Romania's ruling center-left Social Democrats were poised to secure the most votes in Sunday's parliamentary election, according to preliminary results published Monday.

REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Voters in Iceland joined a global trend of punishing incumbents in a parliamentary election , with a center-left party winning the largest share of votes in the North Atlantic island nation.

Iceland's opposition Social Democrats were ahead in vote counting on Sunday after a snap election prompted by the collapse of the fraught coalition government.With the ballots of more than half of eligible voters counted,