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Elections in Romania, pro-European candidate elected president of the country
2025-05-19 08:11:58 / BOTA
These were elections that were considered decisive for Romania. Now it is known: Pro-European candidate Dan won the runoff of the presidential election in Romania with almost 54 percent of the vote.
His rival, George Simion, conceded defeat. “I want to congratulate my opponent, Nicusor Dan,” Simion said in a video posted on Facebook. “He won the election and this was the will of the Romanian people.” Simion received about 46 percent of the vote in Sunday’s runoff. On the other hand, the independent mayor of Bucharest, Dan, received almost 54 percent of the vote.
Since the ballot boxes closed in the presidential runoff on Sunday (18.05.) in Romania, the victory of the pro-European candidate, Nicusor Dan, was being marked. On Sunday evening, after 95% of the votes were counted, the Romanian centrist and pro-European candidate, Nicusor Dan, won a lead with 53.7% of the votes, against his rival, the radical right George Simion with 46.32%, according to the Electoral Commission in Bucharest. Dan, who declared during the election campaign that he would fight corruption and keep Romania firmly in Europe, was mainly behind Simion in the polls, but post-election surveys by two polling institutes had also shown Dan in the lead.
Simion initially declared himself the winner
Romania's far-right populist presidential candidate, George Simion, initially declared himself the winner before the count was complete. Simion said that according to his figures he had 400,000 votes ahead of Dan. "We are clearly the winners of this election. We claim this victory on behalf of the Romanian people," Simion told television cameras and his supporters. Before the election, Simion had raised allegations of electoral fraud without providing any evidence.
Romanian government speaks out against Russian interference
The Romanian government said it had uncovered an election disinformation campaign with "indications of Russian interference." "During the ongoing elections in Romania, we are once again seeing typical signs of Russian interference," a Romanian Foreign Ministry spokesman said in X before the polling stations closed. "A viral disinformation campaign on Telegram and other social media platforms aims to influence the electoral process," he added./ DW
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