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Presidential elections were held in Romania on 24 November 2024. [1] [2] [3] A second round was due to be held on 8 December 2024 as no candidate achieved an absolute majority in the first round. [2] [4] [3] However, on 6 December 2024 the Constitutional Court annulled the election, alleging that a Russian influence operation had impacted the vote.
On 6 December 2024, the 2024 presidential election was annulled by the Constitutional Court of Romania, 48 hours before the second round was to be held, due to suspected Russian intervention on behalf of independent candidate, Călin Georgescu, who took a shock lead in the first round with 23%. [4]
After (s)he signs in the permanent, supplemental, or special electoral list, (s)he is handed a voting ballot (buletin de vot) and a stamp that reads VOTAT YYYY TTT (voted); YYYY stands for the year the election is held, and TTT for the type of elections to be held: L for local elections (including partial), P presidential elections, PE for ...
Some 951 voting stations had already opened abroad on Friday for the runoff for Romania’s large diaspora but had to be halted. Sandwiched in the week in between the scheduled presidential race, Romania also held a parliamentary election which saw pro-Western parties win the most votes but also gains for far-right nationalists.
Romania’s top court annulled the first round of presidential elections on Friday over allegations that Russia interfered to prop up far-right outsider Calin Georgescu, who won the first round ...
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's pro-European coalition government survived a no-confidence vote in parliament on Friday, avoiding further political turbulence in the NATO and European Union member ...
Romania will also hold parliamentary elections on Dec. 1 that will determine the country’s next government and prime minister. Andrei, the political consultant, said Romania's large budget deficit, high inflation, and an economic slowdown could push more mainstream candidates to shift toward populist stances amid widespread dissatisfaction.
Romanians vote in the first round of a presidential election on Sunday, with worries about the cost of living likely to earn radical right leader George Simion, who opposes military aid to Ukraine ...