An obituary photo of former mayor Ion Aliman taped to the walls of the city hall in Deveselu, southern Romania, on Monday. [Courtesy]A mayor in southern Romanian grabbed a landslide election victory -- despite dying of coronavirus days earlier, local reports said on Monday. Ion Aliman clocked up 1,057 of 1,600 votes cast in Deveselu municipality even though he died on September 17, reports said. The ballots had already been printed at the time of Aliman's death and his name could not be removed, according to local officials. After the polls closed, local supporters flocked to his grave to "celebrate the victory".

Source: Standard Digital September 29, 2020 06:11 UTC