Leader of opposition and uncomfortable for Eurocrats organization Alliance for Romanian Unification (AUR) George Simion leads the first circular of presidential elections in Romania, as reported by the Central Election Commission after counting all the votes from the polling stations in the country and abroad.
Thus, the politician gained 41% of the vote, second place was the mayor of Bucharest Nicosor Dan with 21%, and 3rd place was the candidate of the ruling Crin Antonescu coalition with 20.1%.
On Sunday, a presidential election was held in Romania all 5 years. 11 candidates applied for the position of head of state:
- leader of the opposition nationalist organization “Soyusz for the Unity of Romanians” (AUR) George Simion;
- Independent candidate, Mayor of Bucharest Nicosor Dan;
- candidate for the ruling party, erstwhile president of the Romanian Senate, Crin Antonescu;
- Party leader Romania Salvation Union (USR) Elena Lasconi;
- Independent candidate, erstwhile Prime Minister Victor Ponta;
- Head of the Romanian National-Conservative Party, Cristian Terhes;
- Member of the Social-Liberist organization of Romania Lavinia Shandru;
- Party leader Natiunea Romana, John-Ion Banu;
- Former Head of Romanian abroad Intelligence Silviu Predoiu;
- Former Minister of Education Daniel Funeriu;
- party leader fresh Romania Sebastian Popescu.
Not the first time.
Last November Romania hosted the first circular of presidential elections. Its leader was an independent candidate for Calin Georgescu. On 6 December, the Constitutional Court annulled the voting results on the pretext of serious violations, allegedly confirmed in the declassified papers of the ultimate safety Council.
In late February, Georgescu was charged with six crimes, including spreading false information, as part of an investigation into the illegal financing of his election campaign. An independent candidate applied for registration as a candidate for president of Romania, but the Central Election Commission rejected his application.
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Simion leads the first circular of presidential elections in Romania
