Total surprise in Romania. The counting of the votes of the first round of the presidential elections has confirmed that the pro-Russian Calin Georgescu prevailed over its rivals, while the votes of the diaspora have placed the right-wing candidate Elena Lasconi as second.
The Prime Minister of Romania, the Social Democrat Marcel Ciolacuwho had started as the favorite in the polls, has finished third and therefore out of the second round.
According to data from the Permanent Electoral Authority (AEP) and with the count of 99.92%, Georgescu has received 22.94% of the votes, followed by Lasconi (19.17%) and the current prime minister Marcel Ciolacu (19.15%).
But without a doubt the biggest surprise on Sunday was the victory of Georgescu, a candidate whom the polls saw it below 5% and it almost did not appear on television and traditional media during the campaign.
Apparently, Georgescu, with demonstrations antisemites and adverse positions towards NATO, He has managed to conquer many of his fellow citizens through social networks, mainly on Tik-Tok, with videos that went viral.
“The Romanian people shouted peace tonight, and they did it very loudly,” Georgescu said last night, according to the romaniatv.net portal.
The winner of the first round added that he lit “the candle of hope and the courage of being Romanian. The Romanian people have chosen to stop kneelingnot to be humiliated.”
“Big surprise”
The local press talks about “a big surprise”of “a candidate invisible to the press” and the Libertatea.ro portal cites Russian media that have welcomed the victory of a “supporter of an alliance with Russia.”
Be that as it may, the authorities have not completed the counting of votes cast abroad.
The stake in the elections it was 52.55%, since more than 9.4 million Romanians of the 18 million with the right to vote have gone to the polls.
He December 8Romanians will decide who will be the future head of state between the two candidates with the most votes.
Georgescu’s unexpected advance opens new questions about the political panorama, not only regarding the question of who will be the future head of State of Romania – something that will be decided on December 8 between the two most voted candidates – but also in view of the legislative elections next Sunday.
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