VIDEO Daniel Băluţă submitted his candidacy for the Capital City Hall, accompanied by Firea, but without Grindeanu. The two major objectives announced
Daniel Băluță, the PSD candidate in the elections for the position of general mayor of the Capital submits his candidacy file at the Municipal Electoral Office in Bucharest, November 15, 2025. Inquam Photos / George Călin
Daniel Băluţă, the current mayor of Sector 4 who is running for Bucharest City Hall from the PSD, submitted his candidacy on Saturday for the December 7 elections. He appealed to all Bucharest residents to vote.
Băluță arrived today, around 12:00, at the Electoral Office of the Municipality of Bucharest, where he officially submitted his candidacy for the Capital City Hall. He was accompanied by several PSD members, including the general secretary of the party, Claudiu Manda and the Minister of Labor, Florin Manole.
The leader of the party, Sorin Grindeanu, was absent from the event, as he is currently in Timișoara. Instead, Gabriela Firea was present, who announced that she will not enter the race for the Capital City Hall and will remain a member of the European Parliament until the end of her mandate.
“I am confident that in this election people will vote for results. People will appreciate what the impact of politics has been in the last 35 years in this city and what the results mean because the sum of the communities we have taken care of to have a better life, the investments we have made in infrastructure, the investments we have made in hospitals, schools, high schools, kindergartens, the fire station, emergency units, all these are realities, no they are just words and I really want us to get over this political fight and focus on results”, said Daniel Băluţă.
He announced two major objectives for Bucharest
Băluță declared that he is convinced that the experience he gained as the mayor of Sector 4 “will help us all to have a city where the cost of daily living will be lower and the quality of life will increase”.
“I am running for these two major objectives: lowering the cost of everyday life and increasing the quality of life of Bucharest residents,” the PSD candidate also sent to the Capital City Hall.
He appealed to all Bucharest residents: “I am asking you with all your heart to be present on December 7th to vote. Only together can we achieve these goals.”
So far, Ciprian Ciucu (PNL), Cătălin Drula (USR), journalist Anca Alexandrescu, former MEP Vlad Gheorghe, Virgil Alexandru Zidaru, known as Makaveli, actor George Burcea, from the Young People's Party (POT) have announced their candidacy for Bucharest City Hall.
What the latest polls show
The survey published by Avangarde on November 12, for the City Hall of the Capital, shows that Daniel Băluță, from the PSD, ranks first (24%).
He is followed by Ciprian Ciucu, PNL (21%), then Cătălin Drula, USR (20%) and Anca Alexandrescu, independent but supported by AUR (17%).
Then, at a great distance, independent Vlad Gheorghe appears in the Avangarde poll with 5%, Ana Ciceală (SENS) – 4%, independent Virgil Alexandru Zidaru – 4% and Liviu Negoiță (PUSL) – 3%.
