2025 Romanian Presidential Election
4 May 2025 (first round) 18 May 2025 (second round) · The directly elected presidency · two-round vote
Nicușor Dan won in the runoff with 53.60% against George Simion on 46.40%. Turnout 53.2%.
This was the re-run of the annulled 2024 election, ordered after Georgescu was barred from running in March 2025; George Simion led the first round but Nicușor Dan won the 18 May runoff.
President before
Ilie Bolojan (acting)
PNL
Elected President
Nicușor Dan
Independent
Winning share
53.6%
second round
Turnout
53.2%
The result
Nicușor Dan
Independent · 1,979,767 votes
53.60%
second round
George Simion
Alliance for the Union of Romanians · 3,862,761 votes
46.40%
second round
Crin Antonescu
Romania Forward Electoral Alliance · 1,892,930 votes
20.07%
first round
Victor Ponta
Independent · 1,230,164 votes
13.04%
first round
Elena Lasconi
Save Romania Union · 252,721 votes
2.68%
first round
Lavinia Șandru
Social Liberal Humanist Party · 60,682 votes
0.64%
first round
Daniel Funeriu
Independent · 49,604 votes
0.53%
first round
Cristian Terheș
Romanian National Conservative Party · 36,445 votes
0.39%
first round
Sebastian Popescu
New Romania Party · 25,994 votes
0.28%
first round
John Ion Banu
Independent · 22,020 votes
0.23%
first round
Silviu Predoiu
National Action League Party · 17,186 votes
0.18%
first round