Romania's Iohannis wins presidential ballot, will face runoff

Reuters

Published Nov 10, 2019 03:03PM ET

Romania's Iohannis wins presidential ballot, will face runoff

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's incumbent President Klaus Iohannis won the first round of a presidential election on Sunday, and is likely to face opposition Social Democrat leader and former Prime Minister Viorica Dancila in a Nov. 24 runoff, exit polls showed.

An exit poll conducted by IRES pollster showed Iohannis garnered 38.7% of votes followed by Dancila with 22%. Save Romania Union head Dan Barna got 16.1%. Another poll by Curs-Avangarde ranked Iohannis first with 39% and Dancila with 22.5%.