Romania's prime minister has announced his resignation, a day after the governing coalition’s joint candidate failed to advance to the runoff in the rerun of the presidential election.

Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu tendered his resignation on Monday in the wake of Sunday's re-run of the country's presidential election. Ciolacu, a Social Democrat, told reporters he was quitting as his government's candidate,

Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu resigned his post on Monday after the candidate backed by his pro-Western coalition failed to make it to the run-off in a presidential election. His centre-left Socialists would withdraw from the coalition,