Romania local elections: Official partial results after counting over 90% of the cast votes – Sorin Oprescu 56.4%, Vasile Blaga 43.52% in Bucharest

The Central Electoral Office announced on Monday afternoon that the turnout in local elections across Romania on Sunday was 49.77%. The official partial results at 5 pm show that in Bucharest the turnout was 31.42%, the institution’s spokesperson Marian Muhulet declared. Independent candidate for Bucharest mayor Sorin Oprescu obtained 56.47% of the cast votes while rival Democratic Liberal candidate Vasile Blaga – 43.52%.

Here are some of the official partial results announced:

• number of mandates obtained: 1,468
• number of mandates per party:

PSD 476

PDL 434

PNL 349

independent candidates 41

PC 37

UDMR 36

PNG 33

PRM 16

PNTCD 10

• number of votes obtained by candidates in Bucharest:

Sorin Oprescu – 56.47%

Vasile Blaga – 43.52%