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 što su glasovi prebrojani i posle intenzivnih pregovora u kuloarima, mesto predsednika stranke pripalo je bivšem ministru inostranih poslova Mirčei Džoani, sa 964 glasova za i 541 protiv.