The head of state invited parliamentary parties to talks on designating the new prime minister Monday morning at the presidential palace.
The results of the December 9 parliamentary elections have been published in the Official Journal Friday.
Basescu said recently he would convene the Parliament and announce the calendar of discussions on designating the country’s new prime minister after the results of the elections were published in the Official Journal.
Romania’s center-left governing coalition USL won 58.63% of the votes for seats in the Chamber of Deputes and 60.1% in the Senate.
The opposition center-right coalition ARD gained 16.50% of the votes for the Chamber and 16.70% for the Senate. Dan Diaconescu’s People’s Party (PPDD) gained 13.99% of the votes for the Chamber and 14.65% for the Senate, and the Hungarian minority party UDMR got 5.13% for the Chamber and 5.23% for the Senate.