Pro-Western parties have won the most votes in Romania’s parliamentary election and will look to form a coalition government as the European Union country faces a surge of support for far-right nationalists who made huge gains in the country’s legislature.

Romanians vote in a parliamentary election on Sunday, one week after an independent far-right candidate won the most votes in the first round of a presidential election, a result now under review by the country's top court.

The Kremlin has firmly denied allegations of interfering in Romania's recent presidential election, labeling such claims as unfounded. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov stated, "We are not in the habit of interfering in elections in other countries,