India, May 19 -- Pro-EU mayor of Bucharest, Nicusor Dan won the Romanian presidential run off after surviving a strong challenge from right-wing nationalist leader George Simion.
The presidential election was extended to second round after no candidates could win a clear majority in the first round of polling held on May 4.
Simion won 40.96 percent of the votes in the first round, almost double the number of votes won by Dan in the first round.
But in a dramatic turn-around Sunday, Dan made a strong come back with 53.6 percent of the votes, or more than six million of them, while Simion secured 46 per cent.
"We need to build Romania together irrespective of who you voted for," Dan said in his victory speech.
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