Presidential candidate Calin Georgescu attends a televised debate in Bucharest, Romania, November 13, 2024. - Inquam Photos/Octav Ganea via REUTERS

Pro-Russian candidate ahead in Romania with 98.6% of first-round votes counted

25 Nov 2024, 02:49 by AFP · The Sun News · Join

BUCHAREST: Far-right candidate Calin Georgescu was leading the first round of Romania’s presidential election on Monday, with 98.66 percent of votes counted.

The pro-Russian Georgescu received 22.59 percent of the votes counted, with centre-left Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu on 19.55 percent ahead of a second round scheduled for December 8.