ROMANIA’S top court today annulled the first round of the country’s presidential election following allegations that Russia ran a campaign to promote the far-right outsider who won the first round.

The Constitutional Court’s unprecedented decision, which cannot be appealed, came after President Klaus Iohannis declassified intelligence on Wednesday that alleged Russia ran a sprawling campaign comprising thousands of social media accounts to promote Calin Georgescu across platforms like TikTok and Telegram.

Mr Georgescu emerged as the frontrunner on November 24 and was due to face Elena Lasconi of the Save Romania Union party in a run-off tomorrow.

A new date will now be set to rerun the first round.

Ms Lasconi strongly condemned the court’s decision, saying it was “illegal, immoral and crushes the very essence of democracy.”

“Whether we like it or not, from a legal and legitimate standpoint, nine million Romanian citizens, both in the country and the diaspora, expressed their preference for a particular candidate through their votes,” she said.

She said the issue of Russian interference should have been tackled after the election was completed.

Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu said the annulment was “the only correct solution.”