2019 Romanian presidential election

2019 Romanian presidential election
10 November 2019 (first round)
24 November 2019 (second round)
Turnout51.18% (first round) 2.00pp
54.86% (second round) 9.25pp
 
Nominee Klaus Iohannis Viorica Dăncilă
Party Independent PSD
Popular vote 6,509,135 3,339,922
Percentage 66.09% 33.91%
Second round results by county

Iohannis:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

Dăncilă:      50–60%
President before election

Klaus Iohannis
Independent

 Elected President

Klaus Iohannis
Independent

Presidential elections were held in Romania on 10 November 2019, with a second round held on 24 November 2019. They were the eighth presidential elections held in post-1989 Romania. Incumbent President of Romania Klaus Iohannis, first elected in 2014, was eligible for re-election. He subsequently defeated former Prime Minister and ex-leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) Viorica Dăncilă in the second round of the election by a landslide, receiving 66% of the vote – the third-highest vote share on record in this type of elections after Ion Iliescu (who received 85% of the vote in 1990 and 66.8% of the vote in 2000).

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