The first results of the 2024 presidential elections will be presented on Sunday, immediately after 21:00, at the end of the voting process in the first round of the elections. They are partial results, published at the end of the voting process, based on information centralized by four polling houses.
The electoral process after the opening of the polls in Bucharest and Ilfov. PHOTO Inquam Photos / Octav Ganea
On Sunday, at 9 p.m., Romanians will be able to find out the first partial results of the 2024 presidential elections, the first round, based on opinion polls conducted throughout the country.
The results of the exit polls will be published immediately after 21.00, after they have been centralized by the polling houses.
Differences in the latest opinion polls
The latest opinion polls on Romanians’ voting options in Romania’s presidential elections show significant differences in the candidates who could make it to the second round of Romania’s presidential elections on December 8.
A poll conducted by Verifield commissioned by the USR, published just two days before the elections, shows a tight competition between George Simion (AUR) and Elena Lasconi (USR), both having 19% of voting intentions. At the same time, the PSD candidate, Marcel Ciolacu, was in first place, with 24.5% of the electorate’s support.
Another survey, carried out by The Center for International Research and Analyzes (CIRA), showed that Marcel Ciolacu would get 26% of the votes, being the clear leader of the competition. George Simion was in second place, with 16.8%, and Nicolae Ciucă (PNL) is close to him, with 16.3%. Elena Lasconi, the USR candidate, would get 13.8% of the voting intentions, and Călin Georgescu, the independent candidate, would be at 6.8%.
Four polling houses in the 2024 presidential election
Four polling institutes were accredited by the Central Electoral Bureau to conduct exit polls for the first round of the presidential elections in Romania.
These are: the Center for Urban and Regional Sociology – CURS, the AVANGARDE Socio-Behavioral Studies Group, The Center for International Research and Analyzes and ARA Public Opinion SRL.
Poll operators can interview the Romanians who voted in the buildings where the polling stations were opened, in their yards and in their vicinity up to a distance of 500 meters, without having access inside the spaces where they are organized polling stations.
According to the Central Electoral Bureau, they have the obligation not to disturb the peace and public order and not to intervene in any way in the organization and conduct of the elections.
On Sunday, Romanians are expected at the polls to elect the new president of Romania. Voters will have a choice between 14 candidates registered in the electoral race. The presidential elections began in the diaspora on Friday, December 22.
According to the data provided by the Permanent Electoral Authority (AEP), the total number of voters registered in the Electoral Register, on the permanent lists, is 18,008,480 Romanians. The most numerous Romanian citizens with the right to vote are men. Polling stations across the country open at 7:00 a.m. and close at 9:00 p.m.
