Stakes have never been this high in Romania's post-communist history, as Romanians voted in a crucial and polarised presidential election runoff on Sunday, in which centrist Nicușor Dan faced nationalist George Simion.

Romania’s pro-European Union presidential candidate Nicușor Dan won the country’s presidential election Sunday, defeating his ultranationalist rival.

Exit polls suggest the 55-year-old Bucharest mayor has fended off a challenge from a firebrand candidate who modeled himself after U.S. leader Donald Trump.