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Independent candidates Elena Udrea, Theodor Paleologu and Remus Cernea lose elections, fail to cross electoral threshold

December 13, 2016

Independent candidates Elena Udrea (photo), Theodor Paleologu and Remus Cernea, who ran in Bucharest for Lower Chamber seats, lost the elections per the data presented after the tallying of 99 percent of the votes, falling significantly below the minimum threshold of approximately 25,000 votes. According to Central Electoral Office (BEC) data, after the tallying of […]

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