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 vary ...
s were held in
Romania on 5 June 2016.
Using a
first past the post system, the following were contested:
* All the commune, town, and city councils (Local Councils, ro, Consilii Locale), and the Sectors Local Councils of
Bucharest ( ro, Consilii Locale de Sector);
* The 41 County Councils ( ro, Consilii Județene), and the Bucharest Municipal General Council ( ro, Consiliul General Al Municipiului București). The 41 Presidents of the County Councils ( ro, Președinții Consiliilor Județene) will be indirectly elected by the County Councilors;
* All the mayors ( ro, Primarii);
** Of the communes, cities, and municipalities;
** Of the
Sectors of Bucharest ( ro, Primarii de Sector);
** The
General Mayor of The Municipality of Bucharest ( ro, Primarul General al Municipiului București).
Results
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! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan=2 rowspan=2 , Party
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan=3 ,
Mayor of Bucharest (PMB)
! 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)
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, - 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
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,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Social Democratic Party
The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology.
Active parties
For ...
( ro, Partidul Social Democrat - PSD)
, style="text-align:right;" , 246,553
, style="text-align:right;" , 42.97%
, style="text-align:right;" , 1
, style="text-align:right;" , 3,330,213
, style="text-align:right;" , 38.98%
, style="text-align:right;" , 1,708
, style="text-align:right;" , 3,161,046
, style="text-align:right;" , 37.70%
, style="text-align:right;" , 16,969
, style="text-align:right;" , 3,270,909
, style="text-align:right;" , 39.60%
, style="text-align:right;" , 638
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,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
National Liberal Party ( ro, Partidul Național Liberal - PNL)
, style="text-align:right;" , 64,186
, style="text-align:right;" , 11.18%
, style="text-align:right;" , -
, style="text-align:right;" , 2,686,099
, style="text-align:right;" , 31.50%
, style="text-align:right;" , 1,081
, style="text-align:right;" , 2,478,549
, style="text-align:right;" , 29.60%
, style="text-align:right;" , 13,198
, style="text-align:right;" , 2,529,986
, style="text-align:right;" , 30.64%
, style="text-align:right;" , 504
, -
,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats ( ro, Alianța Liberalilor și Democraților - ALDE)
, style="text-align:right;" , 17,455
, style="text-align:right;" , 3.04%
, style="text-align:right;" , -
, style="text-align:right;" , 488,145
, style="text-align:right;" , 5.72%
, style="text-align:right;" , 64
, style="text-align:right;" , 545,767
, style="text-align:right;" , 6.52%
, style="text-align:right;" , 2,504
, style="text-align:right;" , 521,845
, style="text-align:right;" , 6.32%
, style="text-align:right;" , 80
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,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania ( hu, Romániai Magyar Demokrata Szövetség; ro, Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România - RMDSZ/UDMR)
, style="text-align:right;" , -
, style="text-align:right;" , -
, style="text-align:right;" , -
, style="text-align:right;" , 315,236
, style="text-align:right;" , 3.69%
, style="text-align:right;" , 195
, style="text-align:right;" , 390,321
, style="text-align:right;" , 4.66%
, style="text-align:right;" , 2,284
, style="text-align:right;" , 411,823
, style="text-align:right;" , 4.98%
, style="text-align:right;" , 95
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,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
People's Movement Party ( ro, Partidul Mișcarea Populară - PMP)
, style="text-align:right;" , 37,098
, style="text-align:right;" , 6.46%
, style="text-align:right;" , -
, style="text-align:right;" , 304,924
, style="text-align:right;" , 3.57%
, style="text-align:right;" , 18
, style="text-align:right;" , 360,035
, style="text-align:right;" , 4.30%
, style="text-align:right;" , 1,315
, style="text-align:right;" , 368,985
, style="text-align:right;" , 4.46%
, style="text-align:right;" , 41
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, style="text-align:left;" , National Union for the Progress of Romania
( ro, Uniunea Națională pentru Progresul României - UNPR)
, style="text-align:right;" , -
, style="text-align:right;" , -
, style="text-align:right;" , -
, style="text-align:right;" , 213,233
, style="text-align:right;" , 2.50%
, style="text-align:right;" , 26
, style="text-align:right;" , 245,633
, style="text-align:right;" , 2.93%
, style="text-align:right;" , 1,203
, style="text-align:right;" , 220,467
, style="text-align:right;" , 2.67%
, style="text-align:right;" , 14
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, style="text-align:left;" , Save Bucharest Union
( ro, Uniunea Salvaţi Bucureştiul - USB)
, style="text-align:right;" , 175,119
, style="text-align:right;" , 30.52%
, style="text-align:right;" , -
, style="text-align:right;" , 96,789
, style="text-align:right;" , 1.13%
, style="text-align:right;" , -
, style="text-align:right;" , 121,099
, style="text-align:right;" , 1.44%
, style="text-align:right;" , 39
, style="text-align:right;" , 143,544
, style="text-align:right;" , 1.73%
, style="text-align:right;" , 15
, -
,
, style="text-align:left;" , Romanian Social Party
( ro, Partidul Social Românesc - PSRO)
, style="text-align:right;" , -
, style="text-align:right;" , -
, style="text-align:right;" , -
, style="text-align:right;" , 100,303
, style="text-align:right;" , 1.17%
, style="text-align:right;" , 4
, style="text-align:right;" , 102,839
, style="text-align:right;" , 1.22%
, style="text-align:right;" , 318
, style="text-align:right;" , 99,587
, style="text-align:right;" , 1.20%
, style="text-align:right;" , 7
, -
,
, style="text-align:left;" , Ecologist Party of Romania
( ro, Partidul Ecologist Român - PER)
, style="text-align:right;" , -
, style="text-align:right;" , -
, style="text-align:right;" , -
, style="text-align:right;" , 63,246
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.74%
, style="text-align:right;" , 1
, style="text-align:right;" , 87,016
, style="text-align:right;" , 1.03%
, style="text-align:right;" , 210
, style="text-align:right;" , 98,486
, style="text-align:right;" , 1.19%
, style="text-align:right;" , 8
, -
, style="background-color:" ,
, style="text-align:left;" , United Romania Party
( ro, Partidul România Unită - PRU)
, style="text-align:right;" , 8,356
, style="text-align:right;" , 1.45%
, style="text-align:right;" , -
, style="text-align:right;" , 51,200
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.60%
, style="text-align:right;" , 2
, style="text-align:right;" , 60,494
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.17%
, style="text-align:right;" , 169
, style="text-align:right;" , 66,131
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.80%
, style="text-align:right;" , -
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,
, style="text-align:left;" , Independent politician, Independents
, style="text-align:right;" , 10,639
, style="text-align:right;" , 1.85%
, style="text-align:right;" , -
, style="text-align:right;" , 486,826
, style="text-align:right;" , 5.71%
, style="text-align:right;" , 53
, style="text-align:right;" , 258,538
, style="text-align:right;" , 3.08%
, style="text-align:right;" , 316
, style="text-align:right;" , 52,800
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.63%
, style="text-align:right;" , 3
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, style="text-align:left;" , Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania
(german: Demokratisches Forum der Deutschen in Rumänien; ro, Forumul Democrat al Germanilor din România - DFDR/FDGR)
, style="text-align:right;" , -
, style="text-align:right;" , -
, style="text-align:right;" , -
, style="text-align:right;" , 40,348
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.47%
, style="text-align:right;" , 5
, style="text-align:right;" , 40,599
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.48%
, style="text-align:right;" , 81
, style="text-align:right;" , 42,652
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.51%
, style="text-align:right;" , 10
, -
,
, style="text-align:left;" , Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania
( hu, Erdélyi Magyar Néppárt; ro, Partidul Popular Maghiar din Transilvania - EMNP/PPMT)
, style="text-align:right;" , -
, style="text-align:right;" , -
, style="text-align:right;" , -
, style="text-align:right;" , 21,171
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.24%
, style="text-align:right;" , -
, style="text-align:right;" , 35,019
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.41%
, style="text-align:right;" , 207
, style="text-align:right;" , 38,215
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.46%
, style="text-align:right;" , 6
, -
, style="background-color:#0000ff;" ,
, style="text-align:left;" , Coalition for Baia Mare
(Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania, FDGR-Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party, PNȚCD-Romanian Social Party, PSRO-National Union for the Progress of Romania, UNPR) ( ro, Coaliția pentru Baia Mare - CBM)
, style="text-align:right;" , -
, style="text-align:right;" , -
, style="text-align:right;" , -
, style="text-align:right;" , 32,111
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.37%
, style="text-align:right;" , 1
, style="text-align:right;" , 20,229
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.24%
, style="text-align:right;" , 11
, style="text-align:right;" , 26,217
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.31%
, style="text-align:right;" , 5
, -
,
, style="text-align:left;" , Hungarian Civic Party (Romania), Hungarian Civic Party
( hu, Magyar Polgári Párt; ro, Partidul Civic Maghiar - MPP/PCM)
, style="text-align:right;" , -
, style="text-align:right;" , -
, style="text-align:right;" , -
, style="text-align:right;" , 19,355
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.22%
, style="text-align:right;" , 13
, style="text-align:right;" , 18,993
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.22%
, style="text-align:right;" , 158
, style="text-align:right;" , 16,824
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.20%
, style="text-align:right;" , 6
, -
, style="background-color:#900020;" ,
, style="text-align:left;" , Party for Argeș County, Argeș and Muscel County, Muscel
( ro, Partidul pentru Argeș and Muscel)
, style="text-align:right;" , -
, style="text-align:right;" , -
, style="text-align:right;" , -
, style="text-align:right;" , 14,625
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.17%
, style="text-align:right;" , -
, style="text-align:right;" , 15,049
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.17%
, style="text-align:right;" , 67
, style="text-align:right;" , 14,137
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.17%
, style="text-align:right;" , 2
, -
,
, style="text-align:left;" , List of political parties in Romania, Other political parties
, style="text-align:right;" , 14,369
, style="text-align:right;" , 2.48%
, style="text-align:right;" , -
, style="text-align:right;" , 213,522
, style="text-align:right;" , 2.28%
, style="text-align:right;" , 15
, style="text-align:right;" , 368,927
, style="text-align:right;" , 4.63%
, style="text-align:right;" , 1,015
, style="text-align:right;" , 275,054
, style="text-align:right;" , 3.24%
, style="text-align:right;" , -
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, style="text-align:left;" colspan = 2 , Total:
! style="text-align:right;" , 573,775
! style="text-align:right;" , 100
! style="text-align:right;" , 1
! style="text-align:right;" , 8,477,346
! style="text-align:right;" , 100
! style="text-align:right;" , 3,186
! style="text-align:right;" , 8,310,153
! style="text-align:right;" , 100
! style="text-align:right;" , 40,067
! style="text-align:right;" , 8,197,662
! style="text-align:right;" , 100
! style="text-align:right;" , 1,434
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, style="text-align:left;" colspan=20 , ''Notes''
- Social Democratic Party (Romania), PSD, Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (Romania), ALDE, and National Union for the Progress of Romania, UNPR ran independently or in various electoral coalitions with each other (PSD-ALDE or PSD-UNPR).
- National Liberal Party (Romania), 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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, style="text-align:left;" colspan=20 , Sources:
Electoral maps
File:LOCALE 2016 CJ.png, Political map depicting counties according to the county president's party affiliation
File:LOCALE 2016 PRIMARI.png, Political map based on the mayor's party affiliation (denoting only major Romanian cities and towns)
File:Harta alegeri locale 2016 primari.png, Political map depicting the localities won by political party
References
{{Romanian elections
Local elections in Romania, Local election, 2016
2016 elections in Romania
June 2016 events in Romania