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In Alba County, the 2020 local elections were held on 27 September. [2] A total of 6,269 candidates ran for the offices of mayors, local councilors and county councilors. [3]
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In Alba County, the 2020 local elections were held on 27 September. [2] A total of 6,269 candidates ran for the offices of mayors, local councilors and county councilors. [3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Votes % | |
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| National Liberal Party | Ion Dumitrel | 83,087 | 55.74 | |
| Social Democratic Party | Ioan Dirzu | 27,964 | 18.76 | |
| USR-PLUS Alliance | Mihail David | 13,643 | 9.15 | |
| People's Movement Party | Clement Negrut | 7,233 | 4.85 | |
| Alliance of Liberals and Democrats | Ioan Lazar | 6,089 | 4.08 | |
| Alliance for the Union of Romanians | Vasile Bucur | 5,316 | 3.57 | |
| PRO Romania | Horatiu Florea | 4,558 | 3.06 | |
| Social Liberal Humanist Party | Constantin Talpas | 1,175 | 0.79 | |
| Total | 149,065 | 100 | ||
| Party | Votes | Votes % | Seats | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Liberal Party | 75,065 | 51.04 | 19 |  | |
| Social Democratic Party | 24,424 | 16.61 | 6 |  3 | |
| USR-PLUS Alliance | 13,949 | 9.48 | 4 | New | |
| People's Movement Party | 9,672 | 6.58 | 3 |  1 | |
| Others | 23,969 | 16.30 | 0 | 3 | |
| Total | 147,079 | 100 | 30 | N/A | |
| Party | Votes | Votes % | Seats | |
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| National Liberal Party | 68,832 | 45.86 | 467 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 28,827 | 19.21 | 207 | |
| People's Movement Party | 7,616 | 5.07 | 54 | |
| USR-PLUS Alliance | 15,321 | 10.21 | 46 | |
| Alliance of Liberals and Democrats | 6,227 | 4.15 | 37 | |
| Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania | 4,334 | 2.89 | 33 | |
| PRO Romania | 5,960 | 3.97 | 32 | |
| Alliance for the Union of Romanians | 4,017 | 2.68 | 18 | |
| Independent | 3,724 | 2.48 | 7 | |
| Others | 5,242 | 3.49 | 15 | |
| Total | 150,100 | 100 | 916 | |
| Party | Votes | Votes % | Mayors | |
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| National Liberal Party | 78,025 | 51.42 | 60 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 28,747 | 18.94 | 8 | |
| Independent | 3,670 | 2.42 | 3 | |
| Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania | 1,555 | 1.02 | 2 | |
| USR-PLUS Alliance | 17,232 | 11.36 | 2 | |
| Alliance for the Union of Romanians | 3,305 | 2.18 | 1 | |
| People's Movement Party | 6,545 | 4.31 | 1 | |
| Alliance of Liberals and Democrats | 5,387 | 3.55 | 1 | |
| Others | 7,279 | 4.80 | 0 | |
| Total | 151,745 | 100 | 78 | |
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