December.

Voter turnout in Sunday's presidential election as of 17:00hrs was 37.93pct nationwide, according to BEC spokesman Mircea Preotescu. The turnout in the urban area was 3,979,928, while in the countryside it was 2,931,156, he added. Higher turnout rates were reported in the counties of Ilfov (47.59pct), Cluj (45.27pct), Brasov (42.89pct), Sibiu (42.64pct) and Arges (41.96pct).

Voter turnout in Sunday's presidential election as of 15:00hrs was 29.21pct nationwide, according to BEC spokesman Mircea Preotescu. The turnout in the urban area was 29.99pct, while in the countryside it was 28.16pct, he added. Higher turnout rates were reported in the counties of Ilfov (36.44pct), Cluj (34.80pct) and Brasov (34pct).

Voter turnout in today's presidential election as of 13:00hrs was 20.68pct nationwide, according to BEC Spokesman Mircea Preotescu. The turnout in the urban area was 21.66pct, while in the countryside it was 19.38pct, he added.

Christian Liberal Alliance's candidate Klaus Iohannis got 54.43 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 45.56 percent, according to the provisional final data released by the Central El

The PSD-UNPR-PC electoral alliance of the Social Democrat Party (PSD), National Union for Romania's Progress (UNPR) and Conservative Party (PC) has got 37.60 percent of the votes in Sunday's European Parliament elections, the National Liberal Party (PNL) 15 percent and the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) 12.23 percent, according to partial data released by the Central Electoral Bur

PSD-UNPR-PC (the Social Democratic Party, the National Union for Romania's Progress, the Conservative Party) electoral alliance in the elections to the European Parliament carried out on Sunday obtained 37.25% of the electors' options, the National Liberal Party (PNL), 14.86%, and the Liberal Democratic Party (PDL), 12.36%, according to the partial results the Central Electoral Bu