Mircea Amaritei

Final provisional count of the presidential election: Ponta - 40.44 pct, Iohannis - 30.37 pct

Victor Ponta, endorsed by an alliance of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the National Union for Romania's Progress (UNPR) and the Conservative Party (PC), won 40.44 per cent of the votes in the November 2 first round of the presidential election, while the endorsee of the Christian-Liberal Alliance (ACL) won 30.37 per cent, according to data released on Tuesday by the Central E

INSCOP: Ten per cent gap between Ponta and Iohannis in first round of presidential elections

With as many as 59 per cent of Romanians saying they will go to the ballot boxes in the first round of the presidential election this November, 40.6 per cent claimed they will vote for the Social Democratic Party (PSD) leader Victor Ponta and 30.1 per cent for Klaus Iohannis, the National Liberal Party (PNL) Chairman, reveals an INSCOP poll, conducted over October 2-8 and released