Supported by the Hungarian minority party, he took 39 per cent of the votes. The Justice and Truth candidate, Emil Boc, was right behind with 37 per cent.
Poduprt od manjinske mađarske stranke, Rus je osvojio 39 posto glasova, dok je kandidat saveza "Pravda i istina" Emil Boc bio odmah iza njega sa 37 posto glasova.