Simon Nat National win in the first round of the presidential elections in Romania, according to opinion polls
George SimonOn Sunday, the leader of the extremist party won in the first round of the controversial repetition of the presidential election in RomaniaHe canceled five months before foreign intervention, as many opinion polls agreed to a jar after the end of the electoral day.
In the second and decisive electoral round, on May 18, SIMION will be well measured with the official candidate, Crane AntonscoOr with the independent candidate and Bucharest mayors, Nicoor DanAnd, according to opinion polls, are actually related to the second position.
The extremist national candidate obtained from 30.0 and 33.1 % of the sounds, While their competitors reached between 21 and 23 % of the vote, according to the studies published by the Digi24 news channel.
Fourth, with an estimated 15 %, the former and independent democratic prime minister will be now Victor Punta.
Other surveys by local stations are granted to Simon to 36 % of the votes, although in anything votes The great Roman diaspora abroad.
Almost a million Romanians The population, especially in Europe and the United States, showed their votes on Sunday.
Survey error margin 2 %Therefore, the final result in relation to the second most co -voting candidate was still unconfirmed at the end of the electoral schools at 9:00 pm. Local time.
In these elections, Simion received support from advanced patriotism and proruso Calin Georgescu, A winner against any expectations in the first electoral round on November 24.
Then Georgsku, who is considered his “political heir”, received a simulation Almost half of the external vote.
sharing In this Sunday elections, it was 53.2 %, less than a percentage point more than November.
After knowing his potential victory, according to opinion polls, Simon spoke to his followers through A recorded message from your office.
“Today we write history. We are dealing with an exceptional result, which exceeds the system TVs. Congratulations. You are a winner. Today the Roman people spoke. It is time to hear. “
“I am here for Romania Return to the constitutional order. My only goal is to return to the Roman people what they stole, ”he added, referring to the cancellation of the November elections.
On December 6, the Constitutional Court in the Balkan country decided, just 48 hours before the second round would be canceled when verifying that There was a foreign intervention in favor of Georgisco, Especially in his huge campaign on social networks such as Tiktok.
The European Union (the European Union) and NATO, to which Romania belongs, and other Western partners notice with special attention and is interested in these elections, which which is I can choose a European populism Unlike the western means of the neighbor, Ukraine, before the Russian invasion.
Counting the votes began shortly after closing near 19,000 electoral schools at 9:00 pm local time It is expected the first concrete results for several hours.
