Far right candidate leads Romania's presidential election rerun: Exit polls

Bucharest, May 5 -- Exit polls showed that George Simion, chairman of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians, took the lead in the first round of the Romanian presidential election rerun on Sunday.

According to the exit polls conducted by the Center for Urban and Regional Sociology (CURS), Simion garnered 33.1 per cent of the vote, followed by Crin Antonescu of the electoral alliance Romania Forward with 22.9 per cent and Mayor of Bucharest Nicusor Dan, an independent candidate, with 20.9 per cent.

In another exit poll carried out by the AVANGARDE Socio-Behavioural Studies Group, Simion secured 30 per cent of the vote, while Antonescu and Dan both had 23 per cent.

According to the Permanent Electoral Authority of Romania, over 18 mil...