Far-right candidate surprises in Romania elections, setting up run-off with PM ...Middle East

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BUCHAREST: Far-right candidate Calin Georgescu surged unexpectedly in Romania’s presidential election, pulling ahead of the pro-European prime minister with more than 98 percent of votes counted Monday and looking all but certain to advance to a runoff.Exit polls had initially showed centre-left Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu with a comfortable lead and put a centre-right candidate in second, suggesting the far-right would be shut out of the run-off next month.But with 98.66 percent of ballots counted, the pro-Russian Georgescu was leading with 22.59 percent to Ciolacu’s 19.55 percent in the race to take over from President Klaus Iohannis in the largely ceremonial post.In the absence of an ou

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