2016 Romanian local elections

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Local elections were held in Romania on 5 June 2016. [1]

Contents

Using a first past the post system, the following were contested: [2]

Results

Summary of the 5 June 2016 Romanian local election results [3] [4]
Party Mayor of Bucharest (PMB)Mayors (P)Local Councils
seats (CL)		County Councils
seats (CJ)
Votes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Social Democratic Party [lower-alpha 1]
(Romanian: Partidul Social Democrat - PSD)		246,55342.97%13,330,21338.98%1,7083,161,04637.70%16,9693,270,90939.60%638
National Liberal Party [lower-alpha 2]
(Romanian: Partidul Național Liberal - PNL)		64,18611.18%-2,686,09931.50%1,0812,478,54929.60%13,1982,529,98630.64%504
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats [lower-alpha 1]
(Romanian: Alianța Liberalilor și Democraților - ALDE)		17,4553.04%-488,1455.72%64545,7676.52%2,504521,8456.32%80
Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania
(Hungarian: Romániai Magyar Demokrata Szövetség; Romanian: Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România - RMDSZ/UDMR)		---315,2363.69%195390,3214.66%2,284411,8234.98%95
People's Movement Party
(Romanian: Partidul Mișcarea Populară - PMP)		37,0986.46%-304,9243.57%18360,0354.30%1,315368,9854.46%41
National Union for the Progress of Romania [lower-alpha 1]
(Romanian: Uniunea Națională pentru Progresul României - UNPR)		---213,2332.50%26245,6332.93%1,203220,4672.67%14
Save Bucharest Union
(Romanian: Uniunea Salvaţi Bucureştiul - USB)		175,11930.52%-96,7891.13%-121,0991.44%39143,5441.73%15
Romanian Social Party
(Romanian: Partidul Social Românesc - PSRO)		---100,3031.17%4102,8391.22%31899,5871.20%7
Ecologist Party of Romania
(Romanian: Partidul Ecologist Român - PER)		---63,2460.74%187,0161.03%21098,4861.19%8
United Romania Party
(Romanian: Partidul România Unită - PRU)		8,3561.45%-51,2000.60%260,4940.17%16966,1310.80%-
Independents
10,6391.85%-486,8265.71%53258,5383.08%31652,8000.63%3
Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania
(German: Demokratisches Forum der Deutschen in Rumänien; Romanian: Forumul Democrat al Germanilor din România - DFDR/FDGR)		---40,3480.47%540,5990.48%8142,6520.51%10
Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania
(Hungarian: Erdélyi Magyar Néppárt; Romanian: Partidul Popular Maghiar din Transilvania - EMNP/PPMT)		---21,1710.24%-35,0190.41%20738,2150.46%6
Coalition for Baia Mare (FDGR-PNȚCD-PSRO-UNPR)
(Romanian: Coaliția pentru Baia Mare - CBM)		---32,1110.37%120,2290.24%1126,2170.31%5
Hungarian Civic Party
(Hungarian: Magyar Polgári Párt; Romanian: Partidul Civic Maghiar - MPP/PCM)		---19,3550.22%1318,9930.22%15816,8240.20%6
Party for Argeș and Muscel
(Romanian: Partidul pentru Argeș and Muscel)		---14,6250.17%-15,0490.17%6714,1370.17%2
Other political parties 14,3692.48%-213,5222.28%15368,9274.63%1,015275,0543.24%-
Total:573,77510018,477,3461003,1868,310,15310040,0678,197,6621001,434

Electoral maps

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 PSD, ALDE, and UNPR ran independently or in various electoral coalitions with each other (PSD-ALDE or PSD-UNPR).
  2. ↑ PNL ran mostly by itself, with the exception of Tătărăștii de Jos, where it ran in a coalition with the Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (PNȚCD).

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