lawmaker seat

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.

Romanian Green Party member Remus Cernea, a candidate in the 2009 presidential elections, filed Monday evening his candidacy for a lawmaker seat in a by-election on April 25.