Antonescu’s second round margin over Simion has narrowed significantly, from 12.9% to 5%. Lasconi’s lead fell from 3.5% to 2%, while Dan’s advantage remained relatively stable, decreasing ...

Simion, the 38-year-old leader of the Alliance for the Unity of Romanians, ... Elena Lasconi, who came second in last year’s first-round ballot and participated in the rerun, ...

Simion, the 38-year-old leader of the Alliance for the Unity of Romanians, ... Elena Lasconi, who came second in last year’s first round ballot and participated in the rerun, ...

Simion said that a national ballot could see if Romanians want to "punish" those who canceled last December's election before the runoff between Călin Georgescu and Elena Lasconi.

Lasconi said that the results were “very tight” and called on supporters to wait until results were released on Monday to celebrate. Simion was in fourth, behind pro-Russian candidate Calin ...

George Simion, the leader of the far-right Alliance for the Unity of Romanians, or AUR, took 13.87%. ... 62, won 43.3% of the vote in Romania's large diaspora, compared to Lasconi who got 26.8%.

Pro-West Elena Lasconi of the center-right Save Romania Union was third with 14.97 percent, while George Simion of ultranationalist Alliance for the Unity of Romanians (AUR) had 14.94 percent.

May 5 (UPI) --Far-right candidate George Simion was declared the winner Monday in the first round of Romania's presidential election, which is being rerun after the result from a race in November ...

Both Dan and Ponta said the images were fake and that the meeting never happened, accusing Lasconi of playing into the hands of the mainstream political system. Dan and Ponta lodged a criminal ...

Elena Lasconi, presidential ... Simion — who came fourth in the first round of last year’s race with 13.8% of the vote — has denied any wrongdoing and claimed the investigation is ...

Far-right Romanian presidential candidate George Simion lost a legal bid Thursday to annul last weekend's run-off election after a surprise loss to centrist rival, former Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan.