Local election
In many parts of the world, local elections take place to select office-holders in local government, such as mayors and councillors. Elections to positions within a city or town are often known as "municipal elections". Their form and conduct var ...
s were held in Romania on 27 September 2020. Initially planned for June 2020, the emergence of the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...
led the
Government of Romania
The Government of Romania () forms one half of the executive branch of the government of Romania (the other half being the office of the President of Romania). It is headed by the Prime Minister of Romania, and consists of the ministries, variou ...
to postpone the elections to a date no later than 31 December 2020, and extending all the terms of the local offices due to expire on 5 June 2020.
The aforementioned decision was deemed unconstitutional, and, in the end, a law was passed that extended the terms of the local officials up to 30 November 2020, and allowed the elections to be called by the
Parliament
In modern politics and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing ...
, rather than by the Government, no later than that day. On 8 July 2020, the Parliament of Romania adopted a law setting the date of the elections on 27 September 2020.
Rules
Using a
first past the post
First-past-the-post (FPTP)—also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality—is a single-winner voting rule. Voters mark one candidate as their favorite, or First-preference votes, first-preference, and the cand ...
system, the following offices will be contested:
* All commune, town, and city councils (Local Councils, ), and the Sectors Local Councils of
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Buc ...
()
* The 41 County Councils (), and the Bucharest Municipal General Council ()
* The 41 Presidents of the County Councils ()
* All mayors ()
** Of the communes, cities, and municipalities
** Of the
Sectors of Bucharest
The Municipality of Bucharest (the capital of Romania) is divided into 6 administrative units, named sectors (''sectoare'' in Romanian), each of which has its own mayor and council, and has responsibility over local affairs, such as secondary st ...
()
** The
General Mayor of The Municipality of Bucharest ()
Polls
Exit polls
Bucharest
2020 Local Election in Bucharest
;Notes
Constanța
Results
, -
, - style="background-color:#C9C9C9"
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan=2 rowspan=2 , Party
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan=3 ,
Mayor of Bucharest
The mayor of Bucharest (), sometimes known as the general mayor, is the head of the Bucharest City Hall in Bucharest, Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast ...
(PGMB)
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan=3 , Mayors (P)
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan=3 , Local Councils
seats (CL)
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan=3 , County Councils
seats (CJ)
, -
, - style="background-color:#C9C9C9"
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Votes
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , %
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Seats
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Votes
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , %
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Seats
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Votes
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , %
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Seats
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Votes
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , %
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" , Seats
, -
,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
National Liberal Party ( - PNL)
, style="text-align:right;" , 282,631
(
USR PLUS)
, style="text-align:right;" , 42.81%
(
USR PLUS)
, style="text-align:right;" , 1
, style="text-align:right;" , 2,578,820
, style="text-align:right;" , 34.58%
, style="text-align:right;" , 1,232
, style="text-align:right;" , 2,420,413
, style="text-align:right;" , 32.88%
, style="text-align:right;" , 14,182
, style="text-align:right;" , 2,212,904
, style="text-align:right;" , 30.76%
, style="text-align:right;" , 474
, -
,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Social Democratic Party ( - PSD)
, style="text-align:right;" , 250,690
, style="text-align:right;" , 37.97%
, style="text-align:right;" , 0
, style="text-align:right;" , 2,262,791
, style="text-align:right;" , 30.34%
, style="text-align:right;" , 1,362
, style="text-align:right;" , 2,090,777
, style="text-align:right;" , 28.40%
, style="text-align:right;" , 13,820
, style="text-align:right;" , 1,605,721
, style="text-align:right;" , 22.32%
, style="text-align:right;" , 362
, -
, style="background-color:#00aae7 ",
, style="text-align:left;" ,
USR PLUS ( - USR PLUS)
, style="text-align:right;" , 282,631
(
PNL)
, style="text-align:right;" , 42.81%
(
PNL)
, style="text-align:right;" , 1
, style="text-align:right;" , 490,362
, style="text-align:right;" , 6.58%
, style="text-align:right;" , 28
, style="text-align:right;" , 504,563
, style="text-align:right;" , 6.85%
, style="text-align:right;" , 1,207
, style="text-align:right;" , 478,659
, style="text-align:right;" , 6.65%
, style="text-align:right;" , 65
, -
,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
People's Movement Party
The People's Movement Party (, PMP) is an extra-parliamentary national-conservative and social conservative political party in Romania.
History
The PMP was created as a political foundation in March 2013 by supporters of then incumbent sta ...
( - PMP)
, style="text-align:right;" , 72,556
, style="text-align:right;" , 10.99%
, style="text-align:right;" , 0
, style="text-align:right;" , 353,005
, style="text-align:right;" , 4.73%
, style="text-align:right;" , 50
, style="text-align:right;" , 420,791
, style="text-align:right;" , 5.72%
, style="text-align:right;" , 2,137
, style="text-align:right;" , 423,147
, style="text-align:right;" , 5.88%
, style="text-align:right;" , 67
, -
, style="background-color: ,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
PRO Romania
PRO Romania (, PRO) is an extra-parliamentary social liberal political party in Romania.
History
The founding of PRO Romania was initiated in 2017 by former Prime Minister Victor Ponta, former acting/ad interim Prime Minister and Minister o ...
( - PRO RO)
, style="text-align:right;" , 5,315
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.80%
, style="text-align:right;" , 0
, style="text-align:right;" , 331,878
, style="text-align:right;" , 4.45%
, style="text-align:right;" , 36
, style="text-align:right;" , 381,535
, style="text-align:right;" , 5.18%
, style="text-align:right;" , 1,885
, style="text-align:right;" , 356,030
, style="text-align:right;" , 4.95%
, style="text-align:right;" , 56
, -
,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania ( - UDMR/RMDSZ)
, style="text-align:right;" , -
, style="text-align:right;" , -
, style="text-align:right;" , -
, style="text-align:right;" , 299,334
, style="text-align:right;" , 4.01%
, style="text-align:right;" , 199
, style="text-align:right;" , 362,442
, style="text-align:right;" , 4.92%
, style="text-align:right;" , 2,360
, style="text-align:right;" , 379,924
, style="text-align:right;" , 5.28%
, style="text-align:right;" , 92
, -
,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats ( - ALDE)
, style="text-align:right;" , 9,892
, style="text-align:right;" , 1.49%
, style="text-align:right;" , 0
, style="text-align:right;" , 124,649
, style="text-align:right;" , 1.67%
, style="text-align:right;" , 15
, style="text-align:right;" , 189,665
, style="text-align:right;" , 2.58%
, style="text-align:right;" , 861
, style="text-align:right;" , 209,411
, style="text-align:right;" , 2.91%
, style="text-align:right;" , 15
, -
,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Other political parties, independent contenders, and local alliances
, style="text-align:right;" , 39,034
, style="text-align:right;" , 5.91%
, style="text-align:right;" , 0
, style="text-align:right;" , 1,140,903
, style="text-align:right;" , 15.30%
, style="text-align:right;" , 282
, style="text-align:right;" , 1,086,907
, style="text-align:right;" , 14.76%
, style="text-align:right;" , 3,448
, style="text-align:right;" , 1,528,189
, style="text-align:right;" , 21.24%
, style="text-align:right;" , 209
, -
, style="text-align:left;" colspan = 2 , Total:
, style="text-align:right;" , 660,118
, style="text-align:right;" , 100
, style="text-align:right;" , 1
, style="text-align:right;" , 7,457,093
, style="text-align:right;" , 100
, style="text-align:right;" , 3,176
, style="text-align:right;" , 7,361,818
, style="text-align:right;" , 100
, style="text-align:right;" , 39,900
, style="text-align:right;" , 7,193,985
, style="text-align:right;" , 100
, style="text-align:right;" , 1,340
, -
, style="text-align:left;" colspan=20 , ''Notes''
, -
, style="text-align:left;" colspan=20 , Sources
Romanian Permanent Electoral Authority, -
Deaths
The former
PMP mayor of
Sadova, Eugen Safta, who had just gotten re-elected, suffered a
heart attack
A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when Ischemia, blood flow decreases or stops in one of the coronary arteries of the heart, causing infarction (tissue death) to the heart muscle. The most common symptom ...
and died. His death was declared on 28 September 2020, at 2 AM
EEST.
Ion Aliman, the
PSD mayor of
Deveselu, was re-elected for a third term,
despite having had died of
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. In January 2020, the disease spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic.
The symptoms of COVID‑19 can vary but often include fever ...
10 days earlier.
He received 1,020 votes, out of a total of 1,600. Until a term of partial elections will be held, the vice mayor will have acting mayor attributions.
Electoral maps
File:Harta alegeri locale 2020.png, Map depicting the county council presidents and mayors of the county seat cities/towns () according to the colour of the winning party
File:Harta alegeri locale 2020 primari.png, Map depicting the localities according to the colour of the elected mayor
File:Local elections2020.png, Map depicting the overall winning party by electoral unit
Notes
References
{{Romanian elections
Local election, 2020
2020 elections in Romania
September 2020 in Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...