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2024 Romanian local elections
Romania
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County Council elections
All 41 County Council Presidents
All 1,338 County Council Councilors[a]
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
County Council Presidents
PSD Marcel Ciolacu 35.56 25 +5
PNL Nicolae Ciucă 29.15 12 −5
UDMR Hunor Kelemen 6.04 4 0
County Council Councilors
PSD Marcel Ciolacu 33.50 550 +188
PNL Nicolae Ciucă 27.63 436 −53
AUR George Simion 10.70 159 +159
UDMR Hunor Kelemen 6.43 104 +12
USR Cătălin Drulă 8.29 46 −62
PMP Eugen Tomac ADU 17 −48
FD Ludovic Orban ADU 17 New
Others — 9.19 9
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Mayor & Local Council elections
All 3,180 Mayors
All 39,900 Local Council Councilors
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Mayors
PSD Marcel Ciolacu 34.74 1677 +315
PNL Nicolae Ciucă 29.07 1132 −100
UDMR Hunor Kelemen 4.31 200 +1
AUR George Simion 6.26 30 +27
USR Cătălin Drulă 6.28 28 −17
FD Ludovic Orban ADU 10 New
PMP Eugen Tomac ADU 6 −44
Others — 25.6 93 −143
Local Council Councilors
PSD Marcel Ciolacu 32.56 16.509 +2.689
PNL Nicolae Ciucă 26.16 12.802 −2.601
UDMR Hunor Kelemen 5.42 2525 +165
AUR George Simion 9.54 3509 +3430
USR Cătălin Drulă 6.70 830 −26
PMP Eugen Tomac ADU 238 −1912
Others — 17.28 3469 −2869
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Local elections were held in Romania on 9 June 2024. They were the eighth post-1989 local elections in the country. The previous Romanian local elections in 2020 were won by the National Liberal Party (PNL), even though the Social Democratic Party (PSD) came in with significantly more County Council Presidents and mayors than the National Liberals.

Therefore, the de facto winner of the previous Romanian local elections was the Social Democratic Party, in spite of the de jure victory of the National Liberal Party, according to popular vote and thereby overall political score.

The 2020 USR-PLUS Alliance (which formally fused into a single political party and changed its name to the Save Romania Union) came in third with respect to popular vote yet failed to obtain an important nationwide representation (for mayors, local councilors or county councilors). Meanwhile, the PNL enlarged itself at local political level nationwide with the integral absorption of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE) during late March 2022.[1]

The main five political contenders in the 2024 Romanian local elections were the Social Democratic Party, the National Liberal Party, the Alliance for the Union of Romanians, the United Right Alliance, and the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania.

Background

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The government that organized the local elections were the Ciolacu Cabinet representing the National Coalition for Romania (CNR), a grand coalition between the two largest political parties in Romania in terms of parliamentary and local representation.

In response to the formation of an electoral alliance between the two members of the CNR for the 2024 European Parliament election in Romania, as well as locally in some races, the Save Romania Union, People's Movement Party and Force of the Right came together to form the United Right Alliance.[2]

Following the 2020 Romanian parliamentary election, the right-wing populist Alliance for the Union of Romanians became a new serious contender in Romanian politics. Ahead of the elections, the party organized a recruitment drive to enlarge its presence at a local level.[3] As a result, it became the party with the third largest number of candidates after the PSD and PNL.

In Bucharest, incumbent mayor Nicușor Dan had expressed his intention to be a candidate again, hoping that he will be supported by the main centre-right political parties which previously endorsed him in the 2020 Romanian local elections.[4][5] However, the National Liberal Party declined to support Nicușor Dan for another term as Mayor of Bucharest,[6] choosing instead to form an electoral alliance with the Social Democrats and back a common candidate, namely Cătălin Cîrstoiu.[7] After a brief scandal surrounding Crîstoiu however, the two parties decided to run opposing candidates for the Mayor of Bucharest election, maintaining the alliance only at the sector level.[8] Polling indicated the PSD candidate, Gabriela Firea was going to be the main competitor to Dan, who announced he will run as an independent candidate, as in 2020, and received the backing of the ADU and REPER.[9]

Most opinion polls showed the Social Democratic Party (PSD) as either the main or overall winning party in several major cities and towns across Romania, including, most notably, the capital, Bucharest. The political trend, according to the polls, was that the Social Democratic Party is the dominant political party in the south and east of Romania (i.e. in Muntenia, Oltenia and Western Moldavia), the National Liberal Party in the centre and north of the country (i.e. in Transylvania and Bukovina), the Save Romania Union sporadically at urban level throughout the country, predominantly in the south-western part of the country, in Banat, and the Alliance for the Union of Romanians maintaining a somewhat consistent presence throughout the country, with lower scores in urban areas.

Electoral system

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Local elections are organized in Romania to elect 4 local authorities: the County Council President, County Council, mayor and Local Council. The electoral system for local elections in Romania is outlined in Law no. 115 of May 19, 2015.[10] Candidates for the office of mayor, County Council President as well as Local and County Councils councilor are elected by popular vote. They serve a four-year term, with the possibility of re-election. Voters vote for candidates or lists of candidates competing in their specific constituency.

County Communes, towns and municipalities
Executive authority Legislative authority Executive authority Legislative authority
County Council President County Council Mayor Local Council

The mayors and County Council Presidents are elected in a single round of voting. The candidate who obtains the most validly cast votes is elected. In the event of a tie, a runoff voting round is organized. For County and Local Councils, the threshold for earning seats is determined by the constituency electoral bureau. It is 5% in the case of party lists, 7% for electoral alliances with two member parties, and 8% if the alliance includes three or more members.

Independent candidates can run for any of the offices up for election if they provide a list of names and signatures proving they are supported by at least 1% of eligible voters in the constituency where they intend to run. This number cannot be smaller than 100 people in communes, 500 in towns, 1,000 in municipalities and 2,000 for County-level offices.

Results

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Summary

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Political party/alliance County-level U.A.T.-level
County Council Presidents County Council Councilors Mayors Local Council Councilors
PSD
25 / 41
 Increase5
550 / 1,338
 Increase188
1,691 / 3,180
16,499 / 39,900
 Increase2679
PNL
12 / 41
 Decrease5
436 / 1,338
 Decrease53
1,144 / 3,180
12,767 / 39,900
 Decrease 1415
UDMR / RMDSZ
4 / 41
 Steady
104 / 1,338
 Increase12
200 / 3,180
2,524 / 39,900
 Increase 164
AUR
0 / 41
 Steady
159 / 1,338
 Increase159
30 / 3,180
3,526 / 39,900
 Increase3447
ADU USR
0 / 41
 Steady
46 / 1,338
 Decrease62
28 / 3,180
832 / 39,900
 Decrease375
PMP
0 / 41
 Steady
17 / 1,338
 Decrease48
6 / 3,180
238 / 39,900
 Decrease 1899
FD
0 / 41
 New
17 / 1,338
 New
10 / 3,180
 New
254 / 39,900
 New
FDGR / DFDR
0 / 41
 Steady
5 / 1,338
 Steady
5 / 3,180
52 / 39,900
 Decrease16
PUSL
0 / 41
 Steady
2 / 1,338
 Increase2
6 / 3,180
225 / 39,900
 Increase59
AMT / EMSZ
0 / 41
 Steady
2 / 1,338
 Decrease5
4 / 3,180
172 / 39,900
 Decrease134
REPER
0 / 41
 New
0 / 1,338
 New
2 / 3,180
 New
54 / 39,900
 New
AER PER
0 / 41
 Steady
0 / 1,338
 Decrease5
1 / 3,180
79 / 39,900
 Decrease295
PV
0 / 41
 Steady
0 / 1,338
 Steady
0 / 3,180
38 / 39,900
 Decrease79
Romania in Action
0 / 41
 Steady
0 / 1,338
 Decrease2
1 / 3,180
 Increase1
48 / 39,900
 Increase21
UIPS
0 / 41
 Steady
0 / 1,338
 Steady
1 / 3,180
 Steady TBD
PPR
0 / 41
 New
0 / 1,338
 New
1 / 3,180
 New TBD New
BSR
0 / 41
 New
0 / 1,338
 New
1 / 3,180
 New TBD New
UUR
0 / 41
 Steady
0 / 1,338
 Steady
1 / 3,180
 Steady TBD
UDSCR
0 / 41
 Steady
0 / 1,338
 Steady
1 / 3,180
 Steady TBD
PRPE
0 / 41
 Steady
0 / 1,338
 Steady
1 / 3,180
 Increase1 TBD
FCM / MPE
0 / 41
 New
0 / 1,338
 New
1 / 3,180
 New TBD New
SOS RO
0 / 41
 New
0 / 1,338
 New
0 / 3,180
 New
149 / 39,900
 New
PRO
0 / 41
 Steady
0 / 1,338
 Decrease56
0 / 3,176
 Decrease36
111 / 39,900
 Decrease 1774
PRM
0 / 41
 Steady
0 / 1,338
 Steady
0 / 3,180
22 / 39,900
 Decrease9
POL
0 / 41
 Steady
0 / 1,338
 Decrease2
0 / 3,180
5 / 39,900
 Decrease30
AD
0 / 41
 Steady
0 / 1,338
 Steady
0 / 3,180
4 / 39,900
 Decrease9
Curaj
0 / 41
 New
0 / 1,338
 New
0 / 3,180
 New
3 / 39,900
 New
Demos
0 / 41
 New
0 / 1,338
 New
0 / 3,180
 New
1 / 39,900
 New
Independents
0 / 41
0 / 1,338
43 / 3,180
0 / 39,900

Bucharest

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General Council Election Mayoral Election
Party Votes % Seats IncreaseDecrease Map
ADU 200,102 27.61 17[b] Decrease5
PSD 192,484 26.56 16 Decrease5
PNL 91,282 12.59 7 Decrease5
PUSL 67,988 9.38 6 Increase6
AUR 59,205 8.16 5 Increase5
REPER 52,139 7.19 4 Increase4
Others 61,494 8.47 -
Total 724,694 100% 55
Turnout 41.24%Increase
Elected County Council



Source: Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă (AEP)

Alba

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- Political party of the elected County Council President

County Council Election Mayoral Election
Party Votes % Seats IncreaseDecrease Map
PNL 70,840 44.07% 17 Decrease2
PSD 44,609 27.75% 10 Increase4
AUR 19,926 12.39% 5 Increase5
ADU 11,416 7.10% 0[c] Decrease7
Others 13,953 8.66% -
Total 160,744 100% 32
Turnout 54.86%Increase
Elected County Council






Source: Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă (AEP)

Arad

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- Political party of the elected County Council President

County Council Election Mayoral Election
Party Votes % Seats IncreaseDecrease Map
PNL 70,474 38.39 13 Decrease4
PSD 46,822 25.51 9 Increase6
AUR 27,349 14.90 5 Increase5
ADU 15,761 8.58 3[d] Decrease4
UDMR/RMDSZ 12,831 6.99 2 Steady
Others 10,291 5.60 -
Total 183,528 100% 32
Turnout 49.58%Increase
Elected County Council




Source: Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă (AEP)

Argeș

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- Political party of the elected County Council President

County Council Election Mayoral Election
Party Votes % Seats IncreaseDecrease Map
PSD 119,576 45.13 16 Decrease1
PNL 56,114 21.18 8 Decrease3
ADU 35,734 13.48 5[e] Increase1
AUR 35,703 13.47 5 Increase5
Others 17,811 6,71 -
Total 264,938 100% 34
Turnout 54.16%Increase
Elected County Council




Source: Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă (AEP)

Bacău

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- Political party of the elected County Council President

County Council Election Mayoral Election
Party Votes % Seats IncreaseDecrease Map
PSD 85,898 34.94 15 Decrease2
PNL 70,019 28.48 12 Increase4
AUR 26,226 10.66 5 Increase5
ADU 25,416 10.33 4[f] Decrease2
Others 38,263 15.54 -
Total 245,822 100% 36
Turnout 44.79%Increase
Elected County Council





Source: Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă (AEP)

Bihor

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- Political party of the elected County Council President

County Council Election Mayoral Election
Party Votes % Seats IncreaseDecrease Map
PNL 137,176 50.84 18 Decrease4
UDMR/RMDSZ 54,087 20.04 7 Increase1
PSD 48,227 17.87 7 Increase1
AUR 13,587 5.03 2 Increase2
Others 16,693 6.15 -
Total 269,770 100% 34
Turnout 55.88%Increase
Elected County Council





Source: Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă (AEP)

Bistrița-Năsăud

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- Political party of the elected County Council President

County Council Election Mayoral Election
Party Votes % Seats IncreaseDecrease Map
PSD 58,934 43.24 14 Steady
PNL 38,911 28.55 10 Decrease2
AUR 16,067 11.78 4 Increase4
UDMR/RMDSZ 8,859 6.50 2 Increase2
ADU 8,408 6.16 0[c] Decrease4
Others 5,104 3.73 -
Total 136,283 100% 30
Turnout 55.74%Increase
Elected County Council





Source: Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă (AEP)

Botoșani

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- Political party of the elected County Council President

County Council Election Mayoral Election
Party Votes % Seats IncreaseDecrease Map
PSD 66,639 41.23 15 Steady
PNL 66,370 41.06 14 Increase2
AUR 12,919 7.99 3 Increase3
Others 15,699 9.68 -
Total 161,627 100% 32
Turnout 45.94%Increase
Elected County Council






Source: Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă (AEP)

Brașov

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- Political party of the elected County Council President

County Council Election Mayoral Election
Party Votes % Seats IncreaseDecrease Map
PNL 74,676 30.48 11 Decrease5
ADU 55,830 22.78 8[g] Steady
PSD 54,333 22.17 8 Steady
AUR 28,154 11.49 4 Increase4
UDMR/RMDSZ 17,381 7.09 3 Increase3
Others 14,623 5.96 -
Total 244,997 100% 34
Turnout 49.81%Increase
Elected County Council




Source: Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă (AEP)

Brăila

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- Political party of the elected County Council President

County Council Election Mayoral Election
Party Votes % Seats IncreaseDecrease Map
PSD 63,568 50.77 18 Increase1
PNL 30,634 24.46 8 Decrease2
AUR 14,393 11.49 4 Increase4
ADU 6,533 5.21 0[c] Decrease3
Others 10,064 8.02 -
Total 125,192 100% 30
Turnout 47.72%Increase
Elected County Council






Source: Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă (AEP)

Buzău

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- Political party of the elected County Council President

County Council Election Mayoral Election
Party Votes % Seats IncreaseDecrease Map
PSD 104,192 54.79 21 Steady
PNL 37,553 19.75 7 Steady
AUR 20,861 10.97 4 Increase4
ADU 14,577 7.66 0[c] Decrease4
Others 12,958 6.08 -
Total 190,141 100% 32
Turnout 55.01%Increase
Elected County Council






Source: Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă (AEP)

Caraș-Severin

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- Political party of the elected County Council President

County Council Election Mayoral Election
Party Votes % Seats IncreaseDecrease Map
PSD 50,523 40.45 14 Increase4
PNL 45,977 36.81 12 Decrease4
AUR 14,584 11.67 4 Increase4
ADU 6,839 5.47 0[c] Decrease4
Others 6,962 5.57 -
Total 100% 30
Turnout 51.62%Increase
Elected County Council






Source: Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă (AEP)

Călărași

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- Political party of the elected County Council President

County Council Election Mayoral Election
Party Votes % Seats IncreaseDecrease Map
PSD 66,459 50.53 17 Increase2
PNL 35,925 27.31 9 Decrease4
AUR 15,557 11.82 4 Increase4
Others 13,572 10.31 -
Total 131,513 100% 30
Turnout 57.22%Increase
Elected County Council






Source: Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă (AEP)

Cluj

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- Political party of the elected County Council President

County Council Election Mayoral Election
Party Votes % Seats IncreaseDecrease Map
PNL 96,479 32.26 13 Decrease6
PSD 53,445 17.87 7 Increase2
ADU 44,548 14.89 6[h] Decrease1
UDMR/RMDSZ 43,477 14.53 6 Increase1
AUR 31,170 10.42 4 Increase4
Others 29,937 10.00 -
Total 299,056 100% 36
Turnout 50.06%Increase
Elected County Council




Source: Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă (AEP)

Constanța

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- Political party of the elected County Council President

County Council Election Mayoral Election
Party Votes % Seats IncreaseDecrease Map
PNL 104,970 36.36 15 Steady
PSD 69,875 24.20 10 Steady
AUR 45,635 15.81 6 Increase6
ADU 36,752 12.73 5[i] Decrease3
Others 31,431 10.86 -
Total 288,663 100% 36
Turnout 49.19%Increase
Elected County Council




Source: Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă (AEP)

Covasna

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- Political party of the elected County Council President

County Council Election Mayoral Election
Party Votes % Seats IncreaseDecrease Map
UDMR/RMDSZ 56,730 66.53 22 Steady
PSD 8,202 9.69 3 Increase1
PNL 6,906 8.10 3 Steady
AUR 4,520 5.30 2 Increase2
Others 8,900 10.43 -
Total 85,258 100% 30
Turnout 50.74%Increase
Elected County Council





Source: Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă (AEP)

Dâmbovița

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- Political party of the elected County Council President

County Council Election Mayoral Election
Party Votes % Seats IncreaseDecrease Map
PSD 134,462 58.91 22 Increase5
PNL 57,029 24.98 9 Decrease4
AUR 19,137 8.38 3 Increase3
ADU 13,853 6.07 0[c] Steady
Others 3,734 1.63 -
Total 228,215 100% 34
Turnout 56.62%Increase
Elected County Council






Source: Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă (AEP)

Dolj

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- Political party of the elected County Council President

County Council Election Mayoral Election
Party Votes % Seats IncreaseDecrease Map
PSD 150,759 54.79 21 Increase5
PNL 64,699 23.51 9 Decrease4
AUR 25,309 9.19 3 Increase3
ADU 22,109 8.03 3[j] Increase1
Others 12,244 4.44 -
Total 275,120 100% 36
Turnout 51.49%Increase
Elected County Council




Source: Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă (AEP)

Galați

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- Political party of the elected County Council President

County Council Election Mayoral Election
Party Voters % Seats IncreaseDecrease Map
PSD
PNL
AUR
ADU
Others -
Total 100% 34
Turnout 42.41%Increase
Elected County Council
Source: Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă (AEP)

Giurgiu

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- Political party of the elected County Council President

County Council Election Mayoral Election
Party Votes % Seats IncreaseDecrease Map
PNL 69,983 55.07 17 Decrease1
PSD 35,950 28.29 9 Decrease3
AUR 10,171 8.00 2 Increase2
USR 7,488 5.89 2 Increase2
Others 3,477 2.73 -
Total 127,069 100% 30
Turnout 60.01%Increase
Elected County Council





Source: Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă (AEP)

Gorj

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- Political party of the elected County Council President

County Council Election Mayoral Election
Party Votes % Seats IncreaseDecrease Map
PSD
PNL
AUR
ADU
Others -
Total 100% 30 Decrease2
Turnout 58.18%Increase
Elected County Council
Source: Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă (AEP)

Harghita

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- Political party of the elected County Council President

County Council Election Mayoral Election
Party Votes % Seats IncreaseDecrease Map
UDMR/RMDSZ 95,650 74.69 24 Increase5
PSD 9,324 7.28 2 Decrease1
AMT/EMSZ 9,290 7.25 2 Decrease2
PNL 6,560 5.12 2 Steady
Others 7,228 5.63 -
Total 128,052 100% 30
Turnout 50.72%Increase
Elected County Council





Source: Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă (AEP)

Hunedoara

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- Political party of the elected County Council President

County Council Election Mayoral Election
Party Votes % Seats IncreaseDecrease Map
PSD
PNL
AUR
ADU
Others -
Total 100% 32
Turnout 49.29%Increase
Elected County Council
Source: Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă (AEP)

Ialomița

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- Political party of the elected County Council President

County Council Election Mayoral Election
Party Votes % Seats IncreaseDecrease Map
PSD 53,064 47.78 17 Increase3
PNL 26,515 23.87 8 Decrease2
AUR 14,508 13.06 5 Increase5
ADU 7,505 6.75 0[c] Steady
Others 9,455 8.49 -
Total 111,047 100% 30
Turnout 52.86%Increase
Elected County Council






Source: Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă (AEP)

Iași

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- Political party of the elected County Council President

County Council Election Mayoral Election
Party Votes % Seats IncreaseDecrease Map
PNL 109,523 34.72 14 Decrease3
PSD 87,604 27.77 11 Increase1
ADU 44,678 14.16 6[k] Decrease3
AUR 35,760 11.33 5 Increase5
Others 37,876 11.98 -
Total 315,441 100% 36
Turnout 40.85%Increase
Elected County Council




Source: Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă (AEP)

Ilfov

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- Political party of the elected County Council President

County Council Election Mayoral Election
Party Votes % Seats IncreaseDecrease Map
PSD-PNL 127,816 57.68% 22[l] Increase1
ADU 41,158 18.57% 7[m] Steady
AUR 29,309 13.22% 5 Increase5
Others 23,295 10.48% -
Total 221,578 100% 34 Increase2
Turnout 54.10%Increase
Elected County Council




Source: Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă (AEP)

Mureș

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- Political party of the elected County Council President

County Council Election Mayoral Election
Party Votes % Seats IncreaseDecrease Map
UDMR/RMDSZ
PSD
PNL
AUR
ADU
Others -
Total 100% 34
Turnout 53.16%Increase
Elected County Council
Source: Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă (AEP)

Satu Mare

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- Political party of the elected County Council President

County Council Election Mayoral Election
Party Votes % Seats IncreaseDecrease Map
UDMR/RMDSZ
PNL
PSD
ADU
AUR
Others
Total 100% 32
Turnout 50.15%Increase
Source: Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă (AEP)

Current distribution of administrative mandates at local political level in Romania

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In the table below are statistically represented the vast majority of the administrative mandates won nationwide in Romania by the following 12 political parties (both major and minor) after the 2020 Romanian local elections (based on their total number of elected representatives) as well as their current distribution of administrative mandates previously won in Romania in 2020 at local political level, according to the 4 main categories as follows (statistics correct as of late October 2023):

Political party Political position Main Ideology Leader(s) County Council (CJ) Presidents Mayors County Council Councillors Local Council Councillors
PSD Social Democratic Party Centre to centre-left Social democracy

Social conservatism

Marcel Ciolacu
20 / 41
1,360 / 3,176
362 / 1,340
13,820 / 39,900
PNL[n] National Liberal Party Centre-right Social conservatism Nicolae Ciucă
17 / 41
1,249 / 3,176
489 / 1,340
15,043 / 39,900
UDMR
RMDSZ 		Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania Centre-right Hungarian minority rights Hunor Kelemen
4 / 41
199 / 3,176
94 / 1,340
2,360 / 39,900
PMP People's Movement Party Centre-right to right-wing Christian democracy
National conservatism 		Cristian Diaconescu
0 / 41
50 / 3,176
67 / 1,340
2,137 / 39,900
USR Save Romania Union Centre to centre-right Populism Cătălin Drulă
0 / 41
41 / 3,176
108 / 1,340
1,655 / 39,900
PRO PRO Romania Centre-left Social democracy
Progressivism 		Victor Ponta
0 / 41
36 / 3,176
56 / 1,340
1,885 / 39,900
PER Romanian Ecologist Party Right-wing Green conservatism
Nationalism 		Florin Secara
0 / 41
7 / 3,176
5 / 1,340
372 / 39,900
PUSL Social Liberal Humanist Party Centre Daniel Ionașcu
0 / 41
2 / 3,176
0 / 1,340
166 / 39,900
PV Green Party Centre to left-wing Green politics Marius Lazăr/Lavinia Cosma
0 / 41
1 / 3,176
0 / 1,340
117 / 39,900
AUR Alliance for the Union of Romanians Right-wing to far-right Right-wing populism George Simion
0 / 41
2 / 3,176
[o]
0 / 1,340
79 / 39,900
FDGR
DFDR 		Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania German minority rights Paul-Jürgen Porr
0 / 41
5 / 3,176
5 / 1,340
68 / 39,900
PNȚCD Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party Centre-right to right-wing Right-wing populism Aurelian Pavelescu
0 / 41
1 / 3,176
0 / 1,340
42 / 39,900

Opinion polls

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National results in 2020

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In the table below are highlighted the major electoral scores (or results) obtained by the 6 largest political parties in Romania at the previous local elections which here held in September 2020:

Date Results Electorate PNL PSD USR PMP UDMR PRO Others Lead
27 Sep 2020 2020 election 8,419,028 32.32% 23.16% 8.89% 6.04% 4.87% 4.68% 20.04% 9.16%

National polling

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In the table below are represented the prospective results of the 6 main political parties active in Romania at local political level for the forthcoming local elections which are going to be held in 2024:

Date Sample size Source PNL PSD USR PMP UDMR PRO PER/

PV

Others Lead
20 - 25 May 2024 1,100 INSCOP 27.6% Increase 29.0% Decrease 12.7% Decrease 4.8% Increase 1.5% Decrease 3.0% Increase 6.8% Decrease 1.4%
6–19 Oct 2022 — CURS 22.0% Decrease 31.0% Increase 11.0% Increase 4.0% Decrease — 4.0% Decrease — 14.0% Decrease 9.0%

Regional polls

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Bucharest

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Date Poll source PSD ADU PNL AUR PER/PV PRO PUSL ApP SOS Others Lead
9-23 Feb 2024 CURS 34.0 23.0 16.0 13.0 5.0 6.0 3.0 11.0
Sep 2022 Avangarde 34.0 12.0 3.0 25.0 13.0 1.0 3.0 1.0 1.0 7.0 9.0
Aug 2022 CURS 32.0 10.0 4.0 23.0 12.0 3.0 2.0 4.0 3.0 6.0 9.0
Jun 2022 CURS 33.0 10.0 5.0 22.0 14.0 1.0 2.0 4.0 2.0 7.0 11.0
14–20 Jan 2022 CURS 34.0 17.0 6.0 17.0 13.0 — 2.0 5.0 2.0 4.0 17.0
17–23 Sep 2021 CURS 33.0 23.0 4.0 21.0 8.0 — 3.0 4.0 — — 10.0
Jul 2021 CURS 32.0 25.0 4.0 22.0 8.0 — 2.0 4.0 — — 7.0
May 2021 CURS 29.0 27.0 4.0 22.0 9.0 — 3.0 4.0 — 2.0 2.0
Mar 2021 CURS 32.0 27.0 5.0 20.0 7.0 — 2.0 4.0 — 3.0 5.0
26 Sep 2020 Election 32.38 26.98 7.82 - 22.24[12] 0.88 1.81 1.72 0.95 — 6.3 5.0

Seats projection

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Date PSD USR PNL PMP AUR PV PUSL ApP
Sep 2022 25 8 14 — 8 — — —
Jul 2022 26 8 12 — 6 — — 3
Jun 2022 25 9 11 — 6 — — 4
Jun 2022 23 7 15 — 10 — — —
May 2022 23 11 9 — 5 — 3 4
Mar 2022 25 13 10 — 7 — — —
Jan 2022 20 10 10 4 7 — 3 —
Jan 2022 21 15 8 — 11 — — —
2021 21 14 10 4 6 — — —
Jul 2021 20 16 14 — 5 — — —
May 2021 18 17 14 — 6 — — —
Mar 2021 20 16 12 3 4 — — —
26 Sep 2020 21 17 12 5 0 0 0 —

Mayor of Bucharest

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Data Source
Dan
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Cîrstoiu
Firea
Voiculescu
Ciucu
Burduja
Băsescu
Târziu
Enache
Șoșoacă
Piedone
 Others Lead
1-5 June 2024 AtlasIntel 45,2% 21,7% 7,8% 5,7% 3,4% 15,4% 0,8% 23,5%
2-9 April 2024 CURS 27% 23% — — — — — — 5% 2% 38% 5% 11%
9–13 April 2024 Sociopol 43% 8% — — — — — — 5% — 41% —[q] 2%
5–8 April 2024 AtlasIntel 37.1% 17.4% — — — — — — 4.9% — 30% 10.6 7.1%
35.4% 16.4% — — — — — — —[r] — 30.7% 11.5% 4.7%
29 March–2 April 2024 INSOMAR 29% 15% — — — — — — — — 22% 34%[s] 3%
26 March–2 April 2024 CURS 29% 20% — — — — — — 4% 4% 40% — 11%
21–24 March 2024 Sociopol 34.0% 26.0% — — — — — — 6.0% 4.0% 30.0% — 4.0%
20–24 March 2024 Avangarde 41.0% 29.0% — — — — — — 27.0% — — 3.0% 12.0%
30.0% 16.0% — — — — — — 10.0% — 42.0% 2.0% 12.0%
2–9 March 2024 Verifield 39.3% — — — — 16.0% — — 1.0% 2.4% 40.4% 0.9% 1.1%
9–23 February 2024 CURS 36.0% — 33.0% — — — — — 8.0% 5.0% 10.0% 8.0% 3.0%
7–14 September 2022 Avangarde 18.0% — 30.0% 14.0% 18.0% 4.0% — —[t] — — — 4.0% 12.0%
27 septembrie 2020 2020 elections 42.81% — 37.97% — — — 10.99% 0.67% — — — 7.56% 4.84%

Constanța

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Date Poll source PNL USR PSD PMP AUR PV Others Lead
Aug 2023 Ziua CT 10.0 23.0 15.0 3.0 10.0 10.0 29.0 8.0
6 Dec 2020 Parliament 26.1 26.4 22.3 4.2 8.9 0.9 11.3 0.3
27 September 2020 Election 27.7 23.9 19.9 4.7 — 1.8 22.1 3.8

Iași

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Date Poll source PNL USR PSD AUR PMP PV Others Lead
6 Dec 2020 Parliament 21.4 31.7 21.0 8.7 5.7 1.3 11.5 10.3
27 September 2020 Election 32.2 29.0 16.4 1.4 5.1 3.8 8.4 3.2

Târgu Jiu

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Date Poll source PNL PSD PRO PV USR AUR PMP Others Lead
6 Dec 2020 Parliament 21.6 34.6 8.3 3.4 14.2 6.3 4.5 7.0 13.0
26 Sep 2020 Election 37.4 27.8 7.6 6.5 5.6 — 4.9 10.3 9.6


Aftermath

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Allegations of electoral fraud

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Protest in Bucharest, on June 15

After the announcement of the provisional results, Clotilde Armand and Radu Mihaiu, the Save Romania Union mayors from Sector 1 and Sector 2 of Bucharest, who lost the elections to the PSD-PNL candidates, announced that there had been cases of pre-stamped votes or incorrect counting.[13][14][15] They demanded that the election be cancelled and redone, declaring it the biggest electoral fraud in Romanian history since the 1946 Romanian general election.[16]

Since June 13, hundreds of USR supporters have started to organize protests in Bucharest daily, demanding a recount of votes or new elections, as well as the resignation of the Social Democrat Toni Greblă from the position of Director of the Permanent Electoral Authority.[17][18][19][20] However, Social Democrat Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu stated that Greblă shouldn't be dismissed, declaring that "I know it is hard (for USR) to lose, but they must show dignity".[21]

Notes

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  1. ^ The total number of County Councilors in the country decreased by 2 since the 2020 election, as Ilfov County gained 2, while Gorj County and Teleorman County lost 2 each
  2. ^ Bucharest: USR-13, PMP-2, FD-2
  3. ^ a b c d e f g According to Romanian law, during local elections, the threshold for electoral alliances with 3 member parties is 8%.
  4. ^ Arad: USR-2, PMP-1
  5. ^ Argeș: USR-3, PMP-1, FD-1
  6. ^ Bacău: USR-3, PMP-1
  7. ^ Brașov: USR-7, PMP-1
  8. ^ Cluj: USR-5, FD-1
  9. ^ Constanța: USR-3, PMP-1, FD-1
  10. ^ Dolj: USR-1, PMP-1, FD-1
  11. ^ Iași: USR-3, PMP-2, FD-1
  12. ^ Ilfov: PNL-14, PSD-8
  13. ^ Ilfov: USR-4, FD-2, PMP-1
  14. ^ PNL had entirely absorbed ALDE during late March 2022, therefore the figures associated here with PNL include seats previously won by ALDE in 2020 as well. In addition, the figures here also include a party-switching mayor from AUR who subsequently joined the party in June 2022.
  15. ^ AUR lost one of its three mayors in June 2022. The respective mayor was from Vrancea County and switched, at that time, to PNL.[11]
  16. ^ Supported by the ADU and REPER
  17. ^ Alexandru Pânișoară (PER: 3%
  18. ^ In this scenario, Cozmin Gușă runs as an independent candidate with AUR support and receives 5.8%
  19. ^ Cozmin Gușă (IND): 26%
  20. ^ George Simion, the leader of AUR, has 12% in this poll

References

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  1. ^ Redacția HotNews.ro (22 March 2022). "Florin Cîţu: Conducerea PNL a aprobat fuziunea cu ALDE". HotNews.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  2. ^ Daniel, Toșa (18 December 2023). "USR, PMP și Forța Dreptei lansează alianța Dreapta Unită. O alternativă la coaliția PSD-PNL în 2024" [USR, PMP and the Force of the Right launch the United Right alliance. An alternative to the PSD-PNL coalition in 2024]. Newsweek România (in Romanian).
  3. ^ Raluca, Pantea (13 August 2022). "AUR recrutează candidați pentru 2024. Doritorii trebuie să fie dispuși să se sacrifice "pentru binele comun"". Express de Banat (in Romanian).
  4. ^ Alina Popescu (16 August 2023). "Nicușor Dan: Ca primar al Bucureștiului, Gabriela Firea a fost un dezastru. A dus Primăria în faliment". Digi24.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  5. ^ Claudia Bancas (16 August 2023). "Nicuşor Dan: Îmi doresc să fiu candidatul dreptei, aşa cum a fost în 2020. Nu văd de ce lucrurile pornite împreună s-ar întrerupe". Digi24.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  6. ^ Financial Intelligence (9 October 2023). "Rareș Bogdan: PNL nu îl mai susține pe Nicușor Dan pentru un nou mandat". Financial Intelligence (in Romanian). Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  7. ^ Monica, Bonea (19 March 2024). "Cine este Cătălin Cîrstoiu, medicul pe care mizează PNL și PSD pentru a câștiga Primăria Capitalei" [Who is Cătălin Cîrstoiu, the medic on which PNL and PSD are counting to win the Mayorship of the Capital]. Digi24 (in Romanian).
  8. ^ Monica, Bonea (22 March 2024). "După 15 ore de ședință, PNL și PSD au rupt alianța la București. Firea și Burduja vor candida pentru PMB" [After a 15 hour meeting, PNL and PSD end the alliance in Bucharest. Firea and Burduja will run for Mayor of Bucharest]. Digi24 (in Romanian).
  9. ^ "Nicușor Dan va candida independent, susținut de USR-PMP-Forţa Dreptei-REPER: "Suntem într-o luptă în care contează foarte mult electoratul PSD"" [Nicușor Dan will run as an independent candidate, backed by USR-PMP-Force of the Right-REPER: "We are in a fight where the PSD electorate matters a lot"]. NEWS București (in Romanian). 28 February 2024.
  10. ^ "LEGE nr. 115 din 19 mai 2015". Portal Legislativ (in Romanian).
  11. ^ Liviu Cojan (17 June 2022). "Singurul primar AUR din Vrancea a trecut la PNL. Un deputat al partidului spune că acesta ar fi fost șantajat de liberali". Digi24.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  12. ^ PNL had entirely absorbed ALDE during late March 2022, therefore the figures associated here with PNL include seats previously won by ALDE in 2020 as well.
  13. ^ "ALEGERI 2024. Radu Mihaiu, opt plângeri penale. Primarul Sectorului 2 a dat declarații la Poliție. "Sunt 4 secţii diferite în care s-au găsit buletine preştampilate" - HotNews.ro" (in Romanian). 18 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  14. ^ "Invitatul dimineții - Radu Mihaiu, primarul Sectorului 2, despre acuzația de fraudă la alegeri". RFI (in Romanian). 21 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  15. ^ "ALEGERI LOCALE 2024 - Clotilde Armand reia acuzaţiile de fraudă electorală: 110 de procese verbale au fost falsificate şi urcate în platforma AEP! Am solicitat STS să pună la dispoziţie toate înregistrările care demonstrează acest jaf". News.ro (in Romanian). 14 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  16. ^ "Clotilde Armand cere anularea alegerilor: "A fost cea mai mare frauda electorală din anul 1946"". euronews.ro: Știri de ultimă oră, breaking news, #AllViews (in Romanian). 28 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  17. ^ "VIDEO EXCLUSIV | Câți susținători a strâns Clotilde Armand în fața Biroului Electoral al Sectorului 1. Cum a apărut la protest soțul primăriței învinse în alegeri". Gândul (in Romanian). 13 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  18. ^ Anghel-Dimache, Ana (15 June 2024). "Protest în Piața Victoriei, pentru renumărarea voturilor. "Afară, Toni Greblă!"". Buletin de București. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  19. ^ "Protest în Piaţa Victoriei pentru a patra zi; se cere demisia preşedintelui AEP".
  20. ^ "Protest în Piața Victoriei pentru a patra zi; se cere demisia preşedintelui AEP". www.agerpres.ro (in Romanian). 16 June 2024.
  21. ^ "Ciolacu nu crede că Toni Greblă trebuie demis de la AEP, după haosul de la vot. "Înțeleg, e greu să pierzi, dar trebuie să existe și demnitate"".
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