France, May 21 -- The hard-right nationalist who lostRomania's presidential election rerunsaid Tuesday he has asked a top court to annul the election results, alleging that foreign interference and coordinated manipulation affected Sunday's vote.

George Simion, the38-year-old leaderof the hard-right Alliance for the Unity of Romanians had conceded defeat after losing in the runoff toNicusor Dan, the Bucharest mayor who obtained 53.6 percent of the vote, a margin of more than 829,000 votes.

Simion said in a statement he has filed a request to Romania's Constitutional Court to annul the vote, claiming he had "irrefutable evidence" that France, Moldova and "other actors" meddled in the ballot, but did not present any evidence. He also alle...