Romania's presidential election set for May 4
Romania's ruling coalition on Wednesday agreed to hold a repeat presidential election in two rounds on May 4 and May 18. This was reported by Reuters on January 8.
It is specified that amid suspicions of foreign interference, the Supreme Court annulled the November presidential election and instructed the new coalition government to hold it again in full.
Outgoing Romanian President Klaus Iohannis will remain in office until the May elections.
The first round of the Romanian presidential election was held on November 24, 2024. According to official data, independent candidate Calin Georgescu was leading with 22.94% of the vote. Elena Lasconi, the leader of the opposition Romania Salvation Union party, had 19.17% of the votes. George Simion came fourth with 14.17% of the vote. The second round was to be held on December 8, as none of the candidates could get more than 50%.
On November 28, the Romanian CC demanded that the Central Election Commission (CEC) recalculate the results of the first round. On November 29, the head of the Romanian CEC Tony Grebla said that if the Constitutional Court overturned the results of the first round, it could be held again on December 15. In this case, the second round of elections will have to be held on December 29. On December 12, the Supreme Court of Cassation of Romania rejected the appeal of the leader of the far-right party "Alliance for the Unification of Romanians" (AUR), MP George Simion against the decision of the Constitutional Court to annul the results of the first round of the presidential election.
On December 2, Russian President Vladimir Putin ridiculed the recount of votes in the Romanian elections. According to him, the authorities decided to take such a step only because they did not like the candidate who won the first round.
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