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| Romania PM admits election defeat | Romania PM admits election defeat |
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| Romanian PM Victor Ponta has conceded victory in the country's presidential run-off to centre-right candidate Klaus Iohannis. | |
| "I called Mr Iohannis and I congratulated him," Mr Ponta, a Social Democrat, told reporters. | |
| Exit polls were unclear over the result of the vote. Early results are expected on Monday. | |
| Correspondents say the outcome of the election may have been decided by Romania's large diaspora. | |
| Mr Ponta was leading in the opinion polls and had beaten Mr Iohannis, the mayor of Sibiu, in the first round of the presidential election. | |
| But many of the four million Romanians living abroad are said to be disillusioned with him. | |
| "We are a democratic country," Ponta said outside the headquarters of his Social Democratic Party on Sunday. "The people are always right." | |
| Mr Ponta, 42, had promised to reduce the budget deficit, increase pensions and the minimum wage. | |
| Mr Iohannis, 55, promised to crack down on corruption and to strengthen the independence of the judicial system. |