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Local elections are set to be held in Romania in 9 June 2024. They will be the eighth post-1989 local elections in the country. The previous Romanian local elections in 2020 were won by the National Liberal Party (PNL), even though the Social Democratic Party (PSD) came in with significantly more County Council (CJ) presidents and mayors than the national liberals.
Therefore, the de facto winner of the previous Romanian local elections was the Social Democratic Party (PSD), in spite of the de jure one which was the National Liberal Party (PNL), according to popular vote and thereby overall political score.
Furthermore, the 2020 USR-PLUS Alliance (now simply legally known as USR which is short for Save Romania Union) came in third with respect to popular vote yet failed to obtain an important nationwide representation (for mayors, local and municipal councillors, and county councillors alike). In the meantime, the PNL enlarged itself at local political level nationwide with the integral absorption of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE) during late March 2022. [1]
The main six political contenders in the forthcoming Romanian local elections will be the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the National Liberal Party (PNL), Save Romania Union (USR; formerly USR PLUS), the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR/RMDSZ), the People's Movement Party (PMP), and PRO Romania (PRO).
The government which will organize the forthcoming Romanian local elections will very likely be the Ciolacu Cabinet representing the National Coalition for Romania (CNR) with a Social Democratic (PSD) Prime Minister, most probably in the person of incumbent head of government Marcel Ciolacu.
Most opinion polls to date (depicted in the tables from the sections below) show the Social Democratic Party (PSD) as either the main or overall winning party in several major cities and towns across Romania, including, most notably, the capital, Bucharest.
In Bucharest, incumbent mayor Nicușor Dan has recently expressed his intention to candidate again, hoping that he will be supported by the main centre-right political parties which previously endorsed him in the 2020 Romanian local elections. [2] [3] However, as of October 2023, the National Liberal Party (PNL) already declined its support for Nicușor Dan for another term as Mayor of Bucharest (PGMB). [4] At the same time, Dan announced he will run as an independent candidate, as in 2020, and that he hopes he will be supported by as many centre-right political parties as possible.
In stark contrast, several other major cities are shown to favour Save Romania Union (USR) in their public administration thus far and others the National Liberal Party (PNL). The current political trend, according to the polls, is that the Social Democratic Party (PSD) is the dominant political party in the south and east of Romania (i.e. in Muntenia, Oltenia, Dobrogea, and Western Moldavia respectively), the National Liberal Party (PNL) in the centre and north of the country (i.e. in Transylvania and Bukovina), and Save Romania Union (USR), sporadically at urban level in the south-western part of the country, more specifically in Banat.
In the table below are highlighted the major electoral scores (or results) obtained by the 6 largest political parties in Romania at the previous local elections which here held in September 2020:
Date | Results | Electorate | PNL | PSD | USR | PMP | UDMR | PRO | Others | Lead |
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27 Sep 2020 | 2020 election | 8,419,028 | 32.32% | 23.16% | 8.89% | 6.04% | 4.87% | 4.68% | 20.04% | 9.16% |
In the table below are represented the prospective results of the 6 main political parties active in Romania at local political level for the forthcoming local elections which are going to be held in 2024:
Date | Sample size | Source | PNL | PSD | USR | PMP | UDMR | PRO | Others | Lead |
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6–19 Oct 2022 | — | CURS | 22.0% | 31.0% | 11.0% | 4.0% | — | 4.0% | 14.0% | 9.0% |
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Date | Poll source | PSD | USR | PMP | FD | PNL | AUR | PV | PRO | PUSL | ApP | SOS | Others | Lead |
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9-23 Feb 2024 | CURS | 34 | 23 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 11 | |||||
Sep 2022 | Avangarde | 34.0 | 12.0 | 3.0 | 25.0 | 13.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 9.0 | ||
Aug 2022 | CURS | 32.0 | 10.0 | 4.0 | 23.0 | 12.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 9.0 | ||
Jun 2022 | CURS | 33.0 | 10.0 | 5.0 | 22.0 | 14.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 7.0 | 11.0 | ||
14–20 Jan 2022 | CURS | 34.0 | 17.0 | 6.0 | 17.0 | 13.0 | — | 2.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 17.0 | ||
17–23 Sep 2021 | CURS | 33.0 | 23.0 | 4.0 | 21.0 | 8.0 | — | 3.0 | 4.0 | — | — | 10.0 | ||
Jul 2021 | CURS | 32.0 | 25.0 | 4.0 | 22.0 | 8.0 | — | 2.0 | 4.0 | — | — | 7.0 | ||
May 2021 | CURS | 29.0 | 27.0 | 4.0 | 22.0 | 9.0 | — | 3.0 | 4.0 | — | 2.0 | 2.0 | ||
Mar 2021 | CURS | 32.0 | 27.0 | 5.0 | 20.0 | 7.0 | — | 2.0 | 4.0 | — | 3.0 | 5.0 | ||
26 Sep 2020 | Election | 32.38 | 26.98 | 7.82 | - | 22.24 [5] | 0.88 | 1.81 | 1.72 | 0.95 | — | 6.3 | 5.0 |
Date | PSD | USR | PNL | PMP | AUR | PV | PUSL | ApP |
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Sep 2022 | 25 | 8 | 14 | — | 8 | — | — | — |
Jul 2022 | 26 | 8 | 12 | — | 6 | — | — | 3 |
Jun 2022 | 25 | 9 | 11 | — | 6 | — | — | 4 |
Jun 2022 | 23 | 7 | 15 | — | 10 | — | — | — |
May 2022 | 23 | 11 | 9 | — | 5 | — | 3 | 4 |
Mar 2022 | 25 | 13 | 10 | — | 7 | — | — | — |
Jan 2022 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 7 | — | 3 | — |
Jan 2022 | 21 | 15 | 8 | — | 11 | — | — | — |
2021 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 6 | — | — | — |
Jul 2021 | 20 | 16 | 14 | — | 5 | — | — | — |
May 2021 | 18 | 17 | 14 | — | 6 | — | — | — |
Mar 2021 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — |
26 Sep 2020 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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Data | Source | Dan [lower-alpha 1] | Cîrstoiu | Firea | Voiculescu | Ciucu | Burduja | Băsescu | Târziu | Enache | Șoșoacă | Piedone | Others | Lead | |
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2-9 April 2024 | CURS | 27% | 23% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5% | 2% | 38% | 5% | 11% | |
9–13 April 2024 | Sociopol | 43% | 8% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5% | — | 41% | — [lower-alpha 2] | 2% | |
5–8 April 2024 | AtlasIntel | 37.1% | 17.4% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4.9% | — | 30% | 10.6 | 7.1% | |
35.4% | 16.4% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — [lower-alpha 3] | — | 30.7% | 11.5% | 4.7% | |||
29 March–2 April 2024 | INSOMAR | 29% | 15% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22% | 34% [lower-alpha 4] | 3% | |
26 March–2 April 2024 | CURS | 29% | 20% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4% | 4% | 40% | — | 11% | |
21–24 March 2024 | Sociopol | 34.0% | 26.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.0% | 4.0% | 30.0% | — | 4.0% | |
20–24 March 2024 | Avangarde | 41.0% | 29.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27.0% | — | — | 3.0% | 12.0% | |
30.0% | 16.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10.0% | — | 42.0% | 2.0% | 12.0% | |||
2–9 March 2024 | Verifield | 39.3% | — | — | — | — | 16.0% | — | — | 1.0% | 2.4% | 40.4% | 0.9% | 1.1% | |
9–23 February 2024 | CURS | 36.0% | — | 33.0% | — | — | — | — | — | 8.0% | 5.0% | 10.0% | 8.0% | 3.0% | |
7–14 September 2022 | Avangarde | 18.0% | — | 30.0% | 14.0% | 18.0% | 4.0% | — | — [lower-alpha 5] | — | — | — | 4.0% | 12.0% | |
27 septembrie 2020 | 2020 elections | 42.81% | — | 37.97% | — | — | — | 10.99% | 0.67% | — | — | — | 7.56% | 4.84% |
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Date | Poll source | PNL | USR | PSD | PMP | AUR | PV | Others | Lead |
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Aug 2023 | Ziua CT | 10.0 | 23.0 | 15.0 | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 29.0 | 8.0 |
6 Dec 2020 | Parliament | 26.1 | 26.4 | 22.3 | 4.2 | 8.9 | 0.9 | 11.3 | 0.3 |
27 September 2020 | Election | 27.7 | 23.9 | 19.9 | 4.7 | — | 1.8 | 22.1 | 3.8 |
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Date | Poll source | PNL | USR | PSD | AUR | PMP | PV | Others | Lead |
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6 Dec 2020 | Parliament | 21.4 | 31.7 | 21.0 | 8.7 | 5.7 | 1.3 | 11.5 | 10.3 |
27 September 2020 | Election | 32.2 | 29.0 | 16.4 | 1.4 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 8.4 | 3.2 |
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Date | Poll source | PNL | PSD | PRO | PV | USR | AUR | PMP | Others | Lead |
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6 Dec 2020 | Parliament | 21.6 | 34.6 | 8.3 | 3.4 | 14.2 | 6.3 | 4.5 | 7.0 | 13.0 |
26 Sep 2020 | Election | 37.4 | 27.8 | 7.6 | 6.5 | 5.6 | — | 4.9 | 10.3 | 9.6 |
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Party | Voters | % | Seats | Map | ||
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PSD | ||||||
USR | ||||||
PMP | ||||||
UDMR/RMDSZ | ||||||
PRO | ||||||
AUR | ||||||
Others | ||||||
Invalid/blank votes | - | |||||
Total | 100% | 32 | ||||
Turnout | -% | |||||
Source: TBA |
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Party | Voters | % | Seats | Map | ||
PNL | ||||||
USR | ||||||
PSD | ||||||
PRO | ||||||
PMP | ||||||
UDMR/RMDSZ | ||||||
PRM | ||||||
Others | ||||||
Invalid/blank votes | - | |||||
Total | 100% | 32 | ||||
Turnout | -% | |||||
Source: TBA |
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Party | Voters | % | Seats | Map | ||
PSD | ||||||
PNL | ||||||
USR | ||||||
PRO | ||||||
PMP | ||||||
PER | ||||||
Others | ||||||
Invalid/blank votes | - | |||||
Total | 100% | 34 | ||||
Turnout | -% | |||||
Source: TBA |
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Party | Voters | % | Seats | Map | ||
PSD | ||||||
PNL | ||||||
USR | ||||||
Verzii | ||||||
PRO | ||||||
AUR | ||||||
Others | ||||||
Invalid/blank votes | - | |||||
Total | 100% | 36 | ||||
Turnout | -% | |||||
Source: TBA |
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Party | Voters | % | Seats | Map | ||
PNL | ||||||
UDMR/RMDSZ | ||||||
PSD | ||||||
PPMT | ||||||
USR | ||||||
PRO | ||||||
PMP | ||||||
Others | ||||||
Invalid/blank votes | - | |||||
Total | 100% | 34 | ||||
Turnout | -% | |||||
Source: TBA |
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Party | Voters | % | Seats | Map | ||
PSD | ||||||
PNL | ||||||
PMP | ||||||
USR | ||||||
PER | ||||||
PUSL | ||||||
AUR | ||||||
Others | ||||||
Invalid/blank votes | - | |||||
Total | 100% | 30 | ||||
Turnout | -% | |||||
Source: TBA |
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Party | Voters | % | Seats | Map | ||
PSD | ||||||
PNL | ||||||
PRO | ||||||
USR | ||||||
PMP | ||||||
PUSL | ||||||
PER | ||||||
Others | ||||||
Invalid/blank votes | - | |||||
Total | 100% | 32 | ||||
Turnout | -% | |||||
Source: TBA |
County Council Election | Mayoral Election | |||||
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Party | Voters | % | Seats | Map | ||
PNL | ||||||
PSD | ||||||
USR | ||||||
PRO | ||||||
UDMR/RMDSZ | ||||||
PMP | ||||||
FDGR/DFDR | ||||||
Others | ||||||
Invalid/blank votes | - | |||||
Total | 100% | 34 | ||||
Turnout | -% | |||||
Source: TBA |
County Council Election | Mayoral Election | |||||
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Party | Voters | % | Seats | Map | ||
PSD | ||||||
PNL | ||||||
PMP | ||||||
USR | ||||||
PRO | ||||||
AUR | ||||||
PUSL | ||||||
Others | ||||||
Invalid/blank votes | - | |||||
Total | 100% | 30 | ||||
Turnout | -% | |||||
Source: TBA |
County Council Election | Mayoral Election | |||||
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Party | Voters | % | Seats | Map | ||
PSD | ||||||
PNL | ||||||
PMP | ||||||
USR | ||||||
PRO | ||||||
Others | ||||||
Invalid/blank votes | - | |||||
Total | 100% | 32 | ||||
Turnout | -% | |||||
Source: TBA |
County Council Election | Mayoral Election | |||||
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Party | Voters | % | Seats | Map | ||
PNL | ||||||
PSD | ||||||
PRO | ||||||
PMP | ||||||
USR | ||||||
PUSL | ||||||
PER | ||||||
Others | ||||||
Invalid/blank votes | - | |||||
Total | 100% | 30 | ||||
Turnout | -% | |||||
Source: TBA |
County Council Election | Mayoral Election | |||||
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Party | Voters | % | Seats | Map | ||
PSD | ||||||
PNL | ||||||
PRO | ||||||
PMP | ||||||
USR | ||||||
PUSL | ||||||
PER | ||||||
Others | ||||||
Invalid/blank votes | - | |||||
Total | 100% | 30 | ||||
Turnout | -% | |||||
Source: TBA |
County Council Election | Mayoral Election | |||||
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Party | Voters | % | Seats | Map | ||
PNL | ||||||
PSD | ||||||
USR | ||||||
UDMR/RMDSZ | ||||||
PMP | ||||||
PRO | ||||||
Others | ||||||
Invalid/blank votes | - | |||||
Total | 100% | 36 | ||||
Turnout | -% | |||||
Source: TBA |
County Council Election | Mayoral Election | |||||
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Party | Voters | % | Seats | Map | ||
PNL | ||||||
PSD | ||||||
USR | ||||||
PMP | ||||||
PRO | ||||||
PER | ||||||
PUSL | ||||||
Others | ||||||
Invalid/blank votes | - | |||||
Total | 100% | 36 | ||||
Turnout | -% | |||||
Source: TBA |
County Council Election | Mayoral Election | |||||
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Party | Voters | % | Seats | Map | ||
UDMR/RMDSZ | ||||||
PNL | ||||||
PSD | ||||||
PMP | ||||||
USR | ||||||
PRO | ||||||
AUR | ||||||
PV | ||||||
Others | ||||||
Invalid/blank votes | - | |||||
Total | 100% | 32 | ||||
Turnout | -% | |||||
Source: TBA |
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