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BUCHAREST: Romanians went to the polls on Sunday as the Prime Minister, Adrian Nastase (in the picture voting along with his wife), a political veteran of Romania's former communist elite, faced the Western-leaning Bucharest Mayor, Traian Basescu, in a presidential runoff. The winner, taking over from Ion Iliescu who has led Romania for 11 of the past 15 years, will have to try to form a Government to lead the country through economic and judicial reforms aimed at gaining European Union membership in 2007. Neither candidate won the required 50 per cent of the vote in the first round, November 28. The Premier, who represents the Left-leaning Social Democrats, won about 41 per cent of the ballots while Mr. Basescu, a former ship captain, won about 34 per cent. The November 28 vote was marred by accusations of fraud from the Opposition and non-Governmental organisations. The Social Democrats say there were only minor irregularities, and accuse Mr. Basescu of damaging Romania's image with the allegations. — AP
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