George Simion takes the most votes in the second round in a single scenario, while another candidate has registered a strong growth, an atlasinte survey conducted for Hotnews shows.
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The common candidate of gold and can, George Simion, would win the first round of the presidential elections on May 4, shows the data survey data. According to the research, Simion would take 33.4% of the votes, increasing compared to the previous poll of last month, when it was quoted at 30.4%.
In second place, with 24.7%, is Crin Antonescu (PSD-PNL-UDMR), which has grown by almost 7 percent.
Decreased, from 26% to 21.2% is Nicușor Dan, followed by Victor Ponta, with 9.7% and Elena Lasconi, with 5%.
When only the options of those who go to the vote are calculated, Simion is listed with 34.4%of the votes, Crin Antonescu has 25.5%, and Nicușor Dan – 21.8%. Victor Ponta is still in the 4th place, with 10%. Lasconi is at 5.2%. With a percentage below 1% Daniel Funeriu and Lavinia Șandru also appear.
Also, 3% of the respondents say they do not vote, cancel their vote or do not know while another 2.2% would choose another candidate.
What happens in round 2
According to the new poll, Nicușor Dan collected more options than George Simion, but would take fewer votes than Crin Antonescu.
The only counter -candidate in front of which Simion would take more votes is Victor Ponta.
The Atlasintel survey was conducted on April 10-13, 2025 on a sample of 2,994 respondents, by the random digital recruitment method, has as universe the electorate in Romania and has an error margin of ± 2 percentage points at a level of 95%.
“Atlasintel samples are representative on an electoral concept (Likely Voters). This means that they have as targets those voters who actually vote and who intend to vote and in the future elections. An electorate sample will probably have a lower percentage of voters than a voting. voting rights ”explains the founder of Atlasintel, Andrei Roman.
The research was conducted after the USR decision not to support Elena Lasconi’s candidacy for presidential
The Atlasintel Institute is headed by the Romanian sociologist Andrei Roman.
In the survey of March conducted by Atlasintel, immediately after the withdrawal of Călin Georgescu’s candidacy, George Simion obtained 30.4% of the votes, followed by the general mayor of the Capital, Nicușor Dan and by Crin Antonescu, the common candidate of PSD-PNL-UDMR, quoted with 17.9%. Victor Ponta was listed at 9%, while Elena Lasconi was credited by only 3.9%.
