Romania, Hard-right and presidential
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European Union candidate Nicusor Dan on Sunday won Romania’s closely watched presidential runoff against a hard-right nationalist who modeled his campaign after U.S.
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BUCHAREST, Romania — The pro-European Union candidate in Romania’s tense presidential runoff has taken a lead in the polls, preliminary electoral data shows, in a closely watched vote against a hard-right nationalist that could determine the geopolitical direction of the NATO member country.
According to the results of processing 7 million out of 11.6 million votes in the presidential elections in Romania, Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan is in the lead. This is reported by the Genius of the Carpathians telegram channel with reference to the data of the Central Election Commission of Romania.
The first exit poll shared by Avangarde for TVR1 indicates a lead for liberal Bucharest mayor Nicusor Dan with 54.9%. Nationalist leader of far-right party AUR George Simion is on 45.10%. Turnout was high - around 65%.