After the votes were counted, and following intensive backroom negotiations, it was former Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana who had won the party chairmanship, with 964 votes in favour and 541 against.
Nakon prebrojavanja glasova, i nakon intenzivnih kuloarskih pregovora, mjesto predsjednika stranke pripalo je bivšem ministru vanjskih poslova Mircea Geoani, s 964 glasa za i 541 protiv.