POLITICS November 23rd 2004 Adrian Nastase and the National Union SDP (Social Democratic Party) +HPR (Humanist Party in Romania) are on the first place of the Romanian voting intentions for the presidential and parliamentary elections, with 42%, and 41% respectively. By CARMEN VINTILA
According to a CURS poll made between 12 and 18 November 2004, at the request of Antena 1 TV station, if there will be elections for Romaniaâs President next Sunday, 42% of the interviewees would vote for Adrian Nastase (National Union SDP+HPR), 32% for Traian basescu (NLP (National Liberal Party) -DP (Democratic Party) Alliance), 13% for Corneliu Vadim Tudor (GRP(Great Romania Party)) and 4% Marko Bela (DUHR (Democratic Union of the Hungarians in Romania)). George Becali (NGP(New generation Party)) wouldnât get more than 3% of the votes, Marian Petre Milut (PA(Popular Action)) and Gheorghe Ciuhandu (NPCDP (National Peasant Democratic and Christian Party)) 2%, and Petre Roman (DF (Democratic Force)), 1%. 28% are undecided or do not vote.
PARLIAMENTARY. If there will be elections for the Parliament next weekend, 41% of the people who answered the poll would vote for National Union SDP+HPR, while 32% would vote for the NLP-DP Justice and Truth Alliance. GRP would get 12% of the votes, Duhr - 5%, NGP - 2%, NPCDP - 2%, PA - 1%. 30% of the interviewees are undecided or do not vote. The poll has an error margin of +/- 3%. CURS stated that these are not predicting the electionsâ results, the latter ones also depending on the way the undecided vote, on the voting participation rate, as well as on the impact of the TV debates in the last 10 days of the electoral campaign.
DATA The last polls made by Data Media and IRSOP for GCS, an international political consultancy company, between 4 and 8 November showed that Adrian Nastase, (National Union SDP+HPR) is
