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Romania’s top court annulled the result of the first round of the country’s presidential election on Friday, adding that the entire election process would have to be rerun.
The second round had been due to be held on Sunday and voting is already under way in polling stations abroad.
Having polled in single digits before the first presidential election round on November 24, Calin Georgescu – who wants to end Romanian support for Ukraine against Russia’s invasion – surged to a victory that raised questions over how such a surprise had been possible in a European Union and Nato member state.
Documents declassified by Romania’s top security council on Wednesday said the country was a target of “aggressive hybrid Russian attacks” during the election period.

“The electoral process to elect Romania’s president will be fully re-run, and the government will set a new date and … calendar for the necessary steps,” the court said in a statement.
The second round of the presidential contest that had been due to take place on Sunday would have pitted Georgescu, a far-right, pro-Russian candidate, against pro-EU centrist leader Elena Lasconi.
Far-right parties also performed well in last Sunday’s parliamentary election in Romania, though the ruling Social Democrats emerged as the largest grouping and hope to cobble together a pro-EU coalition government.
The court has not called into question the integrity of the parliamentary vote.


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People sing while waving Romanian and European Union flags during a pro-Europe rally ahead of the runoff elections, in downtown Bucharest. Photo: EPA-EFE

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Romanian presidential candidate Calin Georgescu. Photo: Octav Ganea / DIGI24 / Inquam Photos / AFP

Elena Lasconi, of the progressive Save Romania Union party. Photo: EPA-EFE

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Posters ahead of the country’s December 1 parliamentary elections. Photo: AP

 Independent presidential candidate Calin Georgescu speaks to the media after casting his vote in Romania’s parliamentary elections, in Mogosoaia, Romania on Sunday. Photo: AP

Romanian Prime Minister and former leader of the leftist Social Democrat Party (PSD) Marcel Ciolacu casts his vote in Buzau, Romania on Sunday. Photo: Inquam Photos / Bogdan Buda via Reuters

A man casts his vote on the day of the parliamentary elections in Joita, outside Bucharest, Romania on Sunday. Photo: Reuters

Save Romania Union (USR) leader Elena Lasconi casts her vote in Campulung, Romania on Sunday. Photo: Inquam Photos / Ovidiu Micsik via Reuters

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A supporter of the radical right Alliance for Uniting Romanians wave a Romanian flag, following the first exit polls, at the party’s campaign headquarters in Bucharest, Romania, December 1. Photo: Reuters

Leader of the radical right Alliance for Uniting Romanians, George Simion. Photo: Reuters

Elena Lasconi, the leader of the Save Romania Union party Photo: EPA-EFE

Calin Georgescu, an independent candidate for president who came first after the first round of presidential elections, casts his vote in the country’s parliamentary elections, in Mogosoaia, Romania on December 1. Photo

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The move comes after the far-right winner surged to victory despite polling in single digits before the first election round


The move comes after the far-right winner surged to victory despite polling in single digits before the first election round.
