At Stake in this Election: 

• The Presidency of Romania 

Government Structure: 

• Chief of State: Interim President Ilie BOLOJAN (since 12 February 2025). Romania has been under a caretaker government since February 2025.  

• Head of Government: Prime Minister Marcel CIOLACU (since 15 June 2023)  

• Assembly: bicameral Parliament of Romania (Parlamentul României), comprised of a 331-seat Chamber of Deputies (Camera Deputatilor) and a 136-seat Senate (Senatul). The number of seats in both chambers of Parliament can fluctuate on the basis of population.  

Electoral System: 

• The President is directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in up to two rounds. Presidents serve 5-year terms, renewable once.  

• The President designates a candidate for Prime Minister who is subsequently confirmed via a vote of confidence from the Parliament.  

• All 136 members in the Senate are elected by proportional representation in single and multi-seat constituencies to 4-year terms.  

• All 330 members in the Chamber of Deputies are elected by proportional representation in single and multi-seat constituencies to 4-year terms. Each national minority group designated in the constitution is entitled to one seat if their representative citizen groups do not reach the number of votes necessary to receive a seat by other means. 

Last Election: 

The last presidential election was held on November 24, 2024. However, before the second round of elections could begin, the Constitutional Court of Romania annulled the results of the November 24 contest and required that it be rerun. The Court held that candidate Călin GEORGESCU was the beneficiary of a foreign influence campaign, thus spoiling the results of the election. Georgescu was subsequently banned from participating in the 2025 presidential election.  

Information for Voters: 

Informații Generale / General Information (in Romanian) 

Key Deadlines: 

• Candidate filing deadline: 15 March 2025  

• Voter registration deadline: n/a 

Main Candidates in this Election:  

• Elena-Valerica LASCONI 

• • Party: Save Romania Union / Uniunea Salvați România 

• Nicușor-Daniel DAN 

• • Party: Independent candidate 

• George-Crin-Laurentiu ANTONESCU 

• • Party: Romania Forward Electoral Alliance / Alianța Electorală România Înainte 

• Cristian-Vasile TERHEȘ 

• • Party: Romanian National Conservative Party / Partidul Național Conservator Român 

• Marcela-Lavinia ŞANDRU 

• • Party: Social Liberal Humanist Party / Partidul Umanist Social Liberal 

• George-Nicolae SIMION 

• • Party: Alliance for the Unity of Romanians / Alianța pentru Unirea Românilor 

• John-Ion BANU-MUSCEL 

• • Party: Independent candidate 

• Silviu PREDOIU 

• • Party: National Action League Party / Partidul Liga Acțiunii Naționale 

• Petru-Daniel FUNERIU  

• • Party: Independent candidate 

• Sebastian-Constantin POPESCU 

• • Party: New Romania Party / Partidul Noua Românie 

Population and Registered Voters: 

• Population: 19,059,479 (2023 est.) 

• Registered Voters: 19,005,434 (2025 est.) 

Gender Data: 

• Female Population: 9,827,799 (2023 est.)  

• CEDAW Status: Signed 4 Sept 1980, Ratified 7 Jan 1982  

• Gender Quota: No legislated quotas for either body of parliament, voluntary quotas adopted by political parties. 

• Female Candidates in this election: Yes 

• Number of Female Legislators (pre-election): 74 out of 331 (22%) in the Chamber of Deputies and 27 out of 136 (20.1%) of the Senate 

• Human Development Index (HDI) Position: 0.827, Very high, (2022) 

• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: 15.7 (2025) 

Disability Data: 

• CRPD Status: Signed 26 Sep 2007, Ratified 31 Jan 2011 

• Projected population with a disability: 3,049,516 (2023 est.) 

IFES Resources: 

• ElectionJudgments: Yes, 2 judgments