Electoral system for the president

Presidency of Romania, Constitution of Romania, accessed 3 February 2025

Article 81. Election of the President 

(1) The President of Romania shall be elected by universal, equal, direct, secret and free suffrage. 

(2) The candidate who, in the first ballot, obtained a majority of votes of the electors entered on the electoral lists shall be declared elected. 

(3) In case no candidate has obtained such a majority, a second ballot shall be held between the first two candidates highest in the order of the number of votes cast for them in the first ballot. The candidate having the greatest number of votes shall be declared elected. 

(4) No one may hold the office of President of Romania but for two terms of office at the most, that can also be consecutive.