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

Romanian court defers decision on annulling presidential vote

Călin Georgescu speaking to the media in front of his residence near Bucharest
Călin Georgescu came from nowhere to comfortably win the presidential election first round. Photograph: Xinhua/Rex/Shutterstock

Romania’s constitutional court has deferred a decision on whether to annul the first-round vote in the country’s presidential election until Monday, a day after parliamentary elections in which far-right parties are forecast to post major gains.

The court, which had already ordered a recount, considered for two hours on Friday a request to annul the 24 November vote, which was won by Călin Georgescu, a far-right, Moscow-friendly independent who had previously been polling at barely 5%.

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