The Constitutional Court had ordered the recount after reports of irregularities and “cyber attacks” on election infrastructure following Sunday’s shock results. The court is expected to rule early next week on the legality of the first round, with an election rerun potentially held in December.

The winner of the first round of the presidential elections in Romania, anti-Western and far-right candidate Călin Georgescu, announced that state institutions are attempting to invalidate the choice of the citizens.

The Constitutional Court of Romania announced on Thursday a vote recount, a move that suggests the potential cancellation of the first round of the

Constitutional Court to decide on Friday whether to annul first round results following complaints poll subject to foreign interference

Romania's top court on Friday postponed a decision on whether to annul the result of the first round of a presidential election until Dec. 2, after a shock result that caused suspicions of interference in the campaign.

Romania’s Constitutional Court asks for recount of votes from first round in presidential race.

The recount was ordered by Romania's Consitutional Court. Far-right populist Calin Georgescu won the first round of the presidential election and was set to go against centrist Elena Lasconi in a December runoff.

Romania's top court on Thursday ordered a recount of votes in the first round of the presidential election and the country's top security body warned Romania was a key target for hostile actions from Russia after a shock result in the ballot.

A journalist records Calin Georgescu, running as an independent candidate for president gestures while delivering a speech to media, in Izvorani, Romania, 2024.