Calin Georgescu, Supporters Protest Outside Bucharest Polling Station After Runoff Scrapped

Calin Georgescu, Supporters Protest Outside Bucharest Polling Station After Runoff Scrapped

Calin Georgescu (front), winner of the first round of Romania's presidential elections, talks to the media in front of a closed polling station in Mogosoaia, near Bucharest, Romania, Dec. 8, 2024. Independent presidential candidate Calin Georgescu has called on Romania's Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) and Permanent Electoral Authority (AEP) to disregard the Constitutional Court's (CCR) decision that annulled the presidential election, and to allow the voting process to continue. Photo by Cristian Cristel/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Calin Georgescu, Supporters Protest Outside Bucharest Polling Station After Runoff Scrapped

Calin Georgescu, Supporters Protest Outside Bucharest Polling Station After Runoff Scrapped

Calin Georgescu (front), winner of the first round of Romania's presidential elections, gestures after talking to the media in front of a closed polling station in Mogosoaia, near Bucharest, Romania, Dec. 8, 2024. Independent presidential candidate Calin Georgescu has called on Romania's Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) and Permanent Electoral Authority (AEP) to disregard the Constitutional Court's (CCR) decision that annulled the presidential election, and to allow the voting process to continue. Photo by Cristian Cristel/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Calin Georgescu, Supporters Protest Outside Bucharest Polling Station After Runoff Scrapped

Calin Georgescu, Supporters Protest Outside Bucharest Polling Station After Runoff Scrapped

Calin Georgescu (2nd L), winner of the first round of Romania's presidential elections, shakes hands with a supporter in front of a closed polling station in Mogosoaia, near Bucharest, Romania, Dec. 8, 2024. Independent presidential candidate Calin Georgescu has called on Romania's Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) and Permanent Electoral Authority (AEP) to disregard the Constitutional Court's (CCR) decision that annulled the presidential election, and to allow the voting process to continue. Photo by Cristian Cristel/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Romania’s Election Day - Mogosoaia

Romania’s Election Day - Mogosoaia

A man votes at a polling station in Mogosoaia, near Bucharest, Romania, December 1, 2024. Romanian voters cast ballots for a new parliament on Sunday, shortly after the dark horse independent candidate Calin Georgescu's lead in the first round of the presidential election. More than 18 million Romanian citizens, including those living abroad, cast ballots to fill 332 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 137 in the Senate. Photo by Cristian Cristel/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM