Pro-Western candidate Nicusor Dan has unexpectedly beaten hard-right populist George Simion in the Romanian election.

Mr Simion, 38, and his rival - a centrist who’s mayor of Bucharest - faced off in the second round of the contest.

According to the official tally, Mr Dan was leading by nearly nine percentage points with more than 98% of the votes counted.

They aren’t enough votes remaining for Mr Simion to make a comeback.

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    12 hours ago

    “hard-right”? That guy is far-right and has ties to actual fascist groups