2020 Dolj County local elections

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2020 Dolj County local elections
Stema judetului Dolj.svg
 201627 September 2020 (2020-09-27)2024 
Turnout48.43% [1]
 First partySecond party
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Party PSD+ALDE Alliance PNL
Seats before2512
Seats won1613
Seat changeDecrease2.svg9Increase2.svg1
Popular vote103,31882,748
Percentage39.66%31.76%

 Third partyFourth party
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Party PRO Romania PMP
Seats before-0
Seats won32
Seat changeNewIncrease2.svg2
Popular vote18,00714,793
Percentage6.91%5.68%

President before election

Ion Prioteasa
PSD

Elected President

Dorin-Cosmin Vasile
PSD

The 2020 Dolj Countylocal elections were held on 27 September. [2] A total of 8,530 candidates ran for various local positions, including local councilors, mayors, county councilors and the President of the County Council. [3]

Contents

County Council

President of the County Council [4]
PartyCandidateVotesVotes %
Social Democratic Party Dorin-Cosmin Vasile111,31742.19
National Liberal Party Alexandru Gîdăr85,99032.59
USR-PLUS Alliance Silviu Bratu18,7217.09
PRO Romania Florinel Stancu14,3295.43
People's Movement Party Mihail-Cristian Negulescu12,5614.76
Ecologist Party of Romania Nelu Dișteanu10,6314.03
Social Liberal Humanist Party Cristian-Gabriel Ciulu3,4911.32
Green Party Sergiu-Liviu Prăpucean2,1340.81
Alliance for the Union of Romanians Ştefan-Mircea Măgălie1,8660.71
Others2,8341.08
Total263,874100
Composition of the County Council [5]
PartyVotesVotes %SeatsChange
PSD+ALDE Alliance103,31839.6616Decrease2.svg9
National Liberal Party 82,74831.7613Increase2.svg1
PRO Romania 18,0076.913New
People's Movement Party 14,7935.682Increase2.svg2
Ecologist Party of Romania 14,1985.452Increase2.svg2
Others27,44310.540Steady2.svg
Total260,50710036N/A

Local councils

Composition of the local councils [6]
PartyVotesVotes %Seats
Social Democratic Party 98,04936.15560
National Liberal Party 26,6019.81189
Others146,58854.040
Total271,238100749

Mayors

Mayoral elections by party [7]
PartyMayors
Social Democratic Party 78
National Liberal Party 30
People's Movement Party 2
Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party 1
Total111

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