Pro-Western parties have won the most votes in Romania’s parliamentary election and will look to form a coalition government as the European Union country faces a surge of support for far-right nationalists who made huge gains in the country’s legislature.

By Luiza Ilie and Mara Vilcu BUCHAREST (Reuters) -Romanian centrist and leftist parties looked to have fended off a surge by the nationalist right in Sunday's parliamentary election, as attention turned to a top court ruling later on Monday on whether to annul the results of a presidential vote.

With a surge for the far-right, the elections have signaled a dramatic shift for a once-reliable transatlantic ally out of the European mainstream and toward Moscow. A parliamentary victory for the Social Democrats,

Romanians are casting ballots in a parliamentary election on Sunday sandwiched between a two-round presidential race, the first round of which has plunged the European Union and NATO member country into unprecedented turmoil following allegations of electoral violations and Russian interference.