The country's constitutional court will also examine two allegations of electoral fraud after Călin Georgescu, a Moscow-friendly, EU-sceptic and anti-NATO independent, topped the ballot in a result that upended Romanian politics.
Georgescu was polling at barely 5% days before Sunday's vote but surged to a shock victory with a campaign heavily based on viral TikTok videos that were reportedly boosted by bot-like activity, raising fears of possible external interference.
The far-right candidate, who has claimed NATO would never help Romania and called for an end to the war in Ukraine, scored almost 23% and will face the pro-EU centrist Elena Lasconi in the second round on 8 December after parliamentary elections on Sunday.
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