Romania’s main centre-left party was on track to finish first in parliamentary elections, according to preliminary results, seemingly beating an advancing far right boosted by the shock victory of an ultranationalist in last week’s presidential first-round ballot.
With 90% of votes counted, the ruling Social Democratic party (PSD) won 23.9% of the vote, ahead of the far-right nationalist Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) on 17.9%, while the National Liberal party (PNL) had 14.6% and centre-right Save Romania Union (USR) 11.1%.
