Voting is underway in Romania to elect the new Parliament. More than 18 million Romanian citizens, including those living abroad are casting ballots to fill 332 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 137 in the Senate.
Polling opened this morning across country’s 42 constituencies and will close later tonight Indian Standard Time. Additionally, 950 polling stations abroad are operating over the weekend.
Over 8,000 candidates from 31 political parties, alliances, and 19 national minority organisations are in the fray. Major parties in the race include the Social Democratic Party, SOS Romania, National Liberal Party, Alliance for the Union of Romanians, Right Force, Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania, and Save Romania Union.
Parties must secure at least 5 per cent of the national vote or over 20 per cent in at least four constituencies to gain parliamentary representation.
The polling comes as the country was thrown into turmoil after a top court ordered a recount of the first round of last week’s Presidential Election won by independent candidate Calin Georgescu. A run-off in Presidential Election is slated for 8th of this month.
