The results of the December 9 elections will be published in the Official Journal after they are validated by the Central Electoral Bureau, or BEC.
According to BEC representatives, the results might be published in the Official Journal Friday.
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 Central Electoral Bureau said after the counting of votes in all polling stations countrywide.
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.