2012 Romanian local elections

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Local elections were held in Romania on 10 June 2012. The Government initially tried to postpone the election to be on the same day with the 2012 Romanian legislative election, [1] but a ruling of the Constitutional court made that option impossible. As of June 2011, a law was passed by the parliament, and promulgated by the president, in which the mayors and the presidents of the County Councils will be elected with in a First Past the Post system.

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Results

Summary of the 10 and 24 June 2012 Romanian local election results
PartyCounty Councils
Presidents (PCJ)
County Council
seats (CJ)
Mayors (P)Local Councils
seats (CL)
Votes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Social Liberal Union (PSD, PNL, and PC) [a]
(Uniunea Social Liberală - USL)
4,260,70949.71364,203,00749.687232,782,79233.991,2922,630,12332.7412,668
Social Democratic Party [a]
(Partidul Social Democrat - PSD)
228,6660.103731,5978.93373682,3788.494,046
Centre Right Alliance (PNL and PC) [c]
(Alianța de Centru-Dreapta - ACD)
1452,9380.642743,5320.54244
National Liberal Party [a]
(Partidul Național Liberal - PNL)
9,2490.10134,7550.052586,0507.15263532,4886.633,101
Conservative Party [a]
(Partidul Conservator)
16110.00062,5910.761469,6870.86381
Democratic Liberal Party [b]
(Partidul Democrat-Liberal - PDL)
1,268,61114.8021,289,68015.242121,241,80215.174881,116,31213.896,155
People's Party – Dan Diaconescu
(Partidul Poporului – Dan Diaconescu - PP-DD)
787,1439.180757,1948.95134577,1957.0531668,2348.323,021
Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania
(Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România - UDMR)
467,4205.452473,7835.6088400,6274.89202435,2055.412,248
National Union for the Progress of Romania
(Uniunea Națională pentru Progresul României - UNPR)
168,9001.971204,0832.4113205,2742.5024218,4652.72972
Greater Romania Party
(Partidul România Mare - PRM)
150,9071.760170,6672.010107,4311.316172,1142.14596
Ecologist Party of Romania
(Partidul Ecologist Român - PER)
63,6500.74082,5810.97234,2270.41359,8830.74177
Green Party
(Partidul Verde - PV)
80,6970.94063,5080.75024,1310.29239,1990.48113
Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania
(Forumul Democrat al Germanilor din România
Demokratischen Forums der Deutschen in Rumänien - FDGR/DFDR)
69,4450.81062,0850.731115,5400.18818,8470.2357
Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party
(Partidul Național Țărănesc Creștin Democrat - PNȚCD)
31,0770.36044,7330.52019,9100.24338,5490.47142
New Generation Party
(Partidul Noua Generație - Creștin Democrat - PNG)
8,3770.09017,7020.20012,0330.14126,3810.32108
Other competitors [d] 1,204,43214.0901,077,03112.79151,331,40216.263841,280,04916.025,092
Total:8,570,617100418,460,0861001,3388,185,5401003,1218,031,44610039,121
Invalid votes
Notes
  1. ^ PSD, PNL and PC ran as USL at county level and in the Capital, except in Covasna County, as well as in several other cities and communes. In some cities and communes the three parties ran in other alliances.
  2. ^ PDL ran by itself and in various alliances with different parties through the country. The main color used was light green, despite the official colors still being orange and blue, as used in Cluj.
  3. ^ Alliance between PNL and PC in some of the cities and communes.
  4. ^ Including PDL in various alliances.
Source: Central Electoral Bureau provisional results Archived 2013-06-05 at the Wayback Machine
Summary of the 10 June 2012 Bucharest local election results
PartyGeneral Mayor of
Bucharest (PGMB)
General Council of
Bucharest seats
(CGMB)
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Social Liberal Union [a]
(Uniunea Social Liberală)
Sorin Oprescu
430,51254.791436,51355.6537
Democratic Liberal Party
(Partidul Democrat Liberal)
Silviu Prigoană
134,55217.120129,64416.5211
People's Party – Dan Diaconescu
(Partidul Poporului – Dan Diaconescu)
Horia Mocanu
74,2909.45083,76410.677
Nicuşor Daniel Dan
(Independent)
66,6498.48036,9484.710
National Union for the Progress of Romania
(Uniunea Națională pentru Progresul României)
Anghel Iordănescu
16,0952.04022,9362.920
Greater Romania Party
(Partidul România Mare)
Petre Popeangă
8,9131.13014,9841.910
New Generation Party
(Partidul Noua Generație - Creștin Democrat)
George Becali
25,0763.19012,2791.560
Other competitors 29,6523,77047,2996.03
Total:785,7391001784,36710055
Invalid votes
Source: Central Electoral Bureau final results and attributed mandates

Notes

  1. ^ Sorin Oprescu ran as an independent for the seat of General Mayor of Bucharest, but was supported by the USL.

Electoral maps

References

  1. "Romania government survives no-confidence vote". Archived from the original on 2012-04-23. Retrieved 2011-12-27.