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Authorities in Hunedoara county, western Romania, are using a fraud-detection software application in Sunday’s by-election for a vacant lawmaker seat in the Chamber of Deputies.

Romanian TV host Teodora Trandafir obtained 54.02% of the votes cast in Sunday’s by-election for a lawmaker seat in the 19th constituency in capital Bucharest, while conservative Liliana Minca garnered 45.98% of the votes, final results showed Monday.

About 100,000 voters in the 19th constituency in Romania’s capital Bucharest are expected to vote Sunday in a by-election for a lawmaker seat in the Chamber of Deputies.

Romanian TV host Teo Trandafir will run for a lawmaker seat in a by-election on April 25, backed by the country’s ruling Democratic Liberal Party.