Presidential elections 2025, tour 2: over 80,000 votes in the diaspora, 70%increase. In the Republic of Moldova, more people have already voted than they were all day in the first round

In the diaspora he began to vote for the second round of the presidential elections. It is voted on Friday – Sunday, but, attention, on Sunday only until 21, Romania time, no matter what this means on the local time.

Friday, 3 pm: over 80,000 votes in the diaspora, with 34,000 more than in the first round

The difference from the votes in the first round continues to grow in the diaspora. Until 3 pm, 80,769 Romanians from outside the borders voted.

The biggest presence remains in the Republic of Moldova, where 15,600 people voted. In the first round, there were 6,066.

In the UK, there have been twice as many votes until this time. At 15.00, 10,937 people voted, compared to 5.188.

In Italy there are over 10,768, compared to 6,748, and in Germany 9.126 – compared to 5,812.

Friday, 2 pm: over 28,000 votes more than in the first round

Mobilization in the diaspora continues to be greater than in the first round of presidential elections. In front of the first round they voted with 73% more people.

The major differences remain in the Republic of Moldova, Italy, the United Kingdom, Germany and Spain.

• In the Republic of Moldova, 13,537 people voted at 14.00, compared to 5,222.
• In the UK, 8,518 people voted compared to 4,105.
• In Germany, 7,258 people voted, compared to 4,717.
• In Italy, 8,921 people voted, compared to 5,638.
• In Spain, 7,472 people voted compared to 4,789.

Friday, 1 pm: over 52,000 votes in the diaspora

Over 52,000 people voted in the diaspora, up to this hour, about 70% more than the first tour of the presidential elections.

Most votes were registered, at this time, in the Republic of Moldova, where, until 13.00, 11,287 people voted. It is more than double than the first round, when 4367 people had voted until the same hour.

In the Republic of Moldova, until 13.00, several people voted, in the first round, voted in the first day. In round 1, all day Friday, 11,000 people had voted.

Greater presence in Italy, Germany and UK

In Italy, over 7,100 Romanians voted. In the first round, 4,637 Romanians had voted at this time. And in Germany there is greater mobilization than in the first round. 5582 Romanians voted, compared to 3662.

And in the UK, the number of voters is double. They voted 6.113 now, until this time, compared to 3,003.

Friday, 12: 38,800 votes compared to 23,400 in the first round until this hour

The biggest presence is in the Republic of Moldova, because the urns in the Western countries have opened after. In Moldova, 8,600 votes were expressed, compared to 3,200 two weeks ago, until 12 o'clock.

Two weeks ago, the total of the participants in the diaspora was 973.129, of which 90,851 voted in the Republic of Moldova.

Friday, 11.00 am: With over 50% more voters in the diaspora

In the Republic of Moldova, until Friday, at 11.00, 6,479 Romanians voted, almost three times more than in the first round, when, until the same time, 2394 Romanians had voted.

And in Italy, on Friday, at 11.00, the growth is greater than the first round. They voted in the second round with almost 1,000 more Romanians – 3,405 Romanians compared to 2,413 Romanians.

The growth is also in Germany, where 2,661 Romanians voted, compared to 1,738 in the first round. Also, several Romanians voted, until this time, in Spain, and in France, shows the centralized data by Hotnews.

In total, at 11.00, 26,300 Romanians had voted in the diaspora, an increase of 56% compared to the first round of elections.

Until Friday, at 10 o'clock, in the Republic of Moldova voted three times more than at round 1

Until Friday, at 10 o'clock, 4,400 people had voted in the Republic of Moldova, while two weeks ago they had been 1,500, at the same time. And in Germany up to 10, about 1,500 people voted, compared to almost 1,000 in the first round. Increases are in every country in the West, where they are Romanian.

In total, 17,000 votes, compared to 12,000 in round 1, an increase of 40%were expressed.

The increases were also where the first day of voting ended, according to the time zone. At round 1, after a voting day, Japan and Australia had about 90 votes in each country. Now, official statistics show that 214 people have voted in Australia, and in Japan 214.

Romanians from abroad have three voting days, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

When was the greater presence by 10% in the second round

Both candidates appreciated that the result, which in the first round was favorable with a double vote to George Simion, can become close to the extent that from 9.6 million votes there will be a presence of at least 11 million votes.

This would mean that the presence, which was 53.21%, reaches at least 62%, which means 11 million voters in absolute figures.

From 1992 and until now, in the 7 presidential elections that had both tours, only once the presence jumped by 10%. It happened in 2014, when Klaus Iohannis managed to recover a large difference of votes between Victor Ponta who had won the first round by almost 41%.

Tour II 2014 meant a higher presence with almost 11 percentage points, 53% to 64%, from 9.7 million votes to 11.7 million votes. Klaus Iohannis then won in front of Victor Ponta.

The presence in real time and the evolution of the statistical data can be followed here.