Balgarianovinite.com Partial local elections were held in Romania on Sunday. According to the first exit polls, in the lead is Ciprian Ciucu, the candidate of the National Liberal Party and current Mayor of District 6, local media report. According to data from CURS-Avangarde, cited by Digi24, he received 32.7% of the vote.
In second place is the candidate of the Social Democratic Party and current Mayor of District 4, Daniel Baluta, with 26.3%, followed by independent candidate Anca Alexandrescu with 20.2% and the candidate of the Save Romania Union, Catalin Drula.
“Unity in the ruling coalition. We will have a lot of work to do for the municipality. I want to make Bucharest the project of my life,” were Ciucu’s first words after the polls closed. Romanian Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan was also present at the National Liberal Party headquarters.
“Dear Bucharest residents, thank you. I will be the mayor of all of you, the person who will always be in the community and listen to you. I will work hard, day after day, to put Bucharest in order. You have given me a difficult mission, and I will fulfill it. This will be my life’s work for the next ten years. I will stay with you and with Bucharest. Time will be on our side! I await the official result,” Ciucu wrote on Facebook.
His main opponent Daniel Baluta was quick to respond: “The result is inconclusive until the counting process is complete. I ask my colleagues in the electoral district to be very careful, and I urge those who have impure thoughts to forget them.”
Bucharest voted for a new mayor, as Nicusor Dan, who was elected for a second term as mayor on June 9, 2024, was elected President of Romania in May 2025. Election day began at 7:00 a.m. and ended at 9:00 p.m. The polling stations closed with a voter turnout of 32.71%, according to data from the Permanent Electoral Authority. A total of 589,918 residents of Bucharest out of the 1,803,728 people on the permanent voter list exercised their right to vote. Voter turnout was highest in Ciucu’s District 6, at 37.11%. First Exit Polls of Bucharest Mayoral Elections Show Ciprian Ciucu in Lead 2025 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-12-07 17:30:00 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law