Elections in Romania. Results – TVN24

On Sunday, repeated presidential elections took place in Romania. In December, the constitutional court annulled the first round of elections due to abuse in the extreme right -wing and pro -Russian Calina Georgescu. After converting the votes from 98 percent The percentage of the commission The leader of the radical right -wing party Aur George Simion conducts with a result of 40.15 percent.

11 candidates took part in the repeated presidential election. In addition to Simon, three other candidates had a serious chance – supported by the ruling coalition of Crin Antonescu, the mayor of Bukkarest Nicusor Dan and a former social democratic prime minister Victor Ponta.

After converting the votes from 98 percent of the Simion commission, it runs with a result of 40.15 percent. Nicusor Dan, the center -right mayor of Bucharest, starting as an independent candidate, who won 20.65 percent is second. votes. Crin Antonescu obtained a very similar result (20.64 percent of votes).

At 15 Polish time (at 4pm in Bucharest) the turnout was 31.72 percent, while at the same time in November, later annulled, elections were slightly higher – 33.67 percent. At noon, the turnout was higher than in November.

The level of participation in elections abroad was high, where over 6 million Romanian citizens lived and where the voting lasted from Friday. In the afternoon the number of voters who voted was about 200,000. higher than in November (637,000 compared to 437 thousand)

The media also reported that operators conducting on the day of voting of the study Exit Poll They complain that voters do not want to answer them about preferences. – We have 50 percent of refusal – said antenna 3 CNN on television a representative of one of the research centers.

This is a similar situation to the one that took place in November. According to sociologists, a high percentage of refusal usually indicates a protest voting. In November, this difference was so large that other candidates went to the second round than those who indicated exit poll research.

In the media, she appeared – unconfirmed by officially – information about DDOS hacker attacks on the pages of some Romanian institutions. They reported about them, among others Journalists and bloggers, pointing to the Russian hacker group. According to the Ministry of the Interior, there was no such attack.

Why are the elections in Romania again?

The elections take place in the shade of controversy after the unprecedented decision of the Constitutional Court, which annulled the vote in the first round of November 24, 2024. That voting ended with an unexpected victory of a little -known candidate, an extremely nationalist and famous for the pro -Russian statements of Calina Georgescu. Elena Lascononi qualified with him to the second round, who slightly outdated the favorite of the race – the premiere of Marcel Ciolac.

Georgescu's victory caused a shock, and his success was assigned, among others Extremely wide and aggressive campaign in social media, primarily on thicket.

In connection with the complaint of one of the candidates, the Constitutional Court ordered on November 28 to recalculate votes cast in the first round, which gave birth to suspicions that it could be repeated. On December 2, however, the constitutional court finally recognized the results and rounds, without changing them.

On December 1, they took place in Romania Parliamentary elections, in which the best result was obtained by social democrats from PSD, but Aur came second. Ultimately, a “pro-European” coalition consisting of PSD, the National-Liberal Party (PNL) and the Hungarian minority of UDMR were created.

On December 4, President Klaus Iohannis declassified the documents of the Service from the meeting of the Supreme National Defense Council (CSAT), which gave serious suspicions on possible abuse during the Georgescu campaign, hiding data on its financing and about the possible support of the “state actor”, in guess – Russia.

The materials of Romanian intelligence and other institutions published by the decision of the President Iohannis indicated that the Georgescu's campaign was conducted in a way that violated the equality of candidates by manipulating social networks algorithms and indicated organized manipulation from outside the country. In addition, Georgescu was accused of providing false information about the financing of the campaign, saying that he had published “Zero Lej” on her.

On December 6, just two days before the second round, the constitutional court annulled the election, issuing an unprecedented ruling that caused controversy both in the country and abroad. SK decided that the election process would be carried out in its entirety. Already after forming a new parliamentary coalition and government, the new date of the first round of elections was set for May 4.

Georgescu's candidacy was not registered

The registration of candidates ended on March 15, but Georgescu was not on their list. The Central Electoral Office rejected his candidacy, citing the SK decision of December 6.

The decision to not registrate Georgescu was then maintained by the Constitutional Court. It was considered that he did not respect the principle of equal opportunities in the presidential election, he also does not comply with democratic principles and does not respect the constitution, which the basic law requires the head of state (and implicitly).

Who supports Simills?

Politically, George Simion, the leader of Aur, took over the heirloom after Georgescu. When it became clear that Georgescu would not take part in the new elections, he was to “anoint” with Simion and Anamary Gavrila, the leader of the far -right Pot party. She then withdrew to Simon.

Simion actively refers to the legacy of Georgescu, although he never publicly expressed support for the AUR leader. He based his Simion campaign, among others on the postulate of restoring “state of law” in Romania and the request of “the second round” for Georgescu.

Former Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki also gave support to Simion. To this end, he arrived in Bucharest in March as the chairman of European conservatives and reformers, “to support George Simiona and support democracy in Romania.” The right -wing Aur party, which leads to Simion, belongs to the parties of European conservatives and reformers in the European Parliament, as well as PIS.