TEHRAN, Nov 25_Romania’s incumbent President Klaus Iohannis has won a presidential runoff vote, securing a second five-year term in office.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club(YJC)_With 95 percent of the ballots counted on Monday, pro-Europe Iohannis secured slightly over 63 percent of the ballets cast in the runoff held a day earlier, while his challenger former prime minister Viorica Dancila — from the PSD Social Democrat (PSD) Party — gained the remaining 37 percent.
A total of 18.2 million Romanians were eligible to vote, with the turnout reported to be about 50 percent — the lowest since the fall of Communism three decades ago.