Călin Georgescu, the candidate with recognized Putinist and legionary sympathies, won the first round of the presidential elections by a landslide, with a lead of over 300,000 votes over Elena Lasconi, the next candidate. Georgescu also obtained the most votes in the diaspora, according to official data.
Elena Lasconi, who started from a handicap of 500,000 votes, recovered in front of Marcel Ciolacu as results came in from polling stations abroad, where Lasconi obtained almost ten times more votes than Ciolacu.
Călin Georgescu obtained 345,091 votes cast in the diaspora (43.35%) after counting 99.57% of the polling stations, according to the results of the presidential elections.
Next comes the candidate from USR, Elena Lasconi, who obtained 213,568 votes (26.83%).
George Simion ranked third in the diaspora, with 12.07%. In fourth place is Mircea Geoană, with 4.88% of the votes.
Only on the 5th and 6th places are the candidates from PNL and PSD. Nicolae Ciucă, the PNL leader, obtained 36,866 of the votes, i.e. 4.63%, and the Prime Minister and PSD leader, Marcel Ciolacu, obtained 22,837, i.e. 2.87% of the votes cast. Together, the two managed to obtain 59,703 votes in the diaspora, respectively 7.5%.
The countries where Călin Georgescu won separately
According to official data, a total of 821,703 Romanians with the right to vote voted in the diaspora.
Călin Georgescu obtained the majority of votes in countries such as France, Germany, Great Britain, Spain and Italy.
In France, where the total number of voters was 41,227, Georgescu won 17,413 votes – 43.22%. in Spain, where 88,461 Romanians voted, Georgescu obtained 40,119 votes – 47.04%. In Germany, where 148,135 Romanians voted, Georgescu obtained 83,611 votes – 57.81%.
In Italy, where 123,613 Romanians voted, Georgescu obtained 57,941 votes – 48.87%. In Great Britain, where 150,123 Romanians voted, Georgescu obtained 71,716 votes – 49.45%.
Elena Lasconi won the US and Canadian diaspora
On the other hand, Elena Lasconi obtained the majority of votes in countries such as Poland, USA, Canada, Ukraine, Turkey.
In Poland, where there were 1,234 voters, Lasconi obtained 684 votes – 56.16%. In Ukraine, where there were only 152 Romanians, Lasconi got 49 votes – 32.45%. In Turkey, where there were 922 voters, he obtained 405 votes – 44.31%.
In the USA, where there were 10,440 voters, Lasconi obtained 3,762 votes – 39.97%, and in Canada he obtained 2,133 votes – 42.78%.
