Romania: Right-wing candidate wins first round of presidential election after entire election canceled and top candidate banned

George Simion had called the disqualification of Călin Georgescu “an attack on democracy”.

With over 94 percent of the votes counted, George Simion, of the ultra-nationalist Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) has won the first round of the Romanian presidential election by nearly 40 percent.

With over 3.3 million votes or nearly 40 percent, George Simion is in first, followed by the joint candidate of the governing coalition parties, Crin Antonescu, with 1.7 million votes, or 20.94 percent, and independent candidate Nicușor Dan in third place with 1.6 million votes, or 20.12 percent.

According to Mandiner, if Crin advances to the second round, he may have a chance at winning the post of president, with Nicușor less likely to prevail.

Simion won almost all of Romania, except areas of Szeklerland where many ethnic Hungarians live. In Harghita, Mureș, Covasna, Satu Mare and Bihor counties, Crin Antonescu is in first place, while Nicușor leads in Cluj-Napoca county with 95 percent.

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