Pro-Western parties have won the most votes in Romania’s parliamentary election and will look to form a coalition government as the European Union country faces a surge of support for far-right nationalists who made huge gains in the country’s legislature.

Romania's ruling center-left Social Democrats were poised to secure the most votes in Sunday's parliamentary election, according to preliminary results published Monday.

With a surge for the far-right, the elections have signaled a dramatic shift for a once-reliable transatlantic ally out of the European mainstream and toward Moscow. A parliamentary victory for the Social Democrats,

Romania's ruling leftist Social Democrats (PSD) looked set to win the most votes in a parliamentary election on Sunday, fending off a resurgent far-right movement that challenges the country's pro-Western orientation,

The election comes after a pro-Russia nationalist candidate secured victory in the first round of Romania’s presidential election last month. At 25 per cent, prime minister Marcel Ciolacu’s centre-left PSD party won the largest share of the vote in the general election,

Romanians voted on Sunday in a parliamentary election sandwiched between two rounds of the presidential race, the first of which has plunged the European Union and NATO member into unprecedented turmoil following allegations of electoral violations and Russian interference.

Romanians vote in a parliamentary election on Sunday in which the far right is expected to gain from uncertainty over whether the shock result in a presidential election will stand. Days after far-right politician Calin Georgescu won most votes in the presidential election first round,

Romanians vote in a parliamentary election on Sunday, one week after an independent far-right candidate won the most votes in the first round of a presidential election, a result now under review by the country's top court.