First exit polls:Iohannis, Dăncilă-second round of presidential elections

Incumbent President, Klaus Iohannis, backed by the ruling National Liberal Party, and former Social Democratic PM Viorica Dăncilă will run in the second round of the presidential election in Romania on November 24, according to exit polls figures made public on Sunday night, after the first round.

Iohannis got 39% of the votes, and Dăncilă some 22%.

Third-ranking is leader of Save Romania Union, Dan Barna, with 16%.

All the other candidates got under 10% of the votes. These figures do not include the ballots cast abroad.

As many as 9 million people voted in the first round, accounting for over 50% of the total number, with a record of 650,000 voters abroad. Presidential elections in Romania continue abroad, with polling stations closing on Monday morning on the US West Coast.

Source:RRA,RRI