2009 Romanian presidential election
Results
Note: 1. The percentage on row b is calculated from row a 2.

2009 Romanian presidential election

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: Note: 1. The percentage on row b is calculated from row a 2.

Candidates	First round	Runoff

Candidate	Sustaining Party	Votes	%	Votes	%

Traian Băsescu	Democratic Liberal Party (Partidul Democrat Liberal)	3,153,640	32.44	5,275,808	50.33

Mircea Geoană	Social Democratic Party + Conservative Party (Alianța Electoralǎ Partidul Social Democrat + Partidul Conservator)	3,027,838	31.15	5,205,760	49.66

Crin Antonescu	National Liberal Party (Partidul Național Liberal)	1,945,831	20.02

Corneliu Vadim Tudor	Greater Romania Party (Partidul România Mare)	540,380	5.56

Hunor Kelemen	Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România)	372,761	3.83

Sorin Oprescu	Independent	309,764	3.18

George Becali	New Generation Party (Partidul Noua Generație – Creștin Democrat)	186,390	1.91

Remus Cernea	Green Party (Partidul Verde)	60,539	0.62

Constantin Rotaru	Socialist Alliance Party (Partidul Alianța Socialistă)	43,684	0.45

Gheorghe-Eduard Manole	Independent	34,189	0.35

Ovidiu-Cristian Iane	Ecologist Party of Romania (Partidul Ecologist Român)	22,515	0.23

Constantin-Ninel Potîrcă	Independent	21,306	0.21

Total valid votes	9,718,840	100 %	10,481,568	100 %

Source: Biroul Electoral Central[dead link]

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In the first round, Băsescu came first with 32.44% of the votes, and Geoană second with 31.15%.

final_sentence: In the first round, Băsescu came first with 32.44% of the votes, and Geoană second with 31.15%.