2025 Romanian presidential election

Presidential elections will be held in Romania on 4 and 18 May 2025.^[2][3] The election was scheduled in January 2025 following the annulment of the 2024 presidential election citing alleged Russian meddling in favour of first round winner Călin Georgescu. The campaign has been characterised by political instability and a series of major ongoing protests against the annulment. On 7 March, Georgescu was barred from running pending several criminal investigations, with leader of the AUR party George Simion announcing his candidacy in Georgescu's place.

2025 Romanian presidential election

← 2024 4 May 2025 (first round) 18 May 2025 (second round)
Registered	19,005,434[1]
Nominee Crin Antonescu George Simion Elena Lasconi Party Independent[a] AUR[b] USR[c]   Nominee Victor Ponta Nicușor Dan Lavinia Șandru Party Independent Independent[d] PUSL
Incumbent President Ilie Bolojan (acting) PNL

Background

Previous election annulled

Main article: 2024–2025 Romanian election annulment protests

On 6 December 2024, the 2024 presidential election was annulled by the Constitutional Court of Romania, 48 hours before the second round was to be held, citing alleged Russian intervention on behalf of independent candidate, Călin Georgescu, who took a shock lead in the first round with 23%.^[4] CSAT said the campaign was "identical" to the online campaign launched by Russia before its invasion of Ukraine and which led to the cancellation of the first round. On 20 December, an investigation was published showing that PNL had seemingly paid for one of the TikTok campaigns.^[5] PNL interim president Ilie Bolojan had stated however that the campaign was altered illegally to favor Georgescu, yet had not blamed the company they worked with for the alteration.^[6]

Second Ciolacu cabinet

After the parliamentary election, the second Ciolacu cabinet was formed as a minority coalition between PSD, PNL, UDMR and with confidence and supply from minority parties on 23 December 2024. Furthermore, Ilie Bolojan became President of the Senate of Romania and Ciprian-Constantin Șerban became the President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania. The cabinet passed with a seven-vote majority and became official. Opposition leaders (most prominently George Simion and POT Leader Anamaria Gavrilă) called the cabinet illegitimate and for the resignation of incumbent president Klaus Iohannis.^[7][8][9]

President Klaus Iohannis' resignation and political crisis

Following the annulment of the 2024 presidential election in December, Iohannis was allowed to stay on as president by the Constitutional Court until his successor could be sworn in. However, on 10 February, following an attempt by members of parliament to impeach him, Iohannis announced that he would resign on 12 February.^[10] Senate president Ilie Bolojan assumed the role of acting president until the elections.^[11]

Georgescu barring and Simion candidacy

Georgescu arriving with Simion to the Central Electoral Bureau to file his candidacy on 7 March. It was rejected two days later

On 26 February 2025, Georgescu was stopped by police in traffic, while allegedly on his way to register for the election. He was charged with six offenses, including incitement to actions against the constitutional order, and support of fascist groups.^[12] Preemptive measures have been imposed, including judiciary control, and a 60-day ban on posting xenophobic and antisemitic materials to social networks (although such actions are already illegal in Romania).^[13][14] The police found 10 million USD buried inside his bodyguard's house along with plane tickets to Moscow.^[15][16] On 7 March, Georgescu filed his candidacy to the Central Electoral Bureau, being rejected two days later which led to new protests.^[17] Consequently, George Simion arrived to the Central Electoral Bureau on 14 March accompanied by former Polish prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki to file his candidacy after collecting 604,000 signatures, above the minimum requirement of 200,000.^[18] The CEB approved his candidacy on the following day,^[19] which was also the deadline for candidates to register, with Simion stating "We passed the BEC, now let's see if we pass the CCR and return to democracy".^[20] The CCR validated his candidacy one day later as well as the ones of Nicușor Dan and Victor Ponta.^[21]

Election date

The date of the first round had initially been publicly speculated by media as 23 March 2025, with the runoff two weeks later (6 April 2025). In early January, these dates became obsolete, as the law for electing the President of Romania requires a minimum of 75 days between the election day and the day the election is called. On 8 January, the coalition fixed the dates of the election. The first round is scheduled to be held on 4 May 2025 with the second round two weeks later (18 May 2025).^[22][23]

Date	Event
8 January	The government fixed the date for the election (First round on 4 May 2025)
20 February	The Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) is constituted (Judges from the High Court of Cassation and Justice drawn, and representatives of the Permanent Electoral Authority)
21 February	The BEC is finalised (representatives form the parliamentary parties)
23 February	Deadline for registration of electoral alliances at BEC
15 March	Deadline for candidates to register, 23:59:59 (at BEC)
17 March	Deadline for BEC to validate or reject candidates registered on 15 March (48 hours after registering)[24]
19 March	Deadline to file complaints at CCR against BEC decision (of validation or rejection of a candidacy) (24 hours after BEC ruling)
20 March	Definitive candidacies announced
22 March	BEC determines the order of the candidates on the ballot paper (lottery)
4 April	The start of the electoral campaign (at 7:00)
2 May	The end of the electoral campaign (at 22:00) Voting at polling stations abroad begins at 7:00 a.m. local time
4 May	Voting in Romania begins at 7:00 a.m.

Candidates

The Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) was constituted on 21 February 2025.^[25] The deadline for registering electoral alliances at the BEC was on 23 February 2025. By that deadline, only one electoral alliance was registered, between the governing PSD, PNL, and UDMR, called the Romania Forward Electoral Alliance (Alianța Electorală România Înainte; A.Ro for short).^[26]

Persons who wished to run for the office may begin gathering the support signatures (a minimum of 200,000) after 23 February. The deadline for registering the candidacy at the BEC was 15 March 2025, at 23:59:59. All candidatures validated by the BEC must pass the scrutiny of the Constitutional Court of Romania. On 19 March, Gavrilă withdrew her candidacy for president, endorsing Simion.^[27] A final list of all 11 candidates was released on the following day.^[28] On 22 March, a random draw took place, placing Simion on the first position on the ballot and Nicușor Dan on the last.^[29][30]

Registered candidates in ballot order

Name	Campaign and affiliation	Public Office Experience	Party and endorsements	Candidacy related dates
George Simion	Democrație (lit. 'Democracy') (website)	Deputy (2020–present)	Affiliation: AUR Endorsed by: POT	BEC registration: 14 March 2025[31] BEC validation: 15 March 2025[32]
Crin Antonescu	România, înainte! (lit. 'Romania, Forward!') (website)	Acting President (2012) Minister of Youth and Sport (1997-2000) President of the Senate (2012–2014) Senator (2008–2016) Deputy (1992–2008)	Affiliation: none Endorsed by: A.Ro and ethnic minorities	Announced as common PSD, PNL, and UDMR candidate: 24 December 2024[33] Announced self-suspension of campaign: 4 January 2025[34] Validated as PNL candidate: 26 January 2025[35] Validated as UDMR candidate: 29 January 2025[36] Validated as PSD candidate: 2 February 2025[37] BEC registration: 9 March 2025[38] BEC validation: 11 March 2025[39] BEC validation upheld by Constitutional Court: 11 March 2025
Elena Lasconi	Am curaj să fac dreptate! (lit. 'I have courage to do justice!') (website)	Mayor of Câmpulung (2020–present)	Affiliation: USR[c]	Announced as still being the USR candidate: 10 January 2025[40] BEC registration: 13 March 2025[41] BEC validation: 15 March 2025[42]
Cristian Terheș	Credincios națiunii române (lit. 'Faithful to the Romanian nation')	MEP (2019–present)	Affiliation: PNCR	BEC registration: 13 March 2025[43] BEC validation: 15 March 2025[44]
Lavinia Șandru	România Reală (lit. 'Real Romania')	Deputy (2004–2008)	Affiliation: PUSL	BEC registration: 14 March 2025[45] BEC validation: 15 March 2025[46]
Victor Ponta	România pe primul loc! (lit. 'Romania First!') (website)	Prime Minister (2012–2015) Deputy (2004–2020, 2024–present) Minister of Parliamentary Relations (2008–2009)	Affiliation: none	Expressed interest: 19 January 2025[47][48] Announced the collecting of supporting signatures: 5 February 2025[49] Announced intention to run: 19 February 2025[50] Launched campaign/program: 6 March 2025[51] BEC registration: 12 March 2025[52] BEC validation: 14 March 2025
Sebastian Popescu [ro]	No campaign information	No previous public office	Affiliation: PNR	BEC registration: 15 March 2025[53] BEC validation: 17 March 2025[54]
Silviu Predoiu [ro]	Competență. Caracter. Curaj. (lit. 'Competence. Character. Courage.') (website)	Acting chief of Foreign Intelligence Service (2006–2007) First deputy chief of Foreign Intelligence Service (2005–2018)	Affiliation: PLAN	BEC registration: 15 March 2025[55] BEC validation: 17 March 2025[56]
John Ion Banu [ro]	Democrația și Civilizația trebuiesc apărate de către cetățeni (lit. 'Democracy and Civilization must be defended by citizens') (website)	No previous public office	Affiliation: none	BEC registration: 14 March 2025[57] BEC validation: 15 March 2025[58]
Daniel Funeriu	Asta-i direcția! (lit. 'This is the direction!')	Minister of Education (2009–2012), MEP (2008–2009)	Affiliation: none	BEC registration: 15 March 2025[59] BEC validation: 17 March 2025[60]
Nicușor Dan	România Onestă (lit. 'Honest Romania') (website)	General Mayor of Bucharest (2020–present) Deputy (2016–2020) Bucharest General Councilor (2016)	Affiliation: none Endorsed by: DREPT, PMP, FD, REPER, PRA, PV and USR	Announced intention to run: 16 December 2024[61] DREPT announces support: 18 December 2024[62] PMP, and FD announce support: 2 February 2025[63] REPER announces support: 1 March 2025[64] USR announces support: 9 April 2025[65] BEC registration: 7 March 2025[66] BEC validation: 9 March 2025[67] BEC validation upheld by Constitutional Court: 11 March 2025

Registered, but later withdrawn candidates

Name	Campaign slogan	Public Office Experience	Party and endorsements	Candidacy and withdrawal related dates	Endorsed candidate
Anamaria Gavrilă	No campaign information	Deputy (2020–present)[68]	Affiliation: POT	BEC registration: 14 March 2025[69] BEC validation: 15 March 2025[70] Withdrawn: 19 March 2025[71]	George Simion

Rejected candidates

The following is a list of people that have filed a candidacy at the Central Electoral Bureau and were rejected for not complying the legal requirements to be allowed to run.

Name	Campaign slogan	Public Office Experience	Party and endorsements	Candidacy related dates	Endorsed candidate
Petru Mîndru	No campaign information	No previous public office	Affiliation: none	BEC registration: 6 March 2025[72] BEC rejection: 6 March 2025[73] Second BEC registration: 13 March 2025 Second BEC rejection: 15 March 2025[74] Third BEC registration: 15 March 2025 Third BEC rejection: 17 March 2025[75]	No endorsement
Maria Marcu	No campaign information	No previous public office	Affiliation: none	BEC registration: 7 March 2025 BEC rejection: 9 March 2025[76] Second BEC registration: 9 March 2025 Second BEC rejection: 11 March 2025[77] Third BEC registration: 14 March 2025 Third BEC rejection: 15 March 2025[78] Fourth BEC registration: 15 March 2025 Fourth BEC rejection: 17 March 2025[79]	No endorsement
Ion Popa	No campaign information	No previous public office	Affiliation: none	BEC registration: 7 March 2025 BEC rejection: 9 March 2025[80]	No endorsement
Călin Georgescu	No campaign information	Executive director of the UN Global Sustainable Index Institute Foundation in Geneva (2015–2016) Executive director of the National Center of Sustainable Development (1997–2013) Secretary of State with the Ministry of Environment (c. 2010)	Affiliation: none Endorsed by: AUR and POT	BEC registration: 7 March 2025[81] BEC rejection: 9 March 2025[82][83] BEC rejection upheld by Constitutional Court: 11 March 2025[84]	No endorsement
Matei Vanea	No campaign information	No previous public office	Affiliation: none	BEC registration: 13 March 2025 BEC rejection: 15 March 2025[85]	No endorsement
Paul Ipsas	No campaign information	No previous public office	Affiliation: none	BEC registration: 14 March 2025[86] BEC rejection: 15 March 2025[87]	No endorsement
Constantin Vieriu	No campaign information	No previous public office	Affiliation: none	BEC registration: 13 March 2025 BEC rejection: 15 March 2025[88]	No endorsement
Diana Iovanovici Șoșoacă	No campaign information	MEP (2024-present) Senator (2020–2024)	Affiliation: S.O.S. Romania	BEC registration: 13 March 2025 BEC rejection: 15 March 2025[89]	No endorsement
Tiță Gicu-Romeo	No campaign information	No previous public office	Affiliation: none	BEC registration: 15 March 2025 BEC rejection: 17 March 2025[90]	No endorsement
Remus Pricopie	No campaign information	Minister of Education (2012-2014)	Affiliation: none	BEC registration: 15 March 2025[91] BEC rejection: 17 March 2025[92]	No endorsement
Oana Crețu	No campaign information	No previous public office	Affiliation: PSDU	BEC registration: 15 March 2025[93] BEC rejection: 17 March 2025[94]	No endorsement
Constantin-Titian Filip	No campaign information	No previous public office	Affiliation: none	BEC registration: 15 March 2025[95] BEC rejection: 17 March 2025[96]	No endorsement
Gelu Drăgan	No campaign information	No previous public office	Affiliation: none	BEC registration: 15 March 2025[97] BEC rejection: 17 March 2025[98]	No endorsement

Expressed interest publicly but failed to register in time

Name	Campaign slogan	Public Office Experience	Party and endorsements	Candidacy related dates	Endorsed candidate
Cristian Sima [ro]	Schimbă Constituția (Change the Constitution) cristiansima.ro/ schimbaconstitutia.ro/	No campaign information	Affiliation: none	Announced intention to run: 27 December 2024[99] Announced failure to rally enough support (signatures): 15 March 2025[100]	No endorsement
Ana Birchall	No campaign information	Deputy Prime Minister (2018-2019) Minister of Justice Deputy (2012-2020)	Affiliation: none	Announced intention to run: 7 January 2025[101][102] did not register by the deadline; no public statement regarding the elections	No endorsement
Anton Pisaroglu	No campaign information	No previous public office	Affiliation: none	Announced intention to run: 11 March 2025 Announced renounciation at filing his candidacy: 15 March 2025[103]	No endorsement

Declined to run

Name	Public Office Experience	Party and endorsements	Endorsed candidate
Ilie Bolojan	Acting President of Romania (2025–) President of the Senate of Romania (2024–) Mayor of Oradea (2008–2020) President of Bihor County (2020–2024)[2]	Affiliation: PNL	Crin Antonescu
Dan Puric	No previous public office	Affiliation: none	No endorsement
Cătălin Avramescu [ro]	Former Ambassador to Finland and Estonia	Affiliation: none	No endorsement
Marcel Ciolacu	Prime Minister of Romania (2023–present) President of the Chamber of Deputies (2019–2020; 2021–2023)[104]	Affiliation: PSD	Crin Antonescu

Opinion polls

First round (after BEC deadline)

Poll	Date	Sample	Margin of error	Simion AUR	Ponta Ind.	Dan Ind.	Antonescu Ind.	Lasconi USR	Funeriu Ind.	Șandru PUSL	Terheș PNCR	Banu Ind.	Popescu PNR	Predoiu PLAN	Others
ARA	15–19 Apr 2025	1,107	± 3%	26.5%	11%	19.5%	26%	10%	—	3.5%	—	—	—	—	3.5%
Sociopol	14–17 Apr 2025	1,005	± 3.2%	35%	22%	14%	17%	11%	—	—	—	—	—	—	1%
IRSOP	4-14 Apr 2025	1,030	± 3%	31%	18%	28%	17%	4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	2%
AtlasIntel	10-13 Apr 2025	2,994	± 2%	34.4%	10.0%	21.8%	25.5%	5.2%	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.1%
FlashData	10-12 Apr 2025	7,500	± 3.5%	27%	8%	20%	26%	9%	1.3%	4.8%	0.3%	—	—	0.5%	3.1%
DataEcho	10-11 Apr 2025	3,562	± 2.6%	24.9%	10.9%	29.5%	22.8%	9.1%	0.8%	0.3%	0.2%	0.4%	—	0.2%	1%
ARA	9-13 Apr 2025	1,115	± 3%	25.8%	10.6%	20.3%	25.3%	9.0%	—	3.5%	—	—	—	—	5.5%
Sociopol	7-11 Apr 2025	1,002	± 3.2%	34%	23%	16%	15%	10%	—	—	—	—	—	—	2%
CURS	3-10 Apr 2025	1,214	± 2.8%	26%	16%	19%	23%	8%	—	—	3%	—	—	—	5%
Noi, Cetățenii	28 Mar–8 Apr 2025	1,488	± 2.5%	30.0%	8.3%	29.6%	19.6%	7.8%	2.1%	—	—	—	—	—	2.7%
USR	2–7 Apr 2025	1,149	± 2.9%	40.8%	20.4%	16.9%	14.5%	4.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.3%
FlashData	3–5 Apr 2025	7,500	± 3.5%	28%	9%	23%	26%	6%	1,5%	4,6%	0,5%	—	0,1%	0,2%	1,1%
Sociopol	31 Mar–4 Apr 2025	1,007	± 3.2%	35%	23%	16%	15%	10%	—	—	—	—	—	—	1%
USR	24–29 Mar 2025	1,112	± 2.94%	37.2%	21.6%	19.2%	13.8%	6.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.7%
MKOR	26–28 Mar 2025	1,500	± 2.5%	31.2%	17.1%	22.7%	18.8%	5.3%	0.6%	1.1%	2.2%	0.4%	0.4%	0.3%	—
Verifield	24–28 Mar 2025	1,100	± 2.95%	35.0%	21.1%	20.8%	16.4%	4.3%	1.1%	0.7%	0.3%	—	—	—	0.3%
ARA	18–25 Mar 2025	1,015	± 3%	27%	11%	18%	24%	12%	—	3%	—	—	—	—	5%
Avangarde	19–23 Mar 2025	1,300	± 2.3%	30%	14%	21%	23%	8%	1%	—	—	—	—	—	3%
CURS	19–22 Mar 2025	1,203	± 2.8%	29%	13%	18%	22%	12%	—	—	—	—	—	—	6%
Sociopol	17–18 Mar 2025	1,005	—	37%	22%	16%	14%	10%	1%	—	—	—	—	—	—

First round (before BEC deadline)

Poll	Date	Sample	Georgescu Ind.	Lasconi USR	Simion AUR	Becali AUR	Bolojan PNL	Terheș PNCR	Birchall Ind.	Antonescu Ind.	Dan Ind.	Șoșoacă S.O.S.	Funeriu Ind.	Ponta Ind.	Gavrilă POT	Șandru PUSL	Others
AtlasIntel	13–15 Mar 2025	2,381	—	3.9%	30.4%	—	—	—	—	17.9%	26.0%	—	1.8%	9.0%	—	0.6%	10.5%
			—	3.9%	—	—	—	—	—	17.7%	25.3%	—	2.5%	9.2%	30.2%	0.5%	10.6%
Sociopol	3–7 Mar 2025	1,000	38%	8%	10%	—	—	—	—	14%	14%	—	—	16%	—	—	—
			—	12%	28%	—	—	—	—	18%	19%	—	—	22%	—	—	1%
MKOR	25–28 Feb 2025	1,100	44.1%	9.4%	0.6%	1.8%	14.7%	—	—	8.9%	14.2%	—	—	4.2%	—	—	2.1%
Verifield	14–28 Feb 2025	1,000	41.1%	7.0%	—	—	—	1.0%	—	18.5%	12.4%	3.0%	1.0%	—	—	—	16%
AtlasIntel	21–24 Feb 2025	2,947	38.4%	5.8%	0.9%	—	—	—	—	15.8%	25.4%	—	—	7.5%	—	—	6.2%
FlashData	14–16 Feb 2025	7,500	37%	9%	—	—	—	—	0.5%	17%	21%	3%	1%	5%	—	—	6.5%
Sociopol	10–14 Feb 2025	1,001	45%	10%	6%	—	—	—	—	10%	10%	2%	—	16%	—	—	1%
			—	9%	24%	—	—	—	—	14%	16%	9%	—	22%	—	—	1%
Sociopol	27–30 Jan 2025	1,003	47%	8%	4%	—	—	—	—	10%	10%	4%	—	16%	—	—	1%
			—	9%	24%	—	—	—	—	14%	16%	14%	—	22%	—	—	1%
CURS	21–25 Jan 2025	1,100	37%	7%	—	—	—	—	—	18%	21%	4%	—	—	—	—	13%
			—	13%	25%	—	—	—	—	23%	24%	—	—	—	—	—	15%
Avangarde	10–16 Jan 2025	1,354	38%	6%	6%	—	—	—	—	25%	17%	5%	—	—	—	—	3%
Sociopol	10–15 Jan 2025	1,001	50%	10%	6%	—	—	—	—	8%	10%	5%	—	15%	—	—	1%
			—	13%	35%	—	—	—	—	10%	13%	—	—	26%	—	—	3%
Noi, Cetățenii	23 Dec 2024–13 Jan 2025	1,067	35%	8%	2%	—	—	—	—	16%	25%	8%	—	8%	—	—	6%
			—	9%	30%	—	—	—	—	16%	26%	—	—	12%	—	—	7%
Election	24 Nov 2024	9,242,186	22.94%	19.18%	13.86%[e]		8.79%[f]	1.04%	0.46%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.73%

Hypothetical second round scenarios

Antonescu vs Dan

Poll	Date	Sample	Antonescu Ind.	Dan Ind.	Others
AtlasIntel	10-13 Apr 2025	2,994	34.4%	26.4%	39.2%
ARA	9-13 Apr 2025	1,115	56%	44%	—
CURS	3–10 Apr 2025	1,214	52%	48%	—
FlashData	3–5 Apr 2025	7,500	55%	45%	—
Noi, Cetățenii	28 Mar–8 Apr 2025	1,488	44%	56%	—
MKOR	26–28 Mar 2025	1,500	22%	30%	48%
AtlasIntel	13–15 Mar 2025	2,381	25.1%	35.2%	39.6%

Antonescu vs Georgescu

Poll	Date	Sample	Antonescu Ind.	Georgescu Ind.	Others
Avangarde	10–16 Jan 2025	1,354	38%	39%	23%

Antonescu vs Ponta

Poll	Date	Sample	Antonescu Ind.	Ponta Ind.	Others
FlashData	3–5 Apr 2025	7,500	67%	33%	—
MKOR	26–28 Mar 2025	1,500	29%	25%	45%

Antonescu vs Simion

Poll	Date	Sample	Antonescu Ind.	Simion AUR	Others
AtlasIntel	10-13 Apr 2025	2,994	49.2%	36.3%	14.4%
ARA	9-13 Apr 2025	1,115	56%	44%	—
CURS	3–10 Apr 2025	1,214	52%	48%	—
FlashData	3–5 Apr 2025	7,500	61%	39%	—
Sociopol	31 Mar–4 Apr 2025	1.007	45%	55%	—
Noi, Cetățenii	28 Mar–8 Apr 2025	1,488	61%	39%	—
MKOR	26–28 Mar 2025	1,500	33%	31%	36%
Sociopol	17–18 Mar 2025	1,005	46%	54%	—

Bolojan vs Georgescu

Poll	Date	Sample	Bolojan PNL	Georgescu Ind.	Others
MKOR	25–28 Feb 2025	1,100	42%	40%	18%

Dan vs Gavrila

Poll	Date	Sample	Dan Ind.	Gavrilă POT	Others
AtlasIntel	13–15 Mar 2025	2,381	40.1%	31.7%	28.3%

Dan vs Georgescu

Poll	Date	Sample	Dan Ind.	Georgescu Ind.	Others
MKOR	25–28 Feb 2025	1,100	36%	42%	22%
AtlasIntel	21–24 Feb 2025	2,947	45.0%	40.9%	14.1%
Noi, Cetățenii	23 Dec 2024–16 Feb 2025	1,067	50%	50%	—
Avangarde	10–16 Jan 2025	1,354	32%	43%	25%

Dan vs Lasconi

Poll	Date	Sample	Dan Ind.	Lasconi USR	Others
AtlasIntel	13–15 Mar 2025	2,381	41.4%	5.2%	53.4%

Dan vs Ponta

Poll	Date	Sample	Dan Ind.	Ponta Ind.	Others
CURS	3–10 Apr 2025	1,214	50%	50%	—
FlashData	3–5 Apr 2025	7,500	61%	39%	—
MKOR	26–28 Mar 2025	1,500	33%	24%	42%
AtlasIntel	13–15 Mar 2025	2,381	43.2%	17.5%	39.3%
Noi, Cetățenii	23 Dec 2024–13 Jan 2025	1,067	55%	45%	—

Dan vs Simion

Poll	Date	Sample	Dan Ind.	Simion AUR	Others
AtlasIntel	10-13 Apr 2025	2,994	40.7%	37.5%	21.8%
ARA	9-13 Apr 2025	1,115	48%	52%	—
CURS	3–10 Apr 2025	1,214	46%	54%	—
FlashData	3–5 Apr 2025	7,500	58%	42%	—
Sociopol	31 Mar – 4 Apr	1.007	47%	53%	—
Noi, Cetățenii	28 Mar–8 Apr 2025	1,488	60%	40%	—
MKOR	26–28 Mar 2025	1,500	35%	31%	35%
Sociopol	17–18 Mar 2025	1,005	48%	52%	—
AtlasIntel	13–15 Mar 2025	2,381	42.1%	35.3%	22.6%
Noi, Cetățenii	23 Dec 2024–13 Jan 2025	1,067	54%	46%	—

Georgescu vs Lasconi

Poll	Date	Sample	Georgescu Ind.	Lasconi USR	Others
Avangarde	10–16 Jan 2025	1,354	44%	31%	25%

Lasconi vs Simion

Poll	Date	Sample	Lasconi USR	Simion AUR	Others
AtlasIntel	10-13 Apr 2025	2,994	40.3%	36.8%	22.9%
MKOR	26–28 Mar 2025	1,500	30%	31%	39%

Ponta vs Simion

Poll	Date	Sample	Ponta Ind.	Simion AUR	Others
AtlasIntel	10-13 Apr 2025	2,994	23.4%	36.3%	40.4%
ARA	9-13 Apr 2025	1,115	44%	56%	—
Sociopol	31 Mar–4 Apr 2025	1.007	54%	46%	—
MKOR	26–28 Mar 2025	1,500	30%	30%	40%
Sociopol	17–18 Mar 2025	1,005	46%	54%	—

Results

Candidate		Party
	George Simion	Alliance for the Union of Romanians
	Victor Ponta	Independent
	Nicusor Dan	Independent (DREPT, PMP, FD, REPER, PRA, PV and USR)
	Crin Antonescu	Independent (A.Ro and ethnic minorities)
	Elena Lasconi	Save Romania Union[c]
	Daniel Funeriu	Independent
	Lavinia Șandru	Social Liberal Humanist Party
	Cristian Terheș	Romanian National Conservative Party
	John Ion Banu [ro]	Independent
	Sebastian Popescu [ro]	New Romania Party
	Silviu Predoiu [ro]	National Action League Party
Total

See also

• 2024–2025 Romanian election annulment protests
• 2025 elections in the European Union

Notes

1. Endorsed by A.Ro and ethnic minorities
2. Endorsed by POT
3. The party withdrew its support in favour of Dan, but she remains on the ballot as a USR candidate
4. Endorsed by DREPT, PMP, FD, REPER, PRA, PV and USR
5. With the candidacy of Simion
6. With the candidacy of Ciucă