Romania's political landscape was shaken last year when a top court voided the previous presidential election in which the far-right outsider Calin Georgescu topped the first round, following allegations of electoral violations and Russian interference,

Simion, leader of the nationalist AUR party, scored between 30 to 33 percent of the vote, ahead of two pro-European candidates who took between 21 and 23 percent, according to two polls.

Exit polls show Cirin Antonescu and Nicusor Dan are in neck-and-neck race for 2nd place and will face Simion in 2nd round on May 18 - Anadolu Ajansı