ROMANIA Parliamentary elections

No quick fix in sight for Romania

By Anne-Marie Blajan - 27.11.2008 / 00:00 CET

The general election in Romania will not bring an end to vicious political bickering.

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The election at a glance

Democrat Liberal Party – centre-right, made up of the Democrat Party and a split faction of the Liberal Party. Opinion polls estimate it will win 34% of the votes.
Social Democratic Party – centre-left, expected to come second, with 31%.
National Liberal Party – centre-right, lead party in a minority government coalition with the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania. Likely to win 21% of the votes.
Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania – has been part of government coalitions for the last 12 years, with both centre-left and centre-right parties. Expected to win 5% of the votes.
Nationalist parties – Romania Mare and the New Generation-Christian Democratic Party are unlikely to break the 5% threshold to gain any parliamentary seats.
Likely government scenarios: coalition governments between the National Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party or between the National Liberal Party and the Democrat Liberal Party.