16:00 | Voter turnout down compared to the first round of the 2024 presidential election nationwide. Diaspora more present

In the first nine hours after polling stations opened in Romania, 5,706,580 Romanians voted. Of these, 3,223,687 were in urban areas and 2,482,893 in rural areas.

In comparison, in the first nine hours of the 2019 presidential election, 6,093,433 voted in the first round (3,532,399 in urban areas and 2,561,034 in rural areas).

In the first nine hours of the 2024 presidential election, 6,093,433 voted in the first round (3,532,399 in urban areas and 2,561,034 in rural areas).

In the first nine hours of the 2024 presidential election, 6.063,725 Romanians (3,340,967 in urban areas and 2,722,758 in rural areas).

In the Diaspora, 744,870 Romanians voted by 4 p.m., compared to 556,194 in November 2024 or 515,797 in the first round of the 2019 presidential elections.