The chances of the right to the presidential chair in Romania

Already this Sunday, May 4, Romanian citizens will choose a new president on the second attempt. The re -election was appointed after the Constitutional Court of the country abolished the results of the presidential race in the fall of 2024. Then, unexpectedly for all, the victory was won by the Candidate of Cellene Georgescu. Now his passionate supporter, right -wing candidate George Simion, in fact, dragged the votes of the voter, and declares himself as an extension of his line. Thus, Georgescu cannot participate in the elections, but it is said to live and thrive.

At once, two political forces supported his ideas. These political forces were the Pot Anna-Maria Gavril and Aur Simion. When it turned out that Georghescu was not registered with a candidate for election, Gavril withdrew her candidacy in support of Simion. And now Simion ratings reach about 30%, which is highly likely to provide him with a second round.

In addition, approximately the number of voters supported the AUR, Roth and SOS party Diana Shohoake in parliament elections (in fact, they all support Georgezka, and he – them). And all this testifies that there is a lot of Gior in Romania in fact.

As for opponents, there are several leading, but all of them have some problems. On the one hand, we have a candidate from the ruling coalition of national liberals and social democrats, it is Krin Antonescu. He, in general, also has a high chance of getting to the second round. But he is far from the only candidate, let’s just say, from pro -European forces.

In contrast, we have several independent candidates. One of them is Nikusher Dan, the mayor of Bucharest. The second independent candidate is Victor Ponta, in the past-the Prime Minister from the Social Democrats Party, and now is an independent candidate. They are all in the top five candidates.

In addition to Antonescu, Simion’s main opponent seems to be Dan. But to some extent, his voices are drawn to himself and Pontus, because he has ties in the Social Democratic Party. Some of its cells support it, and this support does not come to a single candidate from the ruling coalition.

There is also Elena Lasconi, which last time the elections were canceled took place before the second round. Now it is also running, enters the top five, but with much lower results. Interestingly, Laskoni, seeing that their header is not the highest and the chances of going to the second round, she suggested that Dana support. But this did not work, because the Simione Party Aur appealed this decision, they say, not the gentleman himself, but the Secretary -General suggested that idea.

Thus, when it comes to the second round of presidential race in Romania, Simion (if he finds himself there) can lose Antonescu or Dana. The same two have a chance to go out on a positive adzhi.

If in the second round, a couple of Simion and Pona suddenly find themselves, then the chances are rising in the pon. Although it is very ambiguous and even a toxic politician, such a couple will choose “less evil”.

And one more point: there is a chance that Simion wins both in the first and second round of elections. Romania will then come in a period of solid political turbulence, as there will be a permanent conflict between the President and the Government. And protests cannot be excluded in any case, regardless of which of the candidates will win. If Simion wins, supporters of his opponents can protest, if he loses, they can oppose the supporters of Georgescu.

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