In the second round of the presidential election in Romania, the centrist mayor of Bucharest Nicusor Dan won on Sunday, showing preliminary almost complete census results, according to which he received about 54 percent of the votes. His rival, Eurosceptic nationalist George Simion, received 46 percent of the vote, TASR reports on AFP and Reuters reports.
The elections were perceived as decisive for the further direction of the country, which neighboring with Ukraine. Romanian President has a five -year mandate and significant decision -making powers on national security and foreign policy issues, recalls AFP.
The results of the second round
After the census, 96 percent of the votes led Dan with a profit of 54.3 percent, Simion had 45.7 percent.
Dan lagged behind Simion, the supporter of US President Donald Trump for several weeks, and overtook him only in the last Friday survey.
The pro -European mayor of Bucharest, who ran as an independent, said after the publication of Exit Pollov, stated that the Romanian society has proven impressive strength and that the elections were about the community of people who wish dialogue and not hatred. Dan promised in the campaign to support the rule of law, Ukraine, transparency and orientation to the EU and NATO.
Simion, the leader of the extreme right -wing alliance for the Unification of Romanians (Aur), claimed that his census shows that he was ahead of his opponent by 400,000 votes. He said his victory is clear and that he would be president of all Romanians.
Elections repeated
In the first round of the elections, Simion clearly won with 40.96 percent of the votes followed by Dan, who won 20.99 percent. Experts warned against both elections of increased abundance of misinformation on the Internet.
The presidential elections are repeated in Romania after the court annulled the results of the elections of the head of state of 2024 for suspicions of Russian interference and manipulations on social networks, which allegedly favored the far -right candidate Calin Georgesca. The Romanian authorities warned against attempts to influence elections by foreign actors and repeated elections.
