Bucharest elections: the last poll before Sunday's elections. How close is the fight between Băluță and Ciucu / What chances do Alexandrescu and Drula have


Electoral posters with candidates for the local elections at the Capital City Hall, from December 7, in Bucharest, November 23, 2025. Inquam Photos / Octav Ganea
In the survey published on Friday by CURS and Avangarde, PSD candidate Daniel Băluță has 27%, Ciprian Ciucu from PNL has 24%, and Cătălin Drula from USR is rated with 21%. Anca Alexandrescu is three percent behind the USR candidate in the fight for Sunday's elections in Bucharest.
- The survey was conducted face to face on December 4. 1,382 people responded.
- The maximum margin of error for the entire sample is +/-2.6% at a 95% confidence level, according to CURS-Avangarde polling houses.
The CURS-Avangarde survey is a calibration for the exit poll that the two polling houses will publish on Sunday evening, at 21:00, the two polling houses specify. HotNews will also publish that exit poll.
The AUR candidate, Anca Alexandrescu, is rated at 18%, while Ana Ciceală, from SENS, has 5%, being rated with the lowest score compared to the most recent surveys carried out by other polling houses. The POT candidate, George Burcea, has 3%. In the chapter “others” there are 2%.

Other recent polls
Another survey also published on Friday by ARA, commissioned by Antena 3 CNN, showed that Daniel Băluță (26%) is in first place in the preferences of Bucharest residents for the Capital City Hall, followed by the liberal Ciprian Ciucu (24%) and the USR representative, Cătălin Drula (20%). Anca Alexandrescu, supported by AUR, is rated at 18%.
An INSCOP survey published on Thursday suggested that Ciucu is in first place (28.9%) among those who said they are sure to vote, followed by Băluță (27.4%), Alexandrescu (21.2%) and Drula (10.9%). In the ranking of those who expressed a voting option but are not sure that they will vote, 28.2% said they would vote for Băluță, 27.1% for Ciprian Ciucu, 21% for Alexandrescu and 11.1% for Drula.
A CURS survey published on Wednesday shows the PSD candidate for Bucharest City Hall, Daniel Băluță, with 26% of the voting intention. In second place is the PNL candidate, Ciprian Ciucu (the councilor of Sector 6), with 23% of the votes, closely followed by Cătălin Drula. The two are separated by a difference of only one percent: the USR candidate is rated at 22%. In fourth place is the independent candidate supported by AUR, Anca Alexandrescu, with 17% of the votes.
According to the AtlasIntel survey, the PSD mayor of Sector 4 is credited with 23.3% and is followed by the candidate supported by AUR, with 23.2%. 1.5% behind them is the PNL mayor of Sector 6, Ciprian Ciucu, credited with 21.7%. On the 4th place is the USR candidate, Cătălin Drula, with 15.5%, followed by the SENS candidate, Ana Ciceăla, with 8.4%.
The latest polls show a close fight for the Capital City Hall, with scores that differ greatly depending on the polling house. HotNews has centralized the 15 most important polls and shows how the scores have evolved according to two indicators: “mean” and “median”.




