Election Day UPDATE

Around 63% of Romania’s nearly 18 million registered voters had cast their ballots in the second round of the presidential election by 8:00 p.m. local time, one hour before the polls closed.

Newsroom, 18.05.2025, 20:09

Around 63% of Romania’s nearly 18 million registered voters had cast their ballots in the second round of the presidential election by 8:00 p.m. local time, one hour before the polls closed.

A record number of voters has also been reported abroad, over 1.6 million, which is unprecedented in Romania’s post-communist years. The largest number of Romanian nationals voted in Italy, Germany, the UK, Spain, the Republic of Moldova, France, Belgium, Austria and the Netherlands.