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epaselect epa11737744 Romania's Prime minister Marcel Ciolacu (C), leader of the PSD (Social Democracy Party) party and presidential candidate, exits a voting booth while holding his ballot in the first round of presidential elections at a polling station in Secondary School No. 192 in Bucharest, Romania, 24 November 2024. Ciolacu leads in the presidential race according to the latest vote intention surveys, followed by Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) leader George Simion, and Save Romania Union (USR) candidate Elena Lasconi. Romanians vote in ninth presidential election, with a second round planned for 08 December 2024. Approximately 18 million Romanian citizens are expected at the polling stations this weekend, according to the Permanent Electoral Authority (AEP), of which 989,230 people can express their intention abroad. EPA/ROBERT GHEMENT