Nearly 218,000 voters in the diaspora had cast their ballots by 3:00 AM on Sunday in the first round of the presidential elections, according to real-time data provided by the Permanent Electoral Authority (AEP).
According to the AEP, from the opening of the 950 polling stations organised for this year's elections abroad, starting from Friday until Sunday at 3:00 AM, 217,938 Romanian citizens voted.
Additionally, 4,227 voters cast their votes by mail, bringing the total number of votes cast abroad to over 222,000.
The highest number of Romanian voters were in the United Kingdom - over 42,000, Germany - over 34,000, Italy - over 29,000, Spain - over 24,000, Moldova - over 22,000, and France - over 10,000.
The data is presented in real-time on the www.roaep.ro website.
Voting in the diaspora for the presidential elections takes place over three days, from Friday to Sunday.
In 2014, a total of 161,262 Romanians voted in the first round of the presidential elections at the 294 polling stations organised abroad.
In the previous presidential election, in 2019, 675,348 Romanians in the diaspora cast their vote in the first round at the 838 polling stations organised abroad.
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