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Romania exit polls: Euro-Atlantic forces lead in highly contested parliamentary elections

02 December 2024 00:08 (UTC +04:00)

National exit polls estimate that Romania’s future parliament and government will continue Romania’s strong pro-EU, pro-NATO and pro-Ukraine national strategy, despite a surge by the ultra-nationalist contenders, APA reports citing Euronews.

According to the tight projections by pollster CURS quoted by Euronews Romania, the currently governing Social-Democrats lead with 26% of the votes, followed by the moderate-nationalist AUR with 19%. The third and fourth places are disputed within the margin of error by the Liberals, currently in the coalition government with the Social-Democrats, and the pro-EU Union for the Salvation of Romania, the party of the second round presidential candidate Elena Lasconi. The following positions and fighting for the Parliament entry threshold are the smaller pro and anti-EU parties, also within a tight margin of error which show their results too close to call.

The exit polls show that the Euro-Atlantic forces have enough votes to secure the majority in the future parliament which can form a strong government that can continue Romania’s traditionally strong pro-EU, pro-NATO and pro-Ukraine policies.