Romania

An ethnic German mayor of a medieval Transylvanian city pulled off a shock victory in Romania's presidential elections, defeating the premier after vowing to stamp out corruption in the graft-riddled country, early results showed on Nov. 17.
      

Klaus Iohannis, 55, head of the National Liberal Party, PNL, won a surprise win in the Romanian presidential elections on Sunsday, taking 54.6 per cent of the vote, according to preliminary results released on Monday, after nine-tenths of the ballots were counted.

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Liberal head Klaus Iohannis dedicated his win in Sunday's presidential elections to the Romanians and stressed Romania 'has built up strength to get well'.

Christian Liberal Alliance's candidate Klaus Iohannis got 54.66 percent of the vote in the second round of the presidential elections on Sunday, while Prime Minister Victor Ponta, the candidate of the Social Democratic Party - National Union for Romania's Progress - Conservative Party alliance polled 45.33 percent, according to partial results supplied by the Central Electoral Bur

Klaus Werner Iohannis, often described as a rare "gentleman" in Romania's politics which is often marked by brawls and infighting, is the winner of Romania's 2014 presidential run-off.

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Sibiu mayor Klaus Iohannis is to be the new President of Romania after Sunday's run-off, according to partial official results.

Exit polls had suggested Iohannis, an ethnic German, and Prime Minister Victor Ponta were running neck and neck.

Ponta has conceded defeat, according to Agerpres agency.

Christian Liberal Alliance's candidate Klaus Iohannis got 55.79 percent in the second round of the presidential elections on Sunday, while incumbent Prime Minister Victor Ponta, the candidate of the Social Democratic Party - National Union for Romania's Progress - Conservative Party alliance got 44.20 percent of the votes.

The presidential candidate of the Social Democrat Party - National Union for Romania's Progress - Conservative Party (PSD-UNPR-PC), Victor Ponta, has stated Sudnay evening that the parallel count of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) shows that the Liberal Klaus Iohannis has won the elections and has added that he will not resign the position of Prime Minister as nobody requested t

Incumbent Prime Minister Victor Ponta, the presidential candidate of the Social Democrat Party - National Union for Romania's Progress - Conservative Party acknowledged the victory of Klaus Iohannis of the Christian Liberal Alliance in the presidential runoff election on Sunday. He thanked Romanians for voting and said the people was always right.

Political analyst Radu Magdin has stated on Sunday evening that the score announced by the exit-polls for the second round of the presidential elections is very tight, and the competition between Victor Ponta and Klaus Iohannis "will play out" until the end of the vote count.