UPDATE PresidentialElection2025/ AEP - provisional results: Nicusor Dan - 54.22%; George Simion - 45.78%
Independent candidate Nicusor Dan obtained 5,309,832 votes (54.22%) in the second round of Romania's presidential election, according to real-time data released on Sunday evening on the website of the Permanent Electoral Authority (AEP) after the centralization of 19,091 minutes (95.05%). George Simion, the candidate of the Alliance for the Unity of Romanians (AUR) is second, with 4,482,565 votes, representing 45.78%.
Over 11.6 million Romanians reported to the polls in the runoff. AGERPRES (RO - writing by: Andreea Rotaru; EN - writing by: Simona Klodnischi)
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