No presidential candidate in Romania has received more than 50 percent of votes in the first round, according to the country’s official news agency, AGERPRESS.
Romanians went to the polls on Sunday to elect the county’s 14th president from among 14 presidential candidates.
The ballots opened at 7:00 a.m. (0500 GMT) and closed at 9:00 p.m. (1900 GMT).
A total of 18,550 polling stations were set up nationwide.
According to unofficial preliminary results, the ruling Prime Minister Victor Ponta -- candidate of the Social Democrat Party, National Union for Romania's Progress and Conservative Party -- got 41.5 percent of the votes in the presidential election.
His powerful rival and Christian Liberal Alliance candidate, Klaus Iohannis, obtained only 31.2 percent of the votes.
None of the other 12 candidates exceeded 6 percent of votes.
According to a statement by the Central Election Committee, turnout would not exceed 50 percent and would stay at 48.89 percent.
As none of the candidates took more than 50 percent of the vote, a second round of voting will take place on 16 November.
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