Official partial results: nationwide turnout 50.01%, Independent Oprescu won by 56.31% of cast votes in Bucharest

The Central Electoral Office officially announced that the nationwide turnout registered in local elections across Romania on Sunday was 50.01%.The partial official results for 9 am show that in Bucharest the turnout was 31.34%, the institution’s spokesperson Marian Muhulet announced on Monday. Bucharest independent candidate Sorin Oprescu obtained 56.31% of the cast votes while Demcrat Liberal (PD-L) Vasile Blaga, 46.68%.

Here are the partial official results at 9am:

• number of mandates obtained: 1.358
• number of mandates per party:

PSD 433

PD-L 405

PNL 325

independents 41

PC 34

UDMR 30

PNG 30

PRM 15

PNTCD 9

• number of votes obtained by the candidates in Bucharest:

Sorin Oprescu 304.530 de voturi – 56.31%

Vasile Blaga – 236.261 de voturi – 43.68%

District 1

Andrei Chiliman (PNL) – 55.53%

Razvan Murgeanu (PD-L) – 44.46%

District 4

Cristian Popescu Piedone (PC) – 65.55%

Radu Silaghi (PD-L) – 34.44%

District 5

Marian Vanghelie (PSD) – 56.2%

Sebastian Bodu (PD-L) – 43.8%

District 6

Cristian Poteras (PD-L) – 54.78%

Dan Darabont (PSD) – 45.22%