How Europe’s election ‘Super Sunday’ played out

Supporters of the centrist mayor of Bucharest, Nicuşor Dan, took to the streets of the capital to celebrate his victory in Romania’s presidential election. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/guardianwiressub Dan defeated the far-right, EU-critical, Trump-admiring populist George Simion, as voters in three European countries cast their ballots in an election ‘Super Sunday’. The two-term pro-EU and pro-NATO mayor, who made his name fighting corrupt property developers, said voters were seeking “profound change, functioning state institutions, less corruption, a prosperous economy and a society of dialogue”. Simion conceded early on Monday, after earlier claiming he had won. “We may have lost a battle, but we will certainly not lose the war,” he posted on X. While Dan’s win is considered a shock upset after weeks trailing behind Simion in the polls, the far right made gains in elections in Portugal and Poland. The pro-European centrist Warsaw mayor, Rafał Trzaskowski, and the historian Karol Nawrocki, who is backed by the populist right, each secured about 30% of the vote in a nail-bitingly close first round of the Polish presidential election. Meanwhile, the far-right Chega party took a record 22% of the vote in Portugal’s general election. To read in depth about Romania’s election results, which commentators say forced people to choose between starkly different visions of the country’s future, click here ► https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/19/romania-election-eu-relief-nicusor-dan-defeats-far-right-pro-russia-rival-george-simion #supersunday #romania #portugal #poland #politics #europe