The Central Candidate of the Presidential election and Mayor of Bucharest Nikusor Dan said her society Romanian He showed an impressive power, after the exit polls showing him ahead of Jorman Simon, a far -right supporter of Trump, in the second round of the presidential election on Sunday (18/5/25).
The publication of these rates for the elections in Romania was accepted with confusion. At the headquarters of Nicusor Dan, located in a park in Bucharest, the 50 -year -old candidate welcomed “the victory of a Romanian community who want a deep change”. “Let’s enjoy this night and tomorrow, we rebuild Romania,” he added before his supporters who were shouting “Europe” and “unity”.
At the same time, his opponent, speaking in front of parliament, declared himself a “new president of Romania”, counting on the votes of the big diaspora to win and denounce “fraud”.
George Simion claims Romania’s voter rolls still include dead people and has launched an emergency line to report fraud. He says the same tactic was used in round one: “We didn’t have any dead people suddenly rise and vote.” pic.twitter.com/nRNvdHhIRV
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Simon, a advocate of national sovereignty and a great admirer of Donald Trump, dominated the first round on May 4, receiving almost 41%, twice as much as his opponent.
However, many Romanians have been mobilized in the meantime to overturn the outcome of a vote that was critical to the European future of the country adjacent to Ukraine, five months after the particularly rare cancellation of a vote stigmatized by suspicions of Russian.
The participation rate was almost 65%, compared to just 53% in the first round.