2014 Romanian Presidential Election First Round Sunday Nov 02,2014

 

A presidential election will take place in Romania in 2014. The election will be held in two rounds, on Nov 02 and Nov 16,2014 as decided by the Govt in February 2014
 

Romanians are deciding who will replace Traian Basescu, who is stepping down after serving his two-term limit.



14 candidates enrolled in the presidential race, the highest number since 1996 election.

Current Prime Minister Victor Ponta  from PSD and
 
Mayor of Sibiu Klaus Iohannis from ACL have the best chances to confront in the second round


Run - Off Election Sunday Nov 16,2014

Thousands of Romanian immigrants waited for hours in Portsmouth to cast their vote in a run-off pitting the social democrat prime minister against a centre-right candidate.Crowds thronged around polling stations in Portsmouth and London yesterday, waiting for hours to have their say in their country’s presidential election

  

 

 

 A Romanian living abroad casts his ballot during the presidential election run-off at a polling station inside the Romanian Embassy in London

Romanians wait in line to enter a polling station at the Romanian Embassy in Paris

Romanians queue at a polling station at the Romanian Embassy in Berlin

 

Prime Minister Victor Ponta led in the first round with 40%t to 30 % for Klaus Iohannis, an ethnic German mayor.

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta (second right), also the leader of the ruling Social Democrat Party, and his wife Daciana (left) with their children, Irina (second left) and Andrei (right), cast their ballot during the presidential elections run-off at a polling station in Bucharest


Opposition presidential candidate Klaus Iohannis (centre right) and his wife (centre left) arrive at a polling station in Sibiu, Romania

Election results are expected later today, and the winner will replace President Traian Basescu, who is stepping down

Romanian PM Admits defeat

Victor Ponta the Romanian Prime Minister, conceded defeat in Romania's presidential race on Sunday after exit polls showed centre-right candidate Klaus Iohannis had staged a surprising comeback against the frontrunner

Backed by a well-oiled party machine, Ponta had led opinion polls throughout the campaign and comfortably beat Iohannis, an ethnic German, in the first round election on Nov. 2 and observers believed he was poised for victory in the run-off

Prime minister since 2012, the 42-year-old Ponta often feuded with his rival, outgoing President Traian Basescu, which stymied policymaking and caused a constitutional crisis.
Without the check on power hitherto provided by Basescu, Ponta's rise had raised concerns he might tighten political control over the judiciary, prosecutors and media, in a country whose justice system remains under special EU supervision.
But Iohannis as president will, like Basescu, face a hostile parliamentary majority that could cause more policy wrangling.

Opposition candidate Klaus Iohannis has won a surprise victory in Romania's presidential election, defeating PM Victor Ponta after a tight race.

With most results declared, Mr Iohannis, mayor of Sibiu, had 54.5% of the vote to Mr Ponta's 45.5%.
Klaus Iohannis(55)and an ethnic German, vowed to change politics and said "another kind of Romania is beginning".


Ponta phoned Iohannis to congratulate his opponent well before then

But despite the loss, he ruled out quitting as prime minister and said his Social Democrat alliance would remain in power until parliamentary elections due in 2016.