Reducing the parliamentary elections to local level was also caused by the fact that the parties weren’t ready for the uninominal vote.
During the last week of campaign, invited on Antena 3, the mayor of District 5, Marian Vanghelie, bet that Oana Mizil, the PSD+ PC candidate for college 20 in Bucharest, would defeat Gigi Becali and would get in the parliament.
Oana Mizil obtained 50.72% of the votes, being among the three candidates in Bucharest for the Chamber of Deputies who managed this extraordinary performance. Oana Mizil is not, however, the big surprise of the elections on the 30th of November 2008. The big surprise was given by Aurelia Vasile (also from PSD + PC), who obtained 51.07% in college 22 and ran for a place in the Chamber of Deputies. A showbiz star, well-known for the older voters, Oana Mizil was likely to win. Aura Vasile is not a known person for the media. However, Aura Vasile managed to join the parliament, and she ran for this position in Bucharest, while stars such as Elena Udrea, Vasile Blaga, Anca Boagiu, Sergiu Nicolaescu waited for the redistribution. How should we explain this? With the bet placed and won by Marian Vanghelie.
The two candidates have run for colleges in Sector 5, the mayor of which is Marian Vanghelie. Marian Vanghelie was one of the mayors of PSD who worked hardin the campaign, they even worked harder than the candidates themselves. I reported this detail because it could be explaining a situation visible from outer space.
From the hierarchy point of view, as well as from the comparison between the results obtained by the parties point of view, the parliamentary elections were very similar to the local elections. The same tight score between the two major parties: PSD and PD-L. The third place was occupied by PNL. The same failure for PRM and PNG. The little st
