an exit poll showed. Exit polls showed the PSD with 26% of the vote, ahead of the hard-right Alliance for the Unification of Romania (AUR) on 19%. More to follow... dh/sms (AFP, Reuters) ...

Two-term President Klaus Iohannis played a role in the controversial cancellation of Romania's presidential ... but critics and candidates in the poll said his actions were undemocratic.

He shook Romania’s political landscape in November when he secured the first round in the presidential election, going from an obscure candidate to beating the incumbent prime minister ...