Nicusor Dan wins Romanian presidential election — preliminary results

Independent pro-European candidate and Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan received 54.17% of the vote in the second round of Romania's presidential election, while his rival, the leader of the nationalist Alliance for the Union of Romanians George Simion, got 45.83%, the Permanent Electoral Authority reported after 98.56% of ballots were counted, Report informs via TASS.

Romanian media outlets have declared Dan the winner, as 850,000 votes remain to be counted, and the current margin between the candidates is 898,000 votes.

Several thousand of his supporters gathered outside Dan's election headquarters, chanting "Nicusor!" "Europe!" "Romania!". The future president of Romania is expected to speak on the election results soon.