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,

AUR party leader George Simion is ahead in Romania's presidential election, with 40.1% of votes in his favour, according to preliminary results. He will now have to face an independent pro-Western candidate,