Romania’s political landscape is reeling after a little-known, far-right populist secured the first round in the presidential election, going from an obscure candidate to beating the incumbent prime minister and a reformist politician. Electoral data showed Monday, Calin Georgescu was ahead after nearly all ballots were counted with around 22.
Calin Georgescu, running as an independent candidate for president, speaks to media after registering his bid in the country’s presidential elections, in Bucharest, Romania , Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. Calin Georgescu, candidato independiente a la presidencia, habla con la prensa tras registrar su candidatura, el martes 1 de octubre de 2024, en Bucarest, Rumania.
Georgescu,62, was ahead after nearly all ballots were counted with around 22.95% of the vote. Lasconi of the progressive Save Romania Union party, or USR, followed with 19.17%. She beat by a slim margin incumbent Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu of the Social Democratic Party, or PSD, who stood at 19.15%. George Simion, the leader of the far-right Alliance for the Unity of Romanians, or AUR, took 13.87%.
After polls closed on Sunday, 9.4 million people — about 52.5% of eligible voters — had cast ballots, according to the Central Election Bureau. The second round of the vote will be held on Dec. 8. Georgescu, 62, won 43.3% of the vote in Romania’s large diaspora, compared to Lasconi who got 26.8%.
After casting his ballot on Sunday, Georgescu said in a post on Facebook that he voted “For the unjust, for the humiliated, for those who feel they do not matter and actually matter the most … the vote is a prayer for the nation.”
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