Financiarul

President Traian Basescu will get 41 percent of the votes in the first round of the presidential elections, of 50 percent of respondents saying they have an option and are going to the ballot box, according to an opinion poll conducted over Oct. 22 and 23 by CSOP, commissioned by the Democrat Liberal Party (PD-L).

The poll reveals that Basescu is followed, according to the vote intentions, by President of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) Mircea Geoana, with 25 percent of the vote intentions of those going to the ballot box, President of the National Liberal Party (PNL) Crin Antonescu – 14 percent, independent candidate Sorin Oprescu – 8 percent, President of Greater Romanian Party (PRM) Corneliu Vadim Tudor and President of the New Generation Party (PNG) Georghe Becali with 5 percent each, candidate of the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR) Kelemen Hunor – 2 percent, other candidates – 1 percent.

In the runoff the poll reveals that Traian Basescu would win against Crin Antonescu, or Mircea Geoana, or Sorin Oprescu.
In the likelihood snap parliamentary elections would be held, PD-L and PSD+PC political Alliance are on a par – with 33 percent each of the vote intentions of the people saying they made up their mind (namely 85 percent of the entire sample), followed by PNL – 19 percent, UDMR – 6 percent, PRM – 5 percent, PNG – 3 percent, other parties – 1 percent.

The poll also reveals that 44 percent of the respondents (total sample – 503 people) fully agree with the organization of a referendum on the reduction of the number of MPs and the adoption of an unicameral legislative, 27 percent say they partially agree, 13 percent – fully disapprove, 6 percent – partially disapprove, 2 percent – non-committed and 8 percent of the polled either refused to comment, or said that did not know.
The CSOP opinion poll was carried out at PD-L request on 503 representative people nationwide, over Oct. 22 and 23. It has an error margin of 4.3 per cent and a probability of 0.95.