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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    9 hours ago

    The article shows a photo of voting booths with curtains, with neighbouring booths coloured like the Romanian flag.

    Do we have any Romanians here? Can you confirm whether or not they actually do this? That’s honestly hilariously awesome if so.

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      7 hours ago

      I suppose it depends on the building, where I went to vote (and most places i’ve seen in live coverages) just had plain blueish curtains