Romanian Premier Keeps Lead in Poll Ahead of Presidential Ballot
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Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu is favored to win the first round in a presidential election next week and will likely face a runoff against the leader of an ultra-nationalist party, a survey showed.
Ciolacu, who heads Romania’s ruling Social Democratic Party, would get 24.8% of the votes if elections were held next Sunday, according to a survey by pollster Inscop commissioned by the Libertatea newspaper. George Simion, the leader of the Alliance for the Unity of Romanians, would come in second with 21.3% of the votes of those who say they will definitely participate in the Nov. 24 ballot.