Pro-EU candidate wins Romanian presidential election rerun

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19 May 2025, 03:46 GMT+10

Bucharest Mayor Nicuor Dan has received more than 50% of the votes in the second round

Pro-EU Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan has defeated Eurosceptic candidate George Simion in Romania's presidential election rerun, according to the official tally.

With more than 99% of ballots counted, Dan secured 54% of the vote in Sunday's runoff, while Simion received 46%.

Dan thanked his supporters for an "unprecedented mobilization."

"Starting tomorrow, we begin the reconstruction of Romania - a united and honest Romania, founded on respect for the law and for all its people," he wrote on X.

Simion, the leader of the right-wing Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), has so far not conceded defeat. In a post on X on Sunday evening, he declared: "I am the new president."

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