Polls have opened for the second spherical of Romania’s presidential election – with little separating centrist candidate Nicusor Dan from the populist George Simion.
Voting started at 7am (5am UK time) and is about to finish at 9pm (7pm UK time), with exit polls to observe quickly after.
Romania’s final presidential election was annulled six months in the past after the nation’s highest court docket determined that the main candidate, nationalist Calin Georgescu, must be disqualified attributable to allegations of electoral interference by Russia.
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The founding father of the far-right Alliance for the Unity of Romanians (AUR) social gathering got here in first place within the first spherical of the election earlier this month, taking 40.96% of the vote – virtually 20 factors forward of Mr Dan in second place.
Mr Dan – at present the mayor of Bucharest – is working as an unbiased within the presidential election.
He has pledged to clamp down on corruption, is staunchly pro-EU and NATO, and has mentioned Romania’s assist for Ukraine is important for its personal safety.
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Nicusor Dan is at present the mayor of Bucharest and is working as an unbiased. Pic: AP / Eduard Vinatoru
Regardless of Mr Simion’s commanding win within the first spherical of voting, opinion polls maintain that the 2 candidates are just about tied.
A ballot by AtlasIntel on Friday gave Mr Dan a slim lead, with the mayor predicted to get 48.7% of votes to Mr Simion’s 47.8%.
