{"id":8043,"date":"2025-12-08T10:00:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T10:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=8043"},"modified":"2025-12-08T10:00:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T10:00:28","slug":"how-bucharest-residents-in-each-district-voted-in-the-mayoral-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=8043","title":{"rendered":"How Bucharest residents in each district voted in the mayoral elections"},"content":{"rendered":"

The December 7 elections in Bucharest marked the lowest turnout in the last decade, but were also a major win for the National Liberal Party (PNL) since its candidate, Ciprian Ciucu<\/a>, won a majority of votes in 5 of the 6 districts of the capital.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In District 1, Ciprian Ciucu obtained 40.29% of the votes. The Liberal was followed by far-right candidate Anca Alexandrescu (19.09%) – backed by isolationist party AUR – and the Social Democrat (PSD) mayor of District 4, Daniel B\u0103lu\u021b\u0103 (18.64%).<\/p>\n

In District 2, Ciprian Ciucu was chosen by 33.29% of the people who voted in the partial elections. In second place was Anca Alexandrescu with 22.47%, followed by B\u0103lu\u021b\u0103 (PSD) with 21.19%.<\/p>\n

Even though District 3 is led by PSD mayor Robert Negoi\u021b\u0103, the Social Democrats’ candidate Daniel B\u0103lu\u021b\u0103 obtained only 19.56%. The current mayor of District 4 was surpassed by Anca Alexandrescu (21.88%). This district was also won by Ciprian Ciucu with 32.5% of the votes, according to Euronews Romania<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Daniel B\u0103lu\u021b\u0103 obtained his highest score in District 4, where he has been mayor since 2016, namely 27.6%. He was followed by Ciprian Ciucu (27.25%) and Anca Alexandrescu (22.99%).<\/p>\n

In District 5, Ciprian Ciucu obtained 28.96% of the votes. He was followed by Anca Alexandrescu (28.84%) and Daniel B\u0103lu\u021b\u0103 (23.45%).\u00a0<\/p>\n

District 6, led by Ciprian Ciucu until his win, gave the mayor 50.64% of votes, the highest of all the scores recorded in Bucharest. He was followed by Anca Alexandrescu (18.6%) and Daniel B\u0103lu\u021b\u0103 (14.8%).<\/p>\n

Overall, Ciucu secured over 36% of the votes, followed by Anca Alexandrescu with almost 22%, Daniel B\u0103lu\u021b\u0103 with 20.5%, and C\u0103t\u0103lin Drul\u0103 (USR) with 13.9%.\u00a0The fact that the AUR candidate managed to overtake the one supported by the Social Democratic Party was the major surprise of the elections. Most surveys conducted before the elections gave Ciucu and B\u0103lu\u021b\u0103 as neck and neck, with Alexandrescu trailing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At the opposite end, candidates Constantin Filip, Gheorghe Macovei, Mihai Lasca, Gheorghe Floarea, and Rare\u0219 Laz\u0103r obtained a smaller number of votes than the number required to gather the signatures needed to run for general mayor.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, the elections for Bucharest mayor saw the lowest turnout in the last 10 years. Around 32.71% (589,918 voters) decided to cast their votes. The turnout was lower than in 2016, when only 33% of Bucharest residents went to the polls to choose the general mayor. In 2020, the turnout was 36.93%, and in 2024 it was 41.3%.<\/p>\n

The most numerous category of voters was that of people aged 45\u201364, namely 226,993 voters, representing 38.5% of all voters. In second place were those over 64, with 142,146 voters. At the opposite end are young voters under 44.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Politically, the election is a major win for the National Liberal Party, and it seems to have consolidated the ruling centrist coalition made up of PSD, PNL, USR, and UDMR. Ciprian Ciucu, Sorin Grindeanu, and other leaders signaled that the coalition will continue despite the attacks over the campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Commenting on the results, PSD leader Sorin Grindeanu said that \u201cthings were not well calibrated\u201d during the campaign, according to Hotnews.ro<\/a>. \u201cShifts probably took place in the last days of the campaign,\u201d he argued, avoiding placing blame on the candidate.<\/p>\n

Moreover, Ciprian Ciucu\u2019s win can also be seen as a blistering defeat for president Nicusor Dan and the party he founded, the center-right reformist party Save Romania Union (USR). In 2024, Dan won the Bucharest mayoral elections with a dominating score of 48.3%, receiving 352,734 votes. Although Nicu\u0219or Dan, now the president of Romania, signaled his support for C\u0103t\u0103lin Drul\u0103, he did not manage to transfer his support to the USR candidate.\u00a0<\/p>\n

radu@romania-insider.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

(Photo source: Inquam Photos | Codrin Unici, Rezultatevot.ro)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The December 7 elections in Bucharest marked the lowest turnout in the last decade, but were also a major win for the National Liberal Party (PNL) since its candidate, Ciprian Ciucu, won a majority of votes in 5 of the 6 districts of the capital.\u00a0 In District 1, Ciprian Ciucu obtained 40.29% of the votes. […]<\/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-8043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8043","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=8043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8043\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}