Romanian Presidential Election Prelim Results At GMT0600: Basescu –50.43%, Geoana –49.57%

Romania’s incumbent president Traian Basescu obtained 50.43% of the votes in the second round of elections and social democrat contender Mircea Geoana got 49.57%, according to preliminary results released Monday morning by the Central Electoral Bureau after counts in 95.40% of polling stations.

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Voter turnout was of 57.94%.

Exit polls by INSOMAR, CCSB and CURS at poll closing time showed Geoana as winner of Sunday's presidential election, while CSOP showed Basescu leading with 50.4%.

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