Romanian leftists win parliamentary election with 46 percent: 99 percent of results

Reuters

Published Dec 13, 2016 03:18AM ET

Romanian leftists win parliamentary election with 46 percent: 99 percent of results

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's leftist Social Democrat Party (PSD) won Sunday's parliamentary election with just under 46 percent of votes in both houses of parliament, official results from more than 99 percent of polling stations showed on Tuesday.

Long-time PSD ally ALDE scored about 6 percent, the Central Electoral Bureau said.

The center-right National Liberal Party (PNL) was on about 20 percent, the Save Romania Union party just under 9 percent and the ethnic Hungarian UDMR party about 6 percent.