The cancellation came after state documents showed frontrunner Calin Georgescu benefited from an unfair social-media campaign likely to have been orchestrated by Russia.

Tens of thousands are demanding that the election resume from the second round. The first round's results were annulled after declassified security documents alleged Russian backing for the shock front-runner.

Thousands of Romanians protested in Bucharest after a presidential election was voided by the top court, citing unfair influence from social media campaigns linked to Russia. The pro-European government plans to re-run the election.

Tens of thousands of Romanians marched in Bucharest on Sunday, demanding the reinstatement of the presidential election and the resignation of outgoing President Klaus Iohannis. The outcry follows a controversial

Several tens of thousands of people, according to AUR estimates as many as 100,000, participated on January 12 in a rally in Bucharest organized by the nationalist party Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) against the annulment of the result of the first round of the presidential

Romania was plunged into turmoil after Călin Georgescu, a far-right ultranationalist, won the first round of the presidential election, only for allegations of electoral violations and Russian interference to emerge.

Romania will hold a rerun of its presidential election on May 4 and 18 amid chaos from previous rounds and accusations of Russian interference. The ruling coalition backs a single candidate to block far-right success.

Thousands of Romanians took to the streets on Sunday in a demonstration organized by the largest far-right opposition party against the decision to cancel a presidential election last month because of suspicions of Russian interference.