​The main alliance of Romanian opposition parties, the Right Romania Alliance (ARD), was dismantled a day after parliamentary elections in which it suffered an overwhelming defeat against the governing Social Liberal Union (USL). While partial results show USL with about 60% of the total number of votes, USL says its own parallel counting shows it won with about 66% of MP seats. Meanwhile, The elections were harsh for the ARD leaders who have yet to learn if they'll get a seat in the Parliament - which will have more MPs than available room on the parliamentary floor.

The Right Romania Alliance (ARD), formed of the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL), the Peasants Party (PNTCD) and the Civic Force was dismantled on Monday, as it served as an electoral alliance, but its leaders say the framework protocol to unify the Romanian right would continue.

The news comes as ARD suffered a harsh defeat in the Sunday general elections, with partial results showing it had drawn considerably less than 20% of the votes. And the co-presidents of ARD and other prominent ARD figures were still waiting on Monday to learn if they'd get a place in the parliament with the redistribution of votes, as they figured second or even third in terms of number of votes in their constituencies.

The latest partial results announced at 6 p.m. on Monday showed the governing USL alliance scoring a major win with about 60% of the votes, followed by ARD with around 16%, the populist PPDD party third with about 14% and the Hungarian Democrats (UDMR) fourth with slightly above the 5% threshold needed to enter Parliament.

Meanwhile, USL announced its own parallel counting showed the union received about 66% of MP seats, followed by PDL with 15%, PPDD with 11.5% and UDMR with 5.1%. USL is formed of Social Democrats (PSD), the National Liberal Party (PNL)-Conservative P