Nicusor Dan won the Romanian presidential election
The Romanian Permanent Electoral Authority (AEP) has a real -time voting count on Sunday night the exit poll estimate that Nicusor Dan was elected president of Romania for the next five years.
Local time on Sunday midnight the 11 million 642 thousand votes cast More than 98 percent were calculated. Dan, who was also sponsored by the Hungarian Democratic Federation (DAHR), said in European commitment, against his opponent with 54.2 percent of the votes, George Simion, president of the Association of Romanians (AUR), who was considered extreme by the ruling parties.
In foreign constituencies, where more than ever, 1 million 645,000 votes were cast, the proportion was reversed, with Simion (with 65 percent processing) scoring 55 percent of the vote.
Since Nicusor Dan gained a greater (900,000 voting) advantage than the number of votes expected to be processed, By midnight it was certain to win the repeated presidential election.
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Here’s the translation? According to Exit Polls, Simion could have failed the Romanian presidential election, yet celebrates
The second round of the Romanian presidential election has been completed and the first exitpoll results arrived. According to surveys, Nicusor Dan is leading an independent candidate, while George Simion was a few percentage points behind. The data only applies to measurements among domestic voters.
The Romanian presidential election, originally announced by the end of 2024, had to be repeated because the Constitutional Court invalidated the result of the vote on November 24 last year, claiming that it was a foreign campaign funding that violates the election, which violates the equal opportunities of the candidates and the national security risk.
The results of the state election must be certified by the Constitutional Court after the assessment of any protests, after which the elected head of state may take the oath of office.
Simion celebrated but in vain
Despite the first data, Simion announced early victory in the On Facebook page: “I won !!!! I’m the new president of Romania and I give the Romanian power back!« He wrote confidently. Then he later put another shovel on another message, saying that the presidential election was drawn with great difference.
After midnight Hungarian time, he appeared with a short video, acknowledged the defeat and congratulated his opponent.
(MTI)
