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The residents of a Romanian village knowingly voted in a dead man as their mayor in Sunday's municipalelection, preferring him to his living opponent.
Neculai Ivascu, 57, who ran the village for almost two decades, died from liver disease just after voting began -- but still won the election by a margin of 23 votes.
A local official said the authorities decided to keep the poll open in case Ivascu's opponent, Gheorghe Dobrescu, won, avoiding the need for a re-run.
"I know he died, but I don't want change," a pro-Ivascu villager told Romanian television.
In the end, election authorities
gave the post to the runner-up, but some villagers and Ivascu's party,
the powerful opposition Social Democrat Party (PSD), have called for a
new vote.
(Reporting by Marius Zaharia; Editing by Raissa Kasolowsky)
Municipal
/adjective/:
urban, of the local authority
وابسته بشهرداري، شهري
Election/noun/:
choosing; voting for a political candidate راي دادن، انتخاب
Poll/noun/:
voting, electing; list of voters; counting of votes راي
گرفتن، نمونه برداشتن، سر شماري كردن
Voting/noun/: casting of ballots راي، اخذ راي، دعا، راي دادن
Authority/noun/:
power, control, jurisdiction قدرت، توانايي، اختيار
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