2009 Romanian presidential election
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<entity_0> were held in <entity_8> in <entity_3>. The first round took place on <entity_5>, with a run-off round between the top two candidates <entity_4> and Mircea Geoană on <entity_2>. The candidates of the major parties were: the incumbent <entity_4> (formally independent, but supported by Democratic Liberal Party (PD-L) and the official fraction of Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party (PNŢ-CD), led by Marian Miluţ), Mircea Geoană (Social Democratic Party (PSD)), Crin Antonescu (National Liberal Party (PNL) and the contender fraction of PNŢ-CD, led by Radu Sârbu), Hunor Kelemen (Democratic Union of Hungarians in <entity_8> (UDMR)) and Corneliu Vadim Tudor (Greater <entity_8> Party (PRM)). Radu, Prince of Hohenzollern-Veringen, husband of Princess Margarita of <entity_8> first announced his candidacy to the office of <entity_6> on <entity_3>, but later withdrew. The main contenders, incumbent Băsescu and the <entity_6> of the Parliament Mircea Geoană, offered different ways to tackle the economic crisis, <entity_8> being in the grip of severe recession with the economy expected to contract eight percent in <entity_3>. Geoană promised to appoint Klaus Johannis as Prime Minister of <entity_8> if he was elected <entity_6>. The official partial results tallied at 10:16 am (Monday, <entity_3>) attested that <entity_4> achieved 50.37% of the total eligible votes and Mircea Geoană 49.62%. On 8 December, the Social Democratic Party submitted their request to annul and repeat the <entity_1> run-off to the Constitutional Court, saying the <entity_7> was rigged.
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