Romania’s largest opposition party threw its support behind the poll-leading pro-Russian politician whose shock victory in last year’s presidential election prompted authorities to invalidate the result.

Romanian far-right pro-Russian presidential candidate Calin Georgescu remained voters' top choice ahead of a re-run of a presidential election in May, an opinion survey showed late on Monday. The survey comes one month after the European Union state's top court annulled the presidential election in which Georgescu was the frontrunner two days before the second round,

The High Court of Cassation and Justice of Romania rejected Călin Georgescu's appeal in the case regarding the annulment of the presidential election. The decision is final, Digi 24 reports. The court dismissed Georgescu's appeal as unfounded.

Former liberal leader Crin Antonescu (picture, right), the candidate announced by the coalition formed by the Social Democratic Party, the National Liberal Party, and Hungarian minority party UDMR for the presidential elections,

By Iulian Ernst in Bucharest A new poll by Avangarde shows ultranationalist independent candidate Calin Georgescu is the most popular candidate ahead of the May presidential election, but he may struggle to secure a second-round victory against Crin Antonescu,