Romania has announced the results of exit polls in the presidential election. Preliminary results indicate that Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu and liberal candidate Elena Lasconi will advance to the second round.

Social Democrat Marcel Ciolacu and centre-right Elena Lasconi headed for December 8 run-off, exit poll suggests.

BUCHAREST: Exit Polls showed that Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu, the chairman of the Social Democratic Party, took the lead in the first round of the presidential election, gaining 25 per cent of the vote.

Electoral data shows that a far-right populist has taken the lead in Romania’s presidential election and will likely face leftist Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu in a runoff in two weeks.

Putin-praising candidate Calin Georgescu appears to be on track to make it to the final round of the presidential elections in Romania. Georgescu is leading with 22 percent, followed closely by

Romanians started casting ballots on Sunday in the first round of a presidential election that could pit a far-right nationalist against the incumbent leftist prime minister in the runoff. Thirteen candidates are vying for the presidency in the European Union and NATO member country,

A hard-right critic of NATO who has praised Russia is set to face a centre-right opposition leader in a presidential election run-off in Romania that could undermine its pro-Western stance after a shock outcome in the first-round vote.

A far-right, pro-Russia candidate took a surprise lead Monday in Romania's presidential election, bolstering his party's hopes for a parliamentary vote this week that could usher in a strategic shift for the east European NATO member.

By Iulian Ernst in Bucharest Far-right, independent candidate Calin Georgescu has taken a shock lead in the first round of the presidential election in Romania, with 22.74% of the votes after the counting of 99.