Hard-right nationalist George Simion is set to secure a decisive win in the first round of Romania’s presidential election redo, incomplete electoral data indicates, months after an annulled vote plunged the European Union and Nato member country into its worst political crisis in decades.

Hard-right nationalist George Simion is set to secure a decisive win in the first round of Romania’s presidential election redo, incomplete electoral data indicates, months after last year’s annulled vote plunged the European Union and NATO member country into its worst political crisis in decades.

Far-right presidential candidate George Simion, of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), appears set to win the first round of voting in Romania's election, although the ultimate victor will be determined in a runoff later this month.