Runoffs, reruns and rightwingers: Europe’s electoral ‘super Sunday’ explained

Millions casting votes in crucial contests in Romania, Poland and Portugal

Millions of voters in Romania, Poland and Portugal are casting their ballots in an electoral “super Sunday” that will determine the course of their democracies at a time of heightened political, commercial and economic tensions.

In Romania, the far-right candidate is the frontrunner in a presidential runoff, while in a deeply polarised Poland’s first-round vote, a liberal, a conservative and a far-right candidate are vying to become president.