Victor Ponta, Romania's Prime Minister and leader of Social Democrat ruling party, addresses his supporters during a rally at the National Arena stadium in Bucharest September 20, 2014. REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's leftist Prime Minister Victor Ponta will win a Nov. 2-16 presidential election, an opinion poll shows, giving him the task of reviving an IMF deal which was put on hold because of disagreements over a tax cut.
The next leader, who will replace two-term President Traian Basescu, will play a pivotal role in appointing a new prime minister to resume efforts to cut the budget deficit started under a series of International Monetary Fund aid deals.
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