Official partial results: Oprescu 30.5%, Blaga 27.7% in poll for Bucharest mayor

Independent candidate for Bucharest mayoral seat Sorin Oprescu obtained 30.5% of the cast votes after counting ended at 480 polling stations following local elections on Sunday, Bucharest Electoral Office informed on Monday. Oprescu is closely followed by Democrat Liberal (PD-L) Vasile Blaga with 27.7%. The order is thus reversed as compared to exit-polls announced on Sunday night, when Blaga seemed to have overcome Oprescu.

The Electoral Office announced the following partial results after counting 480 constituencies for the General Council of Bucharest:

PD-L – 34,2%

PSD – 25,7%

PNL – 11,1%

PNGCD – 7,2%

PRM – 5,3%

Bucharest mayor partial results:

Sorin Oprescu – 30,5%

Vasile Blaga – 27,7%

Cristian Diaconescu – 13,1%

Ludovic Orban – 11,4%

Cozmin Gusa – 5,9%

Daniel Fuciu – 3,3%