BUCHAREST, Romania, December 06, SPA -- Romanians voted Sunday in a presidential election runoff pitting incumbent Traian Basescu against former Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana. Basescu, supported by the Democrat Liberal Party, sought a second five-year term. Geoana leads the Social Democratic Party. Basescu and Geoana emerged on top in a first round of voting Nov. 29, with Basecu garnering 32.44 percent of the vote and Geoana 31.5 percent. Under Romanian law, a runoff is mandatory if no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote, according to a report of the United Press International (UPI). --SPA 15:36 LOCAL TIME 12:36 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/725317
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