Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu, of the Social Democratic Party is leading centre-right opposition leader Elena Lasconi in the first round of the presidential election according to exit polls.
Ciolacu leads the pack of candidates according to polls, but with only 25% support
Romanians have voted in the first round of a presidential election on Sunday.
The frontrunners for the largely ceremonial role going into Sunday’s vote had been Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu, of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), and George Simion of the far-right nationalist Alliance for the Union of Romanians.
Exit polls however showed Ciolacu with 25% of the vote while the centre-right former journalist turned small-town mayor Elena Lasconi with 18%.
Calin Georgescu and Simion — the two hard-right candidates — were at 16% and 15% of the vote.
Thirteen candidates were competing, with the top two advancing to a second-round vote on December 8
