Romanians voted on Sunday for the first round of a closely contested presidential election. While results are expected later in the evening, exit polls showed George Simion, Crin Antonescu, and Nicusor Dan are expected to lead,

In Romania, repeated presidential elections were held. Exit poll research indicates that the leader of the radical right-wing AUR party received the most votes in the first round. Voter turnout exceeded 53 percent.

Nationalist candidate George Simion won the first round of Romania’s presidential election with some 40.1% of the vote, according to the preliminary results on Sunday. In a late-night political thriller,