{"id":2739,"date":"2024-11-25T11:00:38","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T11:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=2739"},"modified":"2024-11-25T11:00:38","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T11:00:38","slug":"presidential-elections-2024-how-romanians-voted-in-the-first-round-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=2739","title":{"rendered":"Presidential elections 2024: How Romanians voted in the first round &#8211; map"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first round of Romania\u2019s presidential elections <a href=\"https:\/\/www.romania-insider.com\/romania-presidential-elections-shock-result-independent-calin-gerogescu-lead\" target=\"_blank\">brought significant surprises<\/a>, with nationalist independent candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.romania-insider.com\/calin-georgescu-suprise-winner-romania-presidential-elections\" target=\"_blank\">C\u0103lin Georgescu<\/a> taking an unexpected lead. He is most likely set to face reformist leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.romania-insider.com\/elena-lasconi-reformist-leader-romania-presidential-elections\" target=\"_blank\">Elena Lasconi<\/a> (USR) in the second round. The results reflect a reshaped political landscape, with both traditional parties \u2013 the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the National Liberal Party (PNL) \u2013 experiencing historic setbacks.<\/p>\n<p>But how did Romanians vote? C\u0103lin Georgescu secured the most votes in 13 counties in Romania (plus the diaspora), while Elena Lasconi won five counties and Bucharest. PSD candidate Marcel Ciolacu received the most votes in 16 counties, while Nicolae Ciuc\u0103 from PNL was victorious in only one county, Giurgiu.<\/p>\n<p>According to the map on the <a href=\"https:\/\/prezenta.roaep.ro\/prezidentiale24112024\/pv\/romania\/map\" target=\"_blank\">Electoral Authority\u2019s official platform<\/a>, C\u0103lin Georgescu won in the counties of Maramure\u015f, Suceava, Bistri\u0163a-N\u0103s\u0103ud, Neam\u0163, Tulcea, Constan\u0163a, C\u0103l\u0103ra\u015fi, Prahova, Arge\u015f, Sibiu, Alba, Hunedoara, and Arad.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Elena Lasconi, who managed to surpass Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu and take second place with a margin of a few thousand votes, was victorious in the counties of Timi\u015f, Cluj, Bra\u015fov, Ia\u015fi, and Ilfov, plus the capital, Bucharest.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister and PSD candidate Marcel Ciolacu won in 16 counties, but this was still not enough to advance to the second round of the presidential elections. These counties were: Boto\u015fani, Bac\u0103u, Vaslui, Vrancea, Gala\u0163i, Buz\u0103u, Br\u0103ila, Ialomi\u0163a, D\u00eembovi\u0163a, Teleorman, Olt, V\u00e2lcea, Dolj, Gorj, Mehedin\u0163i, and Cara\u015f-Severin.<\/p>\n<p>Liberal leader Nicolae Ciuc\u0103 managed to win in only one county \u2013 Giurgiu.<\/p>\n<p>Far-right leader George Simion (AUR), the candidate who ranks fourth in the first round, did not win in any county.<\/p>\n\n<p>editor@romania-insider.com<\/p>\n<p>(Photo source: screenshot from Prezenta.roaep.ro)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first round of Romania\u2019s presidential elections brought significant surprises, with nationalist independent candidate C\u0103lin Georgescu taking an unexpected lead. He is most likely set to face reformist leader Elena Lasconi (USR) in the second round. The results reflect a reshaped political landscape, with both traditional parties \u2013 the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2739\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}