{"id":1144063,"date":"2025-05-05T01:21:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T22:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1144063"},"modified":"2025-05-05T01:21:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T22:21:31","slug":"far-right-simion-leads-in-romanian-presidential-election-exit-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/far-right-simion-leads-in-romanian-presidential-election-exit-polls\/","title":{"rendered":"Far-Right Simion Leads in Romanian Presidential Election \u2014 Exit Polls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Exit polls from the first round of Romania\u2019s presidential election show far-right AUR party candidate George Simion in the lead with 30% to 33% of the vote, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digi24.ro\/alegeri-prezidentiale-2025\/rezultate-exit-poll-alegeri-prezidentiale-2025-turul-1-vot-candidati-antonescu-simion-nicusor-ponta-lasconi-3225649?__grsc=cookieIsUndef0&amp;__grts=58212770&amp;__grua=0e0369e2813db7deb26e5937c353aab4&amp;__grrn=1\"><em>Digi24<\/em> reports.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A tight race for second place is underway between Crin Antonescu (the PSD\u2013PNL\u2013UDMR coalition candidate) and independent Nicu\u0219or Dan, each polling around 21% to 23%. One of them is expected to face Simion in the runoff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Voter turnout stood at 53%. The second round is scheduled for May 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Simion, known for his pro-Russian rhetoric and criticism of the EU, has hinted that if elected, he may appoint controversial nationalist C\u0103lin Georgescu \u2014 barred from running \u2014 to a senior position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These elections were repeated after the November 2024 vote was annulled over allegations of foreign interference, reportedly favoring Georgescu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Official results are yet to be announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/trump-admits-peace-deal-between-ukraine-and-russia-may-be-unrealistic\/\">Trump Admits Peace Deal Between Ukraine and Russia May Be Unrealistic<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exit polls from the first round of Romania\u2019s presidential election show far-right &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1144064,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,36415,36422],"tags":[78],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1144063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en","category-11473-news-en-3","tag-homepage-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Far-Right Simion Leads in Romanian Presidential Election \u2014 Exit Polls - Freedom<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/far-right-simion-leads-in-romanian-presidential-election-exit-polls\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Far-Right Simion Leads in Romanian Presidential Election \u2014 Exit Polls - Freedom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Exit polls from the first round of Romania\u2019s presidential election show far-right ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/far-right-simion-leads-in-romanian-presidential-election-exit-polls\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Freedom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-04T22:21:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-04T22:21:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/imgonline-com-ua-Resize-2BYKPOAWBjK-690x398-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"690\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"398\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Danylo Shportilo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Danylo Shportilo\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/far-right-simion-leads-in-romanian-presidential-election-exit-polls\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/far-right-simion-leads-in-romanian-presidential-election-exit-polls\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Danylo Shportilo\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f4fe8d6d08deebcdee69f6671576d2d2\"},\"headline\":\"Far-Right Simion Leads in Romanian Presidential Election \u2014 Exit Polls\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-04T22:21:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-04T22:21:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/far-right-simion-leads-in-romanian-presidential-election-exit-polls\/\"},\"wordCount\":154,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/far-right-simion-leads-in-romanian-presidential-election-exit-polls\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/imgonline-com-ua-Resize-2BYKPOAWBjK-690x398-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"\u041d\u0430 \u0433\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0443\u044e (\u0441\u043b\u0430\u0439\u0434\u0435\u0440)\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\",\"Politics\",\"Society\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/far-right-simion-leads-in-romanian-presidential-election-exit-polls\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/far-right-simion-leads-in-romanian-presidential-election-exit-polls\/\",\"name\":\"Far-Right Simion Leads in Romanian Presidential Election \u2014 Exit Polls - Freedom\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/far-right-simion-leads-in-romanian-presidential-election-exit-polls\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/far-right-simion-leads-in-romanian-presidential-election-exit-polls\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/imgonline-com-ua-Resize-2BYKPOAWBjK-690x398-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-04T22:21:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-04T22:21:31+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f4fe8d6d08deebcdee69f6671576d2d2\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/far-right-simion-leads-in-romanian-presidential-election-exit-polls\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/far-right-simion-leads-in-romanian-presidential-election-exit-polls\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/far-right-simion-leads-in-romanian-presidential-election-exit-polls\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/imgonline-com-ua-Resize-2BYKPOAWBjK-690x398-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/imgonline-com-ua-Resize-2BYKPOAWBjK-690x398-1.jpg\",\"width\":690,\"height\":398,\"caption\":\"Flag of Romania. Photo: gettyimages.com\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/far-right-simion-leads-in-romanian-presidential-election-exit-polls\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Far-Right Simion Leads in Romanian Presidential Election \u2014 Exit Polls\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Freedom\",\"description\":\"UATV - UA|TV - International Broadcasting Multimedia Platform of Ukraine\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f4fe8d6d08deebcdee69f6671576d2d2\",\"name\":\"Danylo Shportilo\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dfea04f04995a5257694c4ef7149b332b4103ac47f1c95f912cddd7a1e2ef4e7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dfea04f04995a5257694c4ef7149b332b4103ac47f1c95f912cddd7a1e2ef4e7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dfea04f04995a5257694c4ef7149b332b4103ac47f1c95f912cddd7a1e2ef4e7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Danylo Shportilo\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/author\/d-shportilo\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Far-Right Simion Leads in Romanian Presidential Election \u2014 Exit Polls - Freedom","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/far-right-simion-leads-in-romanian-presidential-election-exit-polls\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Far-Right Simion Leads in Romanian Presidential Election \u2014 Exit Polls - Freedom","og_description":"Exit polls from the first round of Romania\u2019s presidential election show far-right ...","og_url":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/far-right-simion-leads-in-romanian-presidential-election-exit-polls\/","og_site_name":"Freedom","article_published_time":"2025-05-04T22:21:26+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-05-04T22:21:31+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/imgonline-com-ua-Resize-2BYKPOAWBjK-690x398-1.jpg","width":690,"height":398,"type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Danylo Shportilo","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Danylo Shportilo","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/far-right-simion-leads-in-romanian-presidential-election-exit-polls\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/far-right-simion-leads-in-romanian-presidential-election-exit-polls\/"},"author":{"name":"Danylo Shportilo","@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f4fe8d6d08deebcdee69f6671576d2d2"},"headline":"Far-Right Simion Leads in Romanian Presidential Election \u2014 Exit Polls","datePublished":"2025-05-04T22:21:26+00:00","dateModified":"2025-05-04T22:21:31+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/far-right-simion-leads-in-romanian-presidential-election-exit-polls\/"},"wordCount":154,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/far-right-simion-leads-in-romanian-presidential-election-exit-polls\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/imgonline-com-ua-Resize-2BYKPOAWBjK-690x398-1.jpg","keywords":["\u041d\u0430 \u0433\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0443\u044e (\u0441\u043b\u0430\u0439\u0434\u0435\u0440)"],"articleSection":["News","Politics","Society"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/far-right-simion-leads-in-romanian-presidential-election-exit-polls\/","url":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/far-right-simion-leads-in-romanian-presidential-election-exit-polls\/","name":"Far-Right Simion Leads in Romanian Presidential Election \u2014 Exit Polls - Freedom","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/far-right-simion-leads-in-romanian-presidential-election-exit-polls\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/far-right-simion-leads-in-romanian-presidential-election-exit-polls\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/imgonline-com-ua-Resize-2BYKPOAWBjK-690x398-1.jpg","datePublished":"2025-05-04T22:21:26+00:00","dateModified":"2025-05-04T22:21:31+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f4fe8d6d08deebcdee69f6671576d2d2"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/far-right-simion-leads-in-romanian-presidential-election-exit-polls\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/far-right-simion-leads-in-romanian-presidential-election-exit-polls\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/far-right-simion-leads-in-romanian-presidential-election-exit-polls\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/imgonline-com-ua-Resize-2BYKPOAWBjK-690x398-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/imgonline-com-ua-Resize-2BYKPOAWBjK-690x398-1.jpg","width":690,"height":398,"caption":"Flag of Romania. Photo: gettyimages.com"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/far-right-simion-leads-in-romanian-presidential-election-exit-polls\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Far-Right Simion Leads in Romanian Presidential Election \u2014 Exit Polls"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/","name":"Freedom","description":"UATV - UA|TV - International Broadcasting Multimedia Platform of Ukraine","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f4fe8d6d08deebcdee69f6671576d2d2","name":"Danylo Shportilo","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dfea04f04995a5257694c4ef7149b332b4103ac47f1c95f912cddd7a1e2ef4e7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dfea04f04995a5257694c4ef7149b332b4103ac47f1c95f912cddd7a1e2ef4e7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dfea04f04995a5257694c4ef7149b332b4103ac47f1c95f912cddd7a1e2ef4e7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Danylo Shportilo"},"url":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/author\/d-shportilo\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1144063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1144063"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1144063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1144065,"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1144063\/revisions\/1144065"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1144064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1144063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1144063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1144063"},{"taxonomy":"sources","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sources?post=1144063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}