Live presidential elections 2025, tour II. The most important events in the day of the poll
Tour II of the presidential elections of 2025. Collage: Ion Mateș / Hotnews. Photo: Inquam Photos, Profimedia
The vote for the presidential elections 2025 started in Romania at 07.00. Romanians can vote today, May 18, in the sections where they are shown or on additional lists if they are not in the locality. The polling stations for the presidential elections 2025 are closed at 21.00. We will also have the first Exit-Poll results at that time. Three polling houses were accredited for this poll.
- On elections.hotnews.ro, you can follow real -time information about the presence in presidential elections 2025, tour 2. How to compare with the past elections.
What the Reuters International Agency writes about the Romanian poll:
The Romanians vote on Sunday in the second round of the presidential elections, which oppose a Eurosceptic to the radical right to an independent center, and the result could have implications for both the country's difficulty economy and for the EU unit.
The 38-year-old far-right nationalist George Simion, who opposes the military aid for the neighboring Ukraine and criticizes the leadership of the European Union, has clearly won the first round of the presidential elections, causing the collapse of a pro-Western coalition government. This has led to significant capital exits.
The mayor of Bucharest, Nicușor Dan, 55, who has committed to fight corruption, is firmly pro-EU and NATO and said that Romania's support for Ukraine is vital for its own security against a rising threat.
The President this is the state of the EU and NATO has considerable powers, not least being at the head of the Defense Council that decides on military aid. It will also supervise the foreign policy, having the right of veto to the EU votes that require unanimity.
Anyone who will be chosen will also have to designate a prime minister to negotiate a new majority in the Parliament to reduce the budget deficit of Romania -the largest in the EU -as well as to calm the investors and try to avoid lowering the credit rating.
How to vote
07.00 was the first important moment of the day. 18,979 polling stations in Romania were opened for the presidential elections 2025. There will be 1,289 sections in the Capital. The Romanians from the diaspora are already voting on Friday, and today is the last day they can go to the ballot box.
Over 18 million voters are expected on Sunday to choose the president between the two candidates who arrived in the second round of the 2025 presidential elections: George Simion and Nicușor Dan.
Voters can vote on:
- Permanent lists – in the locality of domicile or residence, at the section where they were shown (distributed/divided by areas according to the domicile, for better administration);
- Additional lists – in any other polling station, outside the locality where they have residence or domicile. The voters with their domicile or residence in the municipality of Bucharest cannot exercise their right to vote at a polling station located in another sector of the municipality except the one in which they live.
Going to vote comes with a series of rules. You are not allowed to do electoral propaganda on the day of the vote or to come to the section with electoral signs, it is forbidden and sanctioned by law photographing or filming the vote or influencing other voters.
During the day, the two candidates will be presented at the ballot boxes. In the end, they will not be able to have messages to urge the world how to vote. The election campaign ends 24 hours before the vote.
When we find out the first results in presidential elections 2025
An important moment of the day is 21.00, when all the polling stations for presidential elections are closed.
At presidential elections 2025, the voters who at 21.00 are at the headquarters of the polling station, as well as those who are in a row outside the polling station headquarters to enter the voting premises can exercise their right to vote until at most 23.59, according to the Permanent Electral Authority.
Also at 21.00 we will find out the first Exit-Poll results. For the presidential elections 2025, the Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) has accredited three polling houses to do EXIT-POLL on the day of the elections, on Sunday, May 18, at national level: avant-garde, course and ARA Public Opinion.
Hotnews will publish on Sunday, at 9:00 pm, the exit polls made by the three polling houses.
After closing the ballot boxes, the official count of the votes begins. As the votes are centralized and the minutes loaded, partial results will be available on the AEP website. The final results are expected during the day of Monday.
