18:00: Voter turnout in the first round of the presidential elections of May 4, 2025 continues to be lower than in November 2024 and 2019

At national level, 6,954,978 Romanians voted in the first 11 hours after the opening of polling stations in Romania. Of these, 3,884,549 were in urban areas and 3,070,429 in rural areas.

In comparison, in the first 11 hours of the 2019 presidential elections, 7,686,258 voted in the first round (4,418,535 in urban areas and 3,267,723 in rural areas).

In the first 11 hours of the 2024 presidential elections, 7,686,258 voted in the first round.582,868 Romanians (4,176,241 in urban areas and 3,406,627 in rural areas).

In the Diaspora, 847,155 Romanians had voted by 6 p.m., compared to 675,003 in November 2024 or 585,110 in the first round of the 2019 presidential elections.