Sunday, November 22, 2009

High turnout by Romanians living abroad registered in Moldova, Embassy could ask for an extension of the voting time beyond 9 p.m.

Unimedia writes that Romanians living in Moldova have come out to vote in very large numbers. About 5,000 people had voted by 5 p.m., which, according to HotNews, is twice the total turnout during the parliamentary elections in November 2008.

The Romanian Foreign Affairs Ministry says that very high turnout abroad was also registered in Italy, Spain, Spain, Belgium, France, Hungary, the United Kingdom, and Austria. By 5 p.m., about 50,000 Romanians living abroad had voted.

The Foreign Affairs Ministry has also posted a series of pictures of Romanians voting abroad, including from Moldova. They can be accessed here.

About 12,000 Romanians had voted in Italy by 4 p.m., and about 9,200 Romanians had voted in Spain by 3 p.m.

Some exit poll data has already been leaked by Realitatea. Polls close at 9 p.m.

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