BEC validated the presidential election
George Simion, the golden candidate, obtained 3,862,761 votes (40.96%) at the first round of the presidential elections, being followed by the independent candidate Nicușor Dan, with 1,979,767 votes (20.99%), announced the Central Electoral Bureau, after the centralization of all the phasal processes in the country and abroad.
BEC gave the public evening the final results at the first round of the presidential elections.
The total number of voters who presented to the ballot box at the first round of the poll is 9,571,899, representing 53.19% of the total number of voters registered in the permanent electoral lists.
Valid votes were expressed were 9,430,274, representing 98.52% of the total number of voters who presented themselves at the polls, null votes being 141,388, representing 1.48% of the total number of voters who were presented in the sections.
The situation of votes obtained by candidates:
* George Simion (Alliance for the Union of Romanians) – 3,862,761 (40.96%)
* Nicușor Dan (independent) – 1,979.767 (20.99%)
* Crin Antonescu (Electoral Alliance ‘Romania, before!’) – 1.892.930 (20.07%)
* Victor Ponta (independent) – 1.230.164 (13.04%)
* Elena Lasconi (Union Save Romania) – 252,721 (2.68%)
* Lavinia Șandru (Liberal Social Humanist Party) – 60,682 (0.64%)
* Daniel Funeriu (independent) – 49,604 (0.53%)
* Cristian Terheș (Romanian Conservative National Party) – 36,445 (0.39%)
* Sebastian Popescu (New Romania Party) – 25,994 (0.28%)
* John Ion Banu Muscel (independent) – 22.020 (0.23%)
* Silviu Predoiu (Liga National Action Party) – 17.186 (0.18%).
