Romania's hard-right Alliance for Uniting Romanians (AUR) party wants to be part of a coalition government, its leader said on Tuesday, as the nation eyes a presidential runoff vote that will decide who appoints the prime minister.

In Romania's parliamentary elections, preliminary results after 99.45% of the votes counted show that the ruling pro-European Social Democratic Party (PSD) has secured victory. However, in second place is the far-right Alliance for the Union of Romanians,

After counting votes from over 99% of the commissions in Sunday's parliamentary elections in Romania, the Social Democratic Party (PSD) (22.7%) is in first place, and the far-right Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) (18%) is in second.

Romanian opposition hard-right leader George Simion said on Tuesday his party would like to be in a governing coalition but it rules out a coalition with Social Democrats. The ruling leftist Social Democrat Party (PSD) won Sunday's parliamentary election but far-right parties gained a third of seats in the new legislature.