Cristian Popescu Piedone, the current mayor of Sector 5, would emerge victorious in the race for the seat of mayor of the Capital, if the elections were to be held next Sunday, according to an opinion poll commissioned by Digi24 and carried out by Avangarde.
Piedone would win the race for the Capital City Hall. Photo: Inquam Photos/ Octav Ganea (Archive)
We remind you that in the race for the Capital City Hall are Nicușor Dan, who is running for a new mandate, Cristian Popescu Piedone, Cătălin Cîrstoiu, manager of the University Hospital, and Mihai Enache, representative of the AUR.
According to the survey mentioned above, Cristian Popescu Piedone (PUSL) would have been voted by 42% of Bucharest residents, while Nicușor Dan, supported by the USR Alliance, PMP and Forța Dreptei, would have obtained 30% of the votes.
Cătălin Cîrstoiu, joint candidate of PSD and PNL, is in third place in terms of voting intention and with a percentage of only 16%, and Mihai Enache would take only 10% of the votes.
If the mayor of Sector 5 did not run for the Capital City Hall, 41% of Piedone's voters said that the vote would go to Nicușor Dan, while 29% answered that they would vote for Cătălin Cîrstoiu.
At the same time, Bucharest residents were asked to what extent they were satisfied with Nicușor Dan during his term as mayor. 41% of respondents considered its activity “rather negative”, and 25% qualified it as “rather positive”.
Also, Cristian Popescu Piedone leads in the ranking of confidence. He is followed by Nicușor Dan, Robert Negoiță, Daniel Băluță, Gabriela Firea, Cătălin Cîrstoiu, Mihai Enache, Sebastian Burduja and Ciprian Ciucu.
According to the survey, 50% of Bucharest residents are dissatisfied with the way the Capital currently looks. In the same vein, 36% of them claim that in the last three years things in Bucharest have remained unchanged, while 34% claim that they have seen improvements, and 28% believe that they have worsened.
Finally, the respondents appreciate that the big problems of the Capital are: traffic congestion, health, road infrastructure, education, parking spaces, cleanliness, politics, green spaces and drug use.
The survey was conducted on a sample of 1,000 people, citizens of the Capital, between March 20-24, 2024. The maximum sampling error, at a 95% confidence level, is +/- 2.9%.
