According to results centralized by Romania’s Central Electoral Bureau with 99.67% of votes counted, Klaus Iohannis obtained more than 6.4 million votes, or 65.88%, while his opponent Viorica Dancila only 34.12% of the vote.
After the final results are confirmed, Klaus Iohannis will be officially validated for a new five-year term in office.
Approximately 10 million Romanian citizens voted in Sunday’s run-off, representing a turnout of 54.46% of voters registered on permanent electoral lists. The election saw a record turnout abroad, where more than 944,000 Romanians voted, as new legal provisions extended voting outside the country across three days.