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

Luni, 16 iunie 2008, 12:54 English | Politics

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%