Ballots from nearly 99.6% of voting stations showed Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan, 55, was in second place at around 21%, behind Simion’s 40.6%. They will meet in a runoff on May 18

Romania chooses another anti-EU and anti-NATO nationalist in the first round of the repeat presidential elections, following those in November won by Calin Georgescu and annulled by

Far-right Eurosceptic candidate George Simion is projected to win the first round of Romania’s presidential election on May 4, gaining nearly 40% of the votes with a majority of polling stations reporting.