Emil Constantinescu, presidential candidate of the opposition Democratic Convention (CDR) bloc, [the.., 1996-11-03 (photo)

Emil Constantinescu, presidential candidate of the opposition Democratic Convention (CDR) bloc, [the main rival to incumbent President Ion Iliescu], shows his ballot during the November 3 presidential and parliamentary elections. Over 17 million eligible Romanians will elect the president and the parliamentarians for the 341-seats lower Chamber of Deputies and 143-seats upper house of Senate in the Balkan country's third post-communist elections. Romania is the only eastern European country where the opposition has not been able to oust ex-communists from power.