Romania’s ruling Social Democratic Party (PSD) received 22.5% of the votes during the Dec. 1 parliamentary elections, according to results from more than 99% polling stations published on Dec. 2. The far-right Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) came in second at 18.

By Iulian Ernst in Bucharest Romania’s Social Democratic Party (PSD) won 22.9% of the votes for the Chamber of Deputies and 23.3% for the Senate in the parliamentary elections on December 1, with votes from 97.

Romania's ruling center-left Social Democrats were poised to secure the most votes in Sunday's parliamentary election, according to preliminary results published Monday.