This content originally appeared on Al Jazeera.
Centrist Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan, who has pledged to clamp down on corruption and is staunchly pro-EU and NATO, is on course to win presidential elections in Romania.
Exit polls showed Dan ahead with 54.9%. His rival, hard-right nationalist George Simion, was on 45.1%.
Official results are expected to come in later on Sunday.
More to come…
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