The Constitutional Court confirmed Nicusor Dan’s (left) victory in the presidential election after dismissing his rival George Simion’s appeal
Romania’s Constitutional Court on Thursday validated the results of the presidential runoff vote, which was won by Nicusor Dan, the pro-European mayor of Bucharest.
Prior to the ruling, the court unanimously rejected an appeal by his far-right rival, George Simion, who lost the race decisively on Sunday.
Dan beat him with 53.6% of the vote in the runoff, winning by more than 829,000 votes. In the first-round vote on May 4, Simion won almost twice as many votes as Dan.
Simion filed the request, alleging interference by France and Moldova. However, both election authorities and independent observers said the election was well organized.
