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Romania Election Results Show Prospect of Tough Coalition Negotiations, Novinite (2008)

The article shows results of the November 30 Parliamentary elections, based on over 99% of the vote counted.

Romanian election neck-and-neck, BBC (2008)

With 71% of the vote counted, Romania's centrist Liberal Democrats and leftist Social Democrats are running neck-and-neck in general election. This article presents partial results of recent elections.

One week ahead of elections, unusual alliances are shaping, Nine O'Clock (2008)

In this article you can read about those speculations that are mounting as to what alliances the main parties in the race are seeking in one week ahead of the parliamentary elections.

Election campaign news, Nine O'Clock (2008)

Under this link you can read the latest news of the Romanian 2008 parliamentary election campaign.

Bucharest elects its first independent mayor, SET.com (2008)

Independent Sorin Oprescu won Bucharest's mayoral runoff on Sunday (June 15th), beating Liberal Democrat Vasile Blaga by 57% to 43%, according to the Municipal Electoral Bureau (BEM).

Romania village elects dead mayor, BBC (2008)

Romanian villagers have voted to re-elect a dead man as their mayor, to prevent his living rival winning.

Romania’s Big Parties Draw in Local Polls, Balkaninsight.com (2008)

Romania's two biggest parties have finished neck-and-neck after nationwide local elections.

Elections in Romania cost 66 mln lei, New Europe (2008)

The Romanian government voted on allocating 66 million Romanian Lei for the organisation and running of the local elections to be held in June 2008.

Romania's Government Calls Local Elections for June 1, SeeNews (2008)

Romania's Government Calls Local Elections for June 1

Official Local Election Candidate Registration Has Been Concluded, See Europe Net (2008)

Candidates at local elections swarmed to county electoral offices on the deadline date for submitting their candidacies.

Romania starts local elections campaign, Sofia echo.com (2008)

The campaign for local elections in Romania was officially launched on May 2.

Romania local elections campaign brings about innovative vote-grabbing techniques, Hot news.ro (2008)

Two weeks after the electoral campaign officially started for Romanian local elections due on June 1, candidates were using every method they could think of to attract votes.

Debacle for Prime Minister in first EU elections in Romania, Wien International (2007)

Parties close to President Trajan Basescu were the winners of the first elections to the European parliament in Romania at the end of November 2007. The National Liberal Party (PNL) of Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu suffered a crushing defeat. However, an electoral reform proposed by Mr Basescu failed to win voters' support in a referendum held simultaneously with the elections.

Low voter turnout invalidates EP election results, New Europe (2007)

The Central Electoral Office (BEC) announced on November 27 the final results and data for the first European elections and a referendum on changes to the voting system that took place in Romania on November 25.

Romanian nationalists defeated in EU assembly vote, EUobserver (2007)

An article about the EP elections in Romania took place on Sunday.

Poor turnout mars Romanian Euro-MPs election and referendum - Summary, Earthtimes.org (2007)

An article about the Sunday European Parliament elections and Referendum in Romania.

Opposition wins EU elections in Romania, EurAktiv (2007)

Romania's centre-right opposition, the Democratic Party, won the country's first ever European elections, according to initial results published on Monday.

Two voting processes to be held in separate stations, NewEurope (2007)

Romania’s government recently made the decision that the two voting processes will be held in separate ballot stations, in spite of a request by the president to have unique voting stations for both elections, in order to cut down expenses, Nine o’clock reported on November 1.

Uninominal vote: President wants to have the final say, Nine o'clock (2007)

Just one hour after PM Tariceanu held his speech in the Parliament for the assumption of responsibility on the uninominal vote, President Traian Basescu announced he won’t promulgate it.

Basescu signs decree for choice on single voting system, NewEurope (2007)

Romanian President Traian Basescu signed a decree on October 23 after a day of consultations with his advisers, over the question Romanians are being called to answer at the Referendum.

Romania local elections campaign brings about innovative vote-grabbing techniques, Hot News.ro (2008)

Two weeks after the electoral campaign officially started for Romanian local elections due on June 1, candidates were using every method they could think of to attract votes.

Coalition Government Collapses in Romania (New York Times, 2009)

 

Electoral campaign for Romania presidential elections starts (Hot News, 2009)

23rd October was the first day of the electoral campaign of the presidential elections. Who are the candidates?

New measures regarding the November 22 elections and referendum (Financiarul.ro 2009)

A referendum will be held in Romania in the same time as the Presidential elections.

Romania's Parliament Blocks New Government (The Wall Street Journal, 2009)

 

Basescu wants new government before presidential election (Romanian Times, 2009)

 

Romania: Press review - November 11 (Romania press, 2009)

Summary of the week's happening - just before the elections.

Romania's Basescu considers early general elections (SETimes.com, 2009)

 

Post-election scenarios seen key to winning electors’ vote in presidential polls (Financiarul.ro

Post-election scenarios seem to play an important role in determining voters' decision on the 22nd November.

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Romania: elections, crisis, democracy. About to get worse? (Observatorio Balcani e Caucaso, 2009)

Interview with Mircea Kivu, expert on political and social issues

Antonescu key to 2nd round of Romania presidential vote (Business new Europe, 2009)

 

Runoff to wrap up Romania elections (Aljazeera, 2009)

 

Foreign Affairs ministry: 94,000 Romanian citizens voted abroad (Hot News, 2009)

 

Romania: BEC: Referendum turnout at 46.75pct (Roumanie.com , 2009)

 

OSCE: Romanian elections respected, in general, international standards (Hot News, 2009)

 

Presidential elections in Romania: The final round (Girodivite, 2009)

 

Romania: Press review - November 30 (Roumanie, 2009)

 

Romanian Court of Appeals overturns Nica's dismissal (SETimes.com, 2009)

Decision of the Court of Appeals on the dismissal (about 2 months ago) of Dan Nica, former minister of interior.

Romania election protests (Suomen Kuvalehti, 2009)

Hundreds of Romanians protested a newly formed political alliance in Timisoara by tearing a poster of Social Democracy party presidential candidate Mircea Geoana.

Romania's president faces poll defeat over 'child-slapping' video (Roumanie.com, 2009)

The chances of Romania's president winning a second term in office have been dealt a mortal blow by the release of a video apparently showing him hitting a ten-year-old boy.

Geoana Could Win Romanian Run-Off (Angus Reid, 2009)

Short overview on what had happened during the last months in Romania and a polling data by the National Institute for Public Opinion Studies and Marketing.

Romania: Press review - December 2 (Roumanie.com, 2009)

Romania's national dailies of Wednesday give wide coverage to December 1, Romania's National Day, celebrations; the Social Democratic Party + Conservative Party (PSD+PC) Alliance, the National Liberal Party (PNL) and the Christian Democratic National Peasant Party (PNTCD) signing a cooperation pact in Timisoara; the two candidates in the presidential run-off of December 6 trading barbs; spontaneous rallies and counter-rallies in Timisoara, Bucharest and Brasov; the latest economic projections of analysts and the National Bank of Romania (BNR).

More Romanians voted Sunday at Romanian presidential elections in Moldova (Focus News Agency, 2009)

About 5400 Romanians have voted Sunday at the second round of Romanian presidential elections in Moldova by 12.00 pm.

Geoana Beats Basescu in Romania Presidential Elections - Exit Poll (Novinite, 2009)

Social Democrat leader Mircea Geoana is the most likely winner over incumbent Traian Basescu in Sunday’s runoff of Romania’s Presidential Elections.

Romania:Presidential poll comes to an end (Emportal, 2009)

The last polling station in the United States closed at 7.00am in Romanian time.

2nd UPDATE: Pres Basescu Claims Victory In Romanian Election (The Wall Street Journal, 2009)

Romanian voters appear to have handed center-right President Traian Basescu a second term by a thin margin, but the opposition was quick to allege improprieties and contest the outcome.

Final results – Basescu wins presidential elections with 50.33% of Romanians' votes, BEC says (Realitatea, 2009)

After counting the votes from all the voting sections, the Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) announced Traian Basescu received 50.33 percent of Romanians' votes and Mircea Geoana 49.66 percent, so the difference between the two candidates is of 0.67 percent.

OSCE says Romanian election generally fair, alleged irregularities need investigation (Focus News Agency, 2009)

Romania’s presidential election generally observed international standards but information on alleged irregularities need to be investigated, OSCE mission chief Vadim Zhdanovich said Monday.

Romanian Opposition Contests Basescu’s Election Win (Update2) (Bloomberg, 2009)

Party Chairman Mircea Geoana said today he asked the Constitutional Court to annul the run-off vote that gave Basescu 50.3 percent to Geoana’s 49.7 percent. Social Democrats, who claim fraud, met this morning in Bucharest to outline a strategy for contesting the outcome.

OSCE report: the second round of Romanian elections complied to OSCE commitments and international standards (Hot News, 2009)

Short overview of the OSCE report on the 2nd round of the presidential elections in Romania.

Romania: Press review - December 8 (Roumanie, 2009)

The Romanian dailies on Tuesday give main coverage to the results of Sunday's presidential runoff vote, the Social Democrats' decision to contest the election outcome and they examine various possible political alliances, as Romania needs political stability to get its economy going.

Romanian Presidential Elections Deepen the Political Crisis (The Epoch Times, 2009)

After the second round of the Romanian presidential elections held on Sunday, the re-elected president of Romania, Traian Basescu, is faced with a daunting task: trying to form a government strong enough to be supported by a Parliament controlled by his rivals.

Romanian press: Options for a future Romanian govt (Focus, 2009)

The possibilities for the future Romanian government make the headlines in the Romanian press on Friday. Who shall be appointed as new prime minister of Romania?

Election body says Basescu wins Romania's runoff (CCTV, 2009)

Romania's Central Election Bureau says that results in Sunday's presidential runoff show the incumbent Traian Basescu has won the election. The results will become valid only after confirmation by the constitutional court.

Romanian annulled votes recount to end on Monday (Reuters, 2009)

A recount ordered by the Romanian Constitutional Court of about 138,000 annulled votes cast in a Dec. 6 presidential ballot, is expected to be completed by Monday at 1300 GMT, the Central Election Bureau said on Friday.

Basescu declared victor in Romania presidential vote (Reuters, 2009)

Court rejects complaint against runoff, says Basescu won

Romanian PM Emil Boc announces resignation, Sofia echo (2012)

Leader of the center-right Democratic Liberal Party and Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc announces resignation of government. Romania was due to hold parliamentary elections in late 2012.

Constitutional Court deems joint elections in Romania unconstitutional, romania-insider (2012)

According to the Constitutional Court of Romania, the new legislation enabling joint local and parliamentary elections in 2012 does not follow the country’s Constitution. The Parliament will have to amend the unconstitutional parts of the legislation.

Romania Passes Controversial Election Law, BalkanInsight (2012)

On 22nd of May, Parliament of Romania passed controversial election law, which eliminates minimum 5% threshold for party representation in parliament. The law was adopted with 180 votes in favor and 30 against.

Romanian Social-Liberals Keep Lead in Opinion Polls, IMAS Shows, BloombergBusinessweek (2012)

Before local elections in Romania on 10th of June and general elections in November, Social Democrats and Liberals leads in opinion polls.

Romania's ruling leftists face test in municipal vote, Reuters, 2012

After widespread discontent with austerity measures, romanian voters went to polls on Sunday for a country-wide municipal elections.

Romania govt scores big win in local votes - exit poll, Reuters, 2012

Romania’s governing leftist party dominated in municipal elections on Sunday across the country.

The unexpected changes and expected wins of Romania's local elections, Hotnews.ro, 2012

New governing coalition of Social Democrats and Liberals (USL) performed strongly in municipal elections, claiming some unexpected victories in various municipalities.

Romania: Dead Mayor elected in the local council, romaniantimes.at (2012)

One of the candidates in Romanian municipality elections died 10 days before the opening of polls, however, since the candidacy couldn’t be canceled he was still elected to the municipal council.

Romania PM wants elections on November 1, FOCUS (2012)

In the case government will agree with opposition on the issue, the elections would be held on November 1st, providing enough time for the parliament to push the budged through the parliament before the end of the year. Otherwise the elections will be held on December 2.

Romania court nullifies law changing electoral system, Jurist (2012)

Costitutional Court of Romania ruled the law, which would have changed electoral system of Romania, unconstitutional. Proposed law was based on first-past-the-post voting and would have replaced the mixed majority and proportional system currently in place.

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Romanian parliament to vote on motion to oust president, Guardian.co.uk (2012)

Parliament initiates motion to suspend president Basescu on allegations that he acted in breach of the constitution. If the document passes, the referendum for removal will be held.

Romanian court confirms president’s suspension, Inquirer News (2012)

Romanian Constitutional court approved suspension of the President of Romania – Traian Basescu. The suspension was drawn last week by the Parliament.

Under pressure, Romanian ruling party backtracks on referendum, Reuters (2012)

Interim President of Romania approved the law, which reinstates the minimum threshold of participation in referendum of 50 percent of electorate plus 1, for the referendum to become valid. The reinstatement of the law increases the probabilities of suspended president Basescu to withstand the upcoming impeachment.

IntMin: Final electoral roll settled; 18,292,514 Romanians eligible to vote at referendum, actmedia (2012)

Over 18 million Romanians will be able to vote in the upcoming referendum on the impeachment of the President Basescu.

Opposition Urges Voters to Boycott Impeachment Ballot, The Voting news (2012)

Opposition party in Romania, Democratic Liberals, urges voters to stay away from polling stations in the upcoming referendum on the impeachment of the President Basescu.

Romania's president Basescu survives impeachment vote, guardian.co.uk (2012)

Only below 46 % of voters showed up to the polls on Sunday in Romania to vote on the issue of president Basescu impeachment, thus falling short from the required minimum threshold of 50 % to oust the incumbent president from the office.

Romanian court to rule on president's impeachment Aug. 31, Reuters (2012)

Romanian Constitutional court will decide on validity on Romanian referendum to impeach the president Basescu. The referendum fell short of required threshold of voters thus leaving Basescu in the position.

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Romanian Officials Resign Over Referendum, Balkan Insight (2012)

Resignations of Romania’s Interior Minister and his deputy followed the controversial referendum on the impeachment of President Basescu.

Romania's Suspended President to Return to Post, Balkan Insight (2012)

Romania’s Parliament recognized the ruling of Constitutional Court which ruled the referendum to suspend president Basescu – invalid, since it didn’t meet necessary voter quorum requirement.

Romania: The election campaign enters final week, Radio România Internaţional (2014)

 

Romanian election: Presidential run-off vote expected, BBC News (2014)

No presidential candidate has won an absolute majority of votes in the first round of the presidential elections in Romania and a second round will be held on 16 November 2014.