Romanian parties neck-and-neck in local elections
Romania's two biggest parties have finished neck-and-neck after nationwide local elections.
Tuesday, 03.06.2008.
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Romania's two biggest parties have finished neck-and-neck after nationwide local elections. Preliminary results released Tuesday showed the Social Democratic opposition and President Traian Basescu's ruling Democratic Liberals both gained about 28 percent of the vote. Romanian parties neck-and-neck in local elections The poll is being scrutinized as a guide to the likely outcome of parliamentary elections to be held later this year. The result of Sunday's vote is a boost to the embattled left-wing opposition because senior party members, including former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase, are under investigation for corruption. The party was in power between 2000 and 2004. A scene from Bucharest ahead of the polls (Beta)
Romanian parties neck-and-neck in local elections
The poll is being scrutinized as a guide to the likely outcome of parliamentary elections to be held later this year.The result of Sunday's vote is a boost to the embattled left-wing opposition because senior party members, including former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase, are under investigation for corruption.
The party was in power between 2000 and 2004.
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