Live presidential elections 2025, tour 2 in the diaspora: they voted almost twice as Romanians compared to the first round, until Sunday morning. Countries with massive mobilization
Presidential elections 2025, tour 2: Romanians from abroad have mobilized in an unprecedented way to this poll, the presence in the vote being in several double states compared to the first round two weeks ago. The voting will end in the diaspora at 21:00, Romania time, regardless of the country.
All information on presidential elections 2025, tour 2, in the diaspora, livetext:
Another 18,000 votes in the diaspora, in the last hour
At 10.00, the number of those who voted in the diaspora reached 774,918. In the last hour, about 18,000 Romanians voted.
The number of votes in the diaspora remains considerably higher than the first round and than the second round of the 2019 presidential elections.
Most votes in the diaspora are in the UK
Over 756,000 Romanians from the diaspora voted until Sunday, at 9.00. It is an almost double number compared to the first round, when until this hour they had expressed their option 410.266.
Most votes were expressed in the UK – 131,014 people voted. In the first round, 66,244 had expressed their option, so it is a double number.
After the UK, most votes were in Italy – 119,069. Again, a huge difference from the first round when they voted 69,183.
Germany follows, where 115,050 people voted. In the first round, 63,494 people had voted until this hour.
Many voters are in Spain too. There were over 86,000 votes, compared to 52,354 in the first round.
In the Republic of Moldova, until Sunday, at 9.00, 79,385 people had voted, more than double compared to the first round.
Until 08.00, 747,335 Romanians from the diaspora voted for the second round of presidents, an increase of over 85% compared to two weeks ago.
Until Sunday, at 07.00, 745,846 Romanians voted, almost double compared to the elections with the second round of 2019. Two weeks ago, in the first round, at the same time, 402,640 votes were recorded.
This is how Sunday looks the map of the presence in voting in European countries:
An hour before the sections in Romania were opened, the presence in the abroad sections was 745,457 voters, over 85% higher than now
Diaspora has 965 polling stations
Romanians with voting rights in the Diaspora showed up at the ballot box on Friday to choose the one who will run the country in the next five years, the voting will end on Sunday at 9:00 pm, Romania time.
In the 965 polling stations in the diaspora organized for the presidential elections this year, the Romanian citizens who are abroad can vote on the day of the election, whether or not they have their domicile or residence abroad.
Most polling stations are in Italy and Malta – 161, Spain – 147, UK – 108, France and Principality of Monaco – 69, Republic of Moldova – 64, US – 50, Belgium – 29, Netherlands – 23.
For this year's elections, 29 sections have been relocated to close localities or areas, either as a result of consultations with representatives of the communities of Romanian citizens, or for a better coverage of the communities in various areas, in order to facilitate their access to the polling stations, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Romanian voters from abroad could also vote by correspondence. According to the AEP, 3,139 Romanians from the diaspora voted at the second round by this way.
The voters from abroad can vote with an identity card valid on the day of voting, issued by the Romanian state: the identity card; Electronic Identity Book; provisional identity card; the identity card or the diplomatic passport; Electronic diplomatic passport; service passport; Electronic service passport; Simple passport, simple electronic passport; temporary simple passport; the military service book (in the case of students in military schools).
