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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jon Henley Europe correspondent

Romanian court orders recount of presidential election’s first-round votes

A woman puts her ballot into a box
Roughly 9.5 million people voted in the first round of the Romanian presidential election. Photograph: Xinhua/Rex/Shutterstock

Romania’s top court has ordered a recount of votes in the first round of the country’s presidential election to rule out fraud.

The presidential office said separately that officials had detected online efforts to influence the vote, which was won by a little-known far-right candidate.

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