Romanian PM and leader of PNL, Ludovic Orban, delivers a speech following the publication of the first exit polls of the legislative election, in Bucharest, Romania December 6, 2020. Inquam Photos/Octav Ganea via REUTERS
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's opposition Social Democrats (PSD) won Sunday's general election, a preliminary parallel count showed on Monday, riding a wave of voter discontent over the coronavirus pandemic and the minority Liberal government's vows of fiscal restraint.
A parallel count by independent platform Code for Romania showed that the leftist Social Democrats won 29.7% of votes and the centrist Liberals of Prime Minister Ludovic Orban 25.57% with roughly 96% of ballots counted. The count does not include roughly 265,000 votes cast in the diaspora.
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