Exit-poll CURS - Avangarde/ Bucharest City Hall: Nicusor Dan - 47.2%, Gabriela Firea - 39%
Independent candidate Nicusor Dan, endorsed by the National Liberal Party (PNL) and the Save Romania Union (USR) - the Freedom, Unity and Solidarity Party (PLUS) Alliance garnered on Sunday 47.2% of Bucharesters' votes for the Capital General Mayor position, and the current mayor, Gabriela Firea, the Social Democratic Party (PSD) candidate, was credited with 39% of the votes, according to the CURS - Avangarde exit poll.
Third was People's Movement Party's (PMP) candidate, Traian Basescu, with 8.6% of Bucharesters' votes, followed at a distance by the Green Party candidate, Florin Calinescu, with 1.7%, and Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE) candidate Calin Popescu-Tariceanu, with 1.6%.
According to the CURS - Avangarde exit poll, PRO Bucuresti 2020 Alliance candidate Ioan Sirbu got 0.6% of the votes, Alexandru-Ion Coita (PRR) - 0.3%, and Harry-Ilan Laufer (PFIN) - 0.1%.
For the General Council of the Municipality of Bucharest, the Social Democratic Party (PSD) garnered, on Sunday, 33.7% of the votes in the local elections, the USR PLUS Alliance - 33.1%, and the National Liberal Party (PNL ) was credited with 17.3%, according to the results of the exit poll conducted by CURS - Avangarde.
The People's Movement Party obtained 7.2% of the votes for the General Council of Bucharest, followed by the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats Party with 2.2%, the Pro Bucharest 2020 Alliance - with 1.8% and the Green Party - 1.2%.
Other parties obtained percentages below one percent: the Greater Romania Party and the Romanian Ecologist Party - 0.6% each, the Adhere to Democracy Education and Reconstruction Party (ADER) and the Independent Social Democratic Party - 0.5% each, and the the Humanist Power Party (social-liberal) - 0.4%.
Four of the six mayoralties in Bucharest were won, on Sunday, by the candidates supported by the National Liberal Party (PNL) and the Save Romania Union (USR) - the Freedom, Unity and Solidarity Party (PLUS) Alliance, namely Districts 1, 2, 5 and 6, and in the other two districts - 3 and 4 - the mayors in office have kept their mandates, according to the results of the exit poll conducted by CURS - Avangarde.
In District 5, two candidates obtained the same score.
In District 1, Clotilde Armand, the PNL - USR PLUS candidate garnered 47% of the Bucharesters' options, while Daniel Tudorache, the PSD candidate, obtained 37.7%, followed by Ioana Constantin (People's Movement Party, PMP) with 7.5%, Adina Magdalena Alberts (Alliance Pro Bucharest 2020) - 1.8% and Amalia Nenovici (the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats, ALDE) and Daniel Bucura (independent) with 1.5% each.
In District 2, Radu Mihaiu, the PNL - USR PLUS candidate, obtained 42% of Bucharesteres' options, while Dan Cristian Popescu, the PSD candidate, obtained 31%, followed by Neculai Ontanu (the Adhere to Democracy Education and Reconstruction Party - the Humanist Power Party, ADER PPU-SL Alliance) with 12, 9%.
In District 3, Robert Negoita (Alliance Pro Bucharest 2020) garnered 39% of Bucharest's preferences, followed by Adrian Moraru (PNL - USR PLUS candidate) with 34%, Aurelian Badulescu (PSD) with 14.1% and Mihail Neamtu (PMP ) with 8.1%.
In District 4, Daniel Baluta, the PSD candidate, obtained 55% of the Bucharesters' options, while Simona Elena Spataru, the candidate supported by PNL and USR PLUS obtained 37%.
In District 5, Cristian Bacanu, the PNL - USR PLUS candidate, obtained 27.3% of the electorate's preferences, at apr with Cristian Popescu Piedone (Humanist Power Party), while Daniel Florea, the PSD candidate, obtained 24.3% , and Marian Vanghelie (Independent Social Democratic Party) - 14.2%, Catalin Iliescu (PMP) - 4%, Ion Voicu (ALDE) - 1.3%.
In district 6, Ciprian Ciucu, the candidate supported by PNL - USR PLUS, was voted by 48.2% of the voters, while Gabriel Mutu, the PSD candidate, obtained 35.2%, followed by Stefan Florescu (PMP) with 7.4%.