Romanians voted on Sunday for the first round of a closely contested presidential election. While results are expected later in the evening, exit polls showed George Simion, Crin Antonescu, and Nicusor Dan are expected to lead,

By Iulian Ernst in Bucharest George Simion, leader of the nationalist Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), secured a decisive lead in the first round of Romania’s presidential elections held on May 4,

George Simion and Nicușor Dan will face each other in the second round of the presidential elections in Romania. Simion, the leader of AUR, received 40.96% of the votes, while Dan, the mayor of Bucharest,