Is it possible to vote from another city in the elections for the Capital City Hall? But from the diaspora? Documents required to vote at local offices
On December 7, the voters of Bucharest are called to the polls again to choose their mayor for the next 3 years, the term of the future mayor of the Capital being shorter. The regulation for voting in partial local elections is stricter.
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Local partial elections for the appointment of the general mayor for the next three years are organized on December 7 in Bucharest.
Can you vote in the Bucharest City Hall elections if you are not in the city?
Voters can vote only at the polling stations where they have their domicile or residence and only on the territory of Romania.
See “Where to vote in the elections for the Bucharest City Hall. How to find the precinct you are assigned to”.
Identity documents that can be used to vote in local elections
In the partial local elections on December 7, Romanian citizens can vote with an identity document valid on the day of voting, issued by the Romanian state, respectively:
– identity card;
– electronic identity card;
– temporary identity card;
– identity card or diplomatic passport;
– the electronic diplomatic passport;
– service passport;
– electronic service passport;
– military service card (in the case of students from military schools).
Voters who are citizens of other member states of the European Union and who have their residence or domicile on the territory of Romania present to the electoral office of the polling station the identity document accompanied by the document attesting the address in Romania or the registration certificate or the permanent residence card, as the case may be.
Other rules for voters
Voting takes place on Sunday, December 7, 2025, between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. See “The schedule of polling stations in Bucharest for the 2025 local elections. Until what time can you vote in the Capital”.
Presentation of the identity document
Upon entering the polling station, the voter presents his identity document to the computer operator of the voting station. After scanning the identity document and verifying it in the IT System for monitoring the turnout and preventing illegal voting (SIMPV), the voter presents himself to the members of the electoral office of the polling station, signs in the permanent, complementary or additional electoral list, as the case may be, and receives the ballot (for the mayor, the president of the county council, the general mayor of the Municipality of Bucharest, as the case may be) and the stamp with the mention “VOTE”.
How to vote
Voters vote separately, in closed booths, applying the stamp with the word “VOTED” in the square containing the name of the candidate they are voting for. The voter who, for valid reasons, ascertained by the president of the electoral office of the polling station, cannot vote alone, has the right to call a companion chosen by him to the voting booth, to help him. He cannot be among the observers or members of the electoral office of the polling station. The underlying reason must be easily ascertained by the president of the electoral office of the polling station with his own senses or from the analysis of some supporting documents presented by the voter, without the need for additional checks.
After voting, the voter folds the ballot so that the white page bearing the control stamp remains outside and inserts it into the ballot box, taking care not to open it.
The voter then returns the stamp marked “VOTE” to the president. In the case of voters who vote based on their identity card, a sticker stamp with the words “VOTE” and the date of the poll is applied on the back of it. The “VOTED” sticker and the date of the poll are not applied to the electronic identity cards.
Voting by special ballot box
For voters who cannot go to the polling station headquarters due to illness or disability, the president of the electoral office of the polling station can approve, at their written request, accompanied by copies of the documents from which the state of health or disability results, for a team formed by at least 2 members of the electoral office to travel with a special ballot box and the material necessary for voting – a stamp with the mention “VOTE” and ballot papers – to the place where where the voter is, to vote. Only one special ballot box is used within a polling station. The special ballot box can only be transported by the members of the electoral office of the polling station, under the guard of the personnel of the structures of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
What does the ballot paper look like?
The Central Electoral Bureau has published what the ballot will look like in the partial local elections on December 7 in the Capital.
Order of candidates:
1. Cătălin Drula – Save Romania Union (USR);
2. Daniel Băluță – Social Democratic Party (PSD);
3. George Burcea – Party of Young People (POT)
4. Ciprian Ciucu – National Liberal Party (PNL)
5. Ana-Maria Ciceală – Ciceală Ana-Maria – Health Education Nature Sustainability -(SENS)
6. Liviu Gheorghe Florea – National Peasant Party Maniu Mihalache- (PNȚMM)
7. Gheorghe Macovei – Greater Romania Party (PRM)
8. Oana Crețu – United Social Democratic Party (PSDU)
9. Mihai Lasca – Patriots of the Romanian People (PPR)
10. Rareș Lazar – independent candidate
11. Anca Alexandrescu – “Rights for Bucharest” electoral alliance between the Alliance for the Union of Romanians and the Christian Democratic Peasant National Party
12. Dan Trifu – independent candidate
13. Eugen Orlando Teodorovici – independent candidate
14. Gheorghe Nețoiu – independent candidate
15. Vlad Gheorghe – independent candidate
16. Angela Negrota – independent candidate
17. Filip Titian – independent candidate
