Romanian presidential election, 2004

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A presidential election was held in Romania on November 28, 2004. 12 candidates competed for the office. As no candidate won more than 50% of the votes, a run-off was held on December 12, 2004, between the two leading candidates: prime minister Adrian Năstase of the ruling Social Democratic Party of Romania (PSD) and Traian Băsescu of the opposition Justice and Truth alliance. In the second-round vote, Băsescu was elected President of Romania by a narrow majority of about 51% to 49% for his opponent.

The 2004 presidential election was held simultaneously with the legislative election. According to the 2003 amendment to the Romanian Constitution, the presidential term is now five years instead of four, meaning that in the future, legislative and presidential elections will be held separately, only coinciding every 20 years (2024, 2044, etc.).

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Summary of the 29 November and 13 December 2004 Romanian Presidential **election results**
Candidates	Nominating parties	Votes	%	Votes 2nd round	%
Traian Băsescu	PNL-PD	3,545,236	33.92%	5,126,794	51.23%
Adrian Năstase	PSD+PUR	4,278,864	40.94%	4,881,520	48.77%
Corneliu Vadim Tudor	PRM	1,313,714	12.57%
Markó Béla	UDMR	533,446	5.10%
Gheorghe Ciuhandu	PNŢCD	198,394	1.90%
George Becali	New Generation Party\|PNG	184,560	1.77%
Petre Roman	FD	140,702	1.35%
Gheorghe Dinu	independent	113,321	1.08%
Marian Petre Miluţ	AP	43,378	0.42%
Ovidiu Tudorici	URR	37,910	0.36%
Aurel Rădulescu	APCD	35,455	0.34%
Alexandru Raj Tunaru	PTD	27,225	0.26%