Presidential elections 2025: How Romanians voted in the run-off
With the support of voters in large cities across the country and against the background of the high election turnout, Nicușor Dan became the winner of the presidential run-off.
Simona Fodor · Journalist
· Updated · 4 min read
With the support of voters in large cities across the country and against the background of the high election turnout, Nicușor Dan became the winner of the presidential run-off.
Dan finished the first round with close to 2 million votes fewer than George Simion but managed to win the second round with 829,589 more votes than his competitor, data from the Electoral Authority (AEP) shows. While he narrowed the gap separating him from Simion in the diaspora vote, the AUR leader was nonetheless preferred by most of those who cast their ballot outside the country.
Most pundits expected a higher turnout to favor Dan, and voters showed up to cast their options in the highest number seen since the 2014 elections. A total of 11.6 million people voted in the country and abroad, amounting to 64.72 % of those who could vote, similar to the 2014 turnout when 64.11% voted.
Nicușor Dan won in the counties of Bihor, Satu Mare, Maramureș, Sălaj, Cluj, Alba, Mureș, Sibiu, Harghita, Covasna, Brașov, Prahova, Ilfov, București, Iași, Galați, Constanța, Timiș, Dolj, and the capital, while George Simion won in Bistrița Năsăud, Suceava, Botoșani, Neamț, Bacău, Vaslui, Vrancea, Buzău, Brăila, Tulcea, Ialomița, Călărași, Giurgiu, Teleorman, Argeș, Vâlcea, Olt, Gorj, Hunedoara, Arad, Caraș Severin, and Mehedinți.
In Bucharest, where close to 1.1 million people voted (1,091,406 voters), Dan won all of the city’s districts, even District 5, which during the first round went to Simion.
District 1:
Nicușor Dan – 105,354 votes/ 72.49%
George Simion – 39,982 votes/ 27.51%
District 2:
Nicușor Dan – 126,519 votes/ 69.44%
George Simion – 55,674 votes/ 30.56%
District 3:
Nicușor Dan – 159,426 votes/ 71.48%
George Simion – 63.616 votes/ 28.52%
District 4:
Nicușor Dan – 115,230 votes/ 68.25%
George Simion – 53,598 votes/ 31.75%
District 5:
Nicușor Dan – 81,852 votes/ 59.30%
