Over 18 million Romanian enfranchised citizens are expected at the polls on Sunday to elect their president, in the nearly 19,000 polling stations organised across the country.
Romanian citizens who are 18 years of age or older on the day of the election (included) have the right to vote. People who are mentally impaired, mentally ill, or under judicial interdiction, as well as those convicted of losing their electoral rights by a final court ruling, are not allowed to vote.
The total number of voters registered in the permanent electoral lists, valid for the presidential election, is 18,008,480 citizens, reports the Permanent Electoral Authority (AEP).
According to the AEP, there are 18,968 polling stations organised across the country.
In Bucharest, there are nearly 1,300 polling stations: Sector 1 - 166; Sector 2 - 202; Sector 3 - 294; Sector 4 - 189; Sector 5 - 198; Sector 6 - 240.
*** 14 candidates on the ballot; Ludovic Orban, in position 10, announced his withdrawal from the electoral race in the beginning of the week.
According to the Central Electoral Bureau, the order on the ballot for Sunday's presidential elections is as follows:
* Position 1 - Elena-Valerica Lasconi - Save Romania Union;
* Position 2 - George-Nicolae Simion - Alliance for Romanians' Union;
* Position 3 - Ion-Marcel Ciolacu - Social Democratic Party;
* Position 4 - Nicolae-Ionel Ciuca - National Liberal Party;
* Position 5 - Hunor Kelemen - Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania;
* Position 6 - Mircea-Dan Geoana - Independent candidate;
* Position 7 - Ana Birchall - Independent candidate;
* Position 8 - Alexandra-Beatrice Bertalan-Pacuraru - Alternative for National Dignity Party;
* Position 9 - Sebastian-Constantin Popescu - New Romania Party;
* Position 10 - Ludovic Orban - Right Force;
* Position 11 - Calin Georgescu - Independent candidate;
* Position 12 - Cristian Diaconescu - Independent candidate;
* Position 13 - Cristian-Vasile Terhes - Romanian National Conservative Party;
* Position 14 - Silviu Predoiu - National Action League Party.
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