Over 50% of Romanians entitled to vote cast their ballots in the European elections on May 26. The opposition National Liberal Party (PNL) has come out as winner, with 27% of the votes, followed by the governing PSD with a little over 23%. Third came the USR-Plus Alliance, with 22.5% of the votes, with 98% votes in Romania and 80% of the of the votes in the Romanian Diaspora counted on Monday morning. ALDE, the minority member of the governing coalition, does not appear to come above the 5% threshold.
Votes with 98% of counting over in Romania, 80% over in the Diaspora:
- PNL - 27.91%
- PSD - 23.47%
- USR-PLUS - 22.9%
- Pro Romania - 6.7%
- PMP - 5.96%
- UDMR - 5.48%
- ALDE - 4.28%