2025 Bucharest mayoral election: Who are the candidates?

With the date of this year's Bucharest mayoral elections set, the list of candidates for the job is taking shape as the parties that are part of the governing coalition have announced their proposals, and several independents are also joining the race.

The governing coalition has set the date for the elections to decide the next general mayor of Bucharest on December 7. The office has been vacant since the former Bucharest mayor, Nicuşor Dan, was elected president in May and has been occupied by interim general mayor Stelian Bujduveanu, a member of the National Liberal Party (PNL). By law, the government was required to organize the elections within 90 days following Dan's resignation. The deadline for this to happen expired in early September. With the date set, a list of candidates has started to emerge.