European elections, 6 – 9 June 2024, country sheet ROMANIA
Official EE24 website: https://europarlamentare2024.bec.ro/
Other elections/referenda held the same day: Local elections
Number of MEPs before/after EE24: 33/33
Current government: PSD (S&D) + PNL (EPP)
ELECTORAL RULES
- Obligatory vote: No
- Number of constituencies: 1
- Preferential vote: No
- Postal vote: No
- Threshold to get elected: 5%
- Day of EE24: Sunday 9 June
- Opening time of polling stations: 7.00 EEST (CEST+1)
- Closing time of polling stations: 22.00 EEST (CEST+1)
VOTERS
- Total: 18.966.611 (latest information 30.04.2024)
- Minimum age: 18
CANDIDATES
- Lists (total): 15 lists + 7 independent candidates
- Candidates (total): 542
- Minimum age to stand as candidate: 23
Lead candidates per list or party (affiliation) (In bold those represented in outgoing EP)
- PSD + PNL (Alianța PSD-PNL – Social Democrat Party + National Liberal Party Alliance) – Mihai Tudose (PSD, S&D)
- Dreapta Unită (Alianța Dreapta Unită USR–PMP-Forța Dreptei – United Right Alliance) – Dan Barna (USR, Renew)
REPER (Partidul Reînnoim Proiectul European al României – We Renew Romania’s European Project Party) – Dacian Cioloș (REPER, Renew) - UDMR (Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România – Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania) – Iuliu Winkler (UDMR, EPP)
AUR Alliance – Cristian Terheș (PNCR, ECR) - SOS (Partidul S.O.S România – SOS Romania Party) – Diana Șoșoacă
- România Socialistă – Socialist Romania Alliance – Lucia Stanciu
- AD (Partidul Alternativa Dreaptă – Right Alternative Party) – Adela-Dorina Mârza
- PDU (Partidul Diaspora Unită – United Diaspora Party) – Florin Călinescu
- PUSL (Partidul Umanist Social Liberal – Humanist Social Liberal Party) – Cristian Barbu
- POL (Partidul Oamenilor Liberi – Free Men Alliance) – Andrei Chebuțiu
- PRM (Partidul România Mare – Greater Romania Party) – Dorel-Constantin Oanca
- PNR (Partidul Noua Românie – New Romania Party) – Sebastian Constantin Popescu
- PP (Partidul Patrioților – Patriots’ Party) – Iulian Surugiu
- PNT-MM (Partidul Național Țărănesc Maniu-Mihalache – National Peasants’ Party) – Liviu Petrina
MEPs re-running (in bold lead candidate of list)
PSD + PNL
- Mihai Tudose (1) (PSD, S&D)
- Rareș Bogdan (2) (PNL, EPP)
- Dan Motreanu (4) (PNL, EPP)
- Claudiu Manda (5) (PSD, S&D)
- Victor Negrescu (7) (PSD, S&D)
- Daniel Buda (9) (PNL, EPP)
- Maria Grapini (10) (PSD, S&D)
- Siegfried Mureșan (12) (PNL, EPP)
- Dragoș Benea (13) (PSD, S&D)
- Mircea Hava (14) (PNL, EPP)
- Dan Nica (15) (PSD, S&D)
- Gheorghe Falcă (16) (PNL, EPP)
United Right
- Eugen Tomac (3) (PMP, EPP)
- Vlad Botoș (4) (USR, Renew)
REPER
- Dacian Cioloș (1) (REPER, Renew)
- Ramona Strugariu (2) (REPER, Renew)
- Dragoș Pîslaru (3) (REPER, Renew)
UDMR
- Iuliu Winkler (1) (UDMR, EPP)
- Loránt Vincze (2) (UDMR, EPP)
AUR Alliance
- Cristian Terheș (1) (PNCR, ECR)
Independent
- Nicolae Ștefănuță (Greens)
RESULTS 2019
MEPs / % votes
- PNL / 10 / 27%
- PSD / 8 / 22.50%
- USR+PLUS / 8 / 22.36%
- Pro Romania / 2 / 6.44%
- PMP / 2 / 5.76%
- UDMR / 2 / 5.26%
- ALDE / 0 / 4.11%
- Others / 0 / 6.57%
TURNOUT 2019
- 51.20%
Soource – EU Parliament