European Union presidential candidate Nicușor Dan won the country’s presidential election Sunday, defeating his ultranationalist rival. With 100% of the votes counted, the centrist candidate won nearly 54% of the ballots cast,

It was held months after the cancelation of the previous election plunged Romania into its worst political crisis in decades.

European Union centrist politician who defied odds to decisively defeat a hard-right nationalist in Romania’s critical presidential race, has emerged as a counterforce to the right-wing populist wave