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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.
Will be elected:
Party | County Councils Presidents (PCJ) | County Council seats (CJ) | Mayors (P) | Local Councils seats (CL) | |||||||||||||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||||||||
Social Liberal Union (PSD, PNL, and PC) [a] (Uniunea Social Liberală - USL) | 4,260,709 | 49.71 | 36 | 4,203,007 | 49.68 | 723 | 2,782,792 | 33.99 | 1,292 | 2,630,123 | 32.74 | 12,668 | |||||||
Social Democratic Party [a] (Partidul Social Democrat - PSD) | — | — | 22 | 8,666 | 0.10 | 3 | 731,597 | 8.93 | 373 | 682,378 | 8.49 | 4,046 | |||||||
Centre Right Alliance (PNL and PC) [c] (Alianța de Centru-Dreapta - ACD) | — | — | 14 | — | — | — | 52,938 | 0.64 | 27 | 43,532 | 0.54 | 244 | |||||||
National Liberal Party [a] (Partidul Național Liberal - PNL) | 9,249 | 0.10 | 13 | 4,755 | 0.05 | 2 | 586,050 | 7.15 | 263 | 532,488 | 6.63 | 3,101 | |||||||
Conservative Party [a] (Partidul Conservator) | — | — | 1 | 611 | 0.00 | 0 | 62,591 | 0.76 | 14 | 69,687 | 0.86 | 381 | |||||||
Democratic Liberal Party [b] (Partidul Democrat-Liberal - PDL) | 1,268,611 | 14.80 | 2 | 1,289,680 | 15.24 | 212 | 1,241,802 | 15.17 | 488 | 1,116,312 | 13.89 | 6,155 | |||||||
People's Party – Dan Diaconescu (Partidul Poporului – Dan Diaconescu - PP-DD) | 787,143 | 9.18 | 0 | 757,194 | 8.95 | 134 | 577,195 | 7.05 | 31 | 668,234 | 8.32 | 3,021 | |||||||
Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România - UDMR) | 467,420 | 5.45 | 2 | 473,783 | 5.60 | 88 | 400,627 | 4.89 | 202 | 435,205 | 5.41 | 2,248 | |||||||
National Union for the Progress of Romania (Uniunea Națională pentru Progresul României - UNPR) | 168,900 | 1.97 | 1 | 204,083 | 2.41 | 13 | 205,274 | 2.50 | 24 | 218,465 | 2.72 | 972 | |||||||
Greater Romania Party (Partidul România Mare - PRM) | 150,907 | 1.76 | 0 | 170,667 | 2.01 | 0 | 107,431 | 1.31 | 6 | 172,114 | 2.14 | 596 | |||||||
Ecologist Party of Romania (Partidul Ecologist Român - PER) | 63,650 | 0.74 | 0 | 82,581 | 0.97 | 2 | 34,227 | 0.41 | 3 | 59,883 | 0.74 | 177 | |||||||
Green Party (Partidul Verde - PV) | 80,697 | 0.94 | 0 | 63,508 | 0.75 | 0 | 24,131 | 0.29 | 2 | 39,199 | 0.48 | 113 | |||||||
Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania (Forumul Democrat al Germanilor din România Demokratischen Forums der Deutschen in Rumänien - FDGR/DFDR) | 69,445 | 0.81 | 0 | 62,085 | 0.73 | 11 | 15,540 | 0.18 | 8 | 18,847 | 0.23 | 57 | |||||||
Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (Partidul Național Țărănesc Creștin Democrat - PNȚCD) | 31,077 | 0.36 | 0 | 44,733 | 0.52 | 0 | 19,910 | 0.24 | 3 | 38,549 | 0.47 | 142 | |||||||
New Generation Party (Partidul Noua Generație - Creștin Democrat - PNG) | 8,377 | 0.09 | 0 | 17,702 | 0.20 | 0 | 12,033 | 0.14 | 1 | 26,381 | 0.32 | 108 | |||||||
Other competitors [d] | 1,204,432 | 14.09 | 0 | 1,077,031 | 12.79 | 15 | 1,331,402 | 16.26 | 384 | 1,280,049 | 16.02 | 5,092 | |||||||
Total: | 8,570,617 | 100 | 41 | 8,460,086 | 100 | 1,338 | 8,185,540 | 100 | 3,121 | 8,031,446 | 100 | 39,121 | |||||||
Invalid votes | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
Notes
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Source: Central Electoral Bureau provisional results Archived 2013-06-05 at the Wayback Machine |
Party | General Mayor of Bucharest (PGMB) | General Council of Bucharest seats (CGMB) | |||||||||||||||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||||||||||||||
Social Liberal Union [a] (Uniunea Social Liberală) Sorin Oprescu | 430,512 | 54.79 | 1 | 436,513 | 55.65 | 37 | |||||||||||||
Democratic Liberal Party (Partidul Democrat Liberal) Silviu Prigoană | 134,552 | 17.12 | 0 | 129,644 | 16.52 | 11 | |||||||||||||
People's Party – Dan Diaconescu (Partidul Poporului – Dan Diaconescu) Horia Mocanu | 74,290 | 9.45 | 0 | 83,764 | 10.67 | 7 | |||||||||||||
Nicuşor Daniel Dan (Independent) | 66,649 | 8.48 | 0 | 36,948 | 4.71 | 0 | |||||||||||||
National Union for the Progress of Romania (Uniunea Națională pentru Progresul României) Anghel Iordănescu | 16,095 | 2.04 | 0 | 22,936 | 2.92 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Greater Romania Party (Partidul România Mare) Petre Popeangă | 8,913 | 1.13 | 0 | 14,984 | 1.91 | 0 | |||||||||||||
New Generation Party (Partidul Noua Generație - Creștin Democrat) George Becali | 25,076 | 3.19 | 0 | 12,279 | 1.56 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Other competitors | 29,652 | 3,77 | 0 | 47,299 | 6.03 | ||||||||||||||
Total: | 785,739 | 100 | 1 | 784,367 | 100 | 55 | |||||||||||||
Invalid votes | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
Source: Central Electoral Bureau final results and attributed mandates |
Notes
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