Romanians vote in parliamentary elections

BUCHAREST, Romania

Voting for the parliamentary elections in Romania has begun on Sunday.

Some 8.8 million people are eligible to vote across the country to elect members of parliament after a temporary cabinet of technocrats has run the country for over a year.

A total of 330 deputies and 136 senators will be elected for the new term.

Public opinion polls show the center-left Social Democratic Party (PSD) as the favorite in Sunday's elections. The forner PSD government had resigned a few days after a fire killed 64 people in October 2015.

Reporting by Serkan Eruysal; Writing by Ayşe Hümeyra Atılgan;