Official results from nearly all voting stations showed Dan, a soft-spoken mathematician, garnering about 54 per cent of ballots.
Simion was the top vote-getter in the first round of the election two weeks ago with 41% of ballots cast, but Dan made a last-minute dash to the top in recent days.
Dan’s supporters in Bucharest chanted “Russia, don’t forget, Romania isn’t yours” as results came in on Sunday night.
Supporters of Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan cheer (Photo: Daniel Mihailescu/AFP)Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky congratulated Dan on his “historic victory.”
The voting in Romania took place on the same day as the first round of a Polish election in which a liberal frontrunner, Rafal Trzaskowski edged ahead of Karol Nawrocki, the candidate backed by the opposition nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party.
In Romania, however, the election showed backlash against politicians taking inspiration from right-wing populist Trump’s MAGA movement, according to Mujtaba Rahman, managing director for Europe at consultancy Eurasia Group.
“It’s another example of the positive Trump effect on European election cycles where concerns about the political and policy direction moving in a MAGA-like way have mobilised voters.”
It also would have meant that Hungary’s leader Viktor Orban, a long-time Trump ally, and Slovakia’s Robert Fico – who both oppose military aid for Ukraine – would gain a new ally in the European Council in decisions on aid for Ukraine, energy, sanctions against Russia or the EU’s budget.
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