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
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, a ...
on 5 June 2016.
Using a
first past the post
In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast thei ...
system, the following were contested:
* All the commune, town, and city councils (Local Councils, ro, Consilii Locale), and the Sectors Local Councils of
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north ...
( 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
The Municipality of Bucharest (the capital of Romania) is divided into 6 administrative units, named sectors (''sectoare'' in Romanian), each of which has their own mayor and council, and has responsibility over local affairs, such as secondary s ...
( 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
The Mayor of Bucharest ( ro, Primarul General al Municipiului București), sometimes known as the General Mayor, is the head of the Bucharest City Hall in Bucharest, Romania, which is responsible for citywide affairs, such as the water system, th ...
(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)
, -
, - 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;" ,
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
Fo ...
( 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
, -
,
, 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
, -
,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania
The Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (DAHR; hu, Romániai Magyar Demokrata Szövetség, RMDSZ; ro, Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România, UDMR) is a political party in Romania which aims to represent the significant Hungarian m ...
( 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
, -
,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
People's Movement Party
The People's Movement Party ( ro, Partidul Mișcarea Populară, PMP) is a minor extra-parliamentary nominally Centre-right politics, centre-right Christian democracy, Christian democratic, national conservatism, national-conservative list of pol ...
( 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
, -
,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
National Union for the Progress of Romania
The National Union for the Progress of Romania ( ro, Uniunea Națională pentru Progresul României, UNPR) is a political party in Romania. The party was formed in March 2010 by independents who had broken away from the Social Democratic Party (P ...
( 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
, -
,
, 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
The Romanian Ecologist Party ( ro, Partidul Ecologist Român, PER) is a formerly ecologist and currently mostly conservative and green conservative political party in Romania. Without parliamentary representation, it is one of the microparties ...
( 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
The United Romania Party ( ro, Partidul România Unită) was a Romanian nationalist political party. It was founded by former members of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), such as Bogdan Diaconu and Greater Romania Party (PRM), like Horațiu Ș ...
( 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;" , -
, -
,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
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
, -
,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania
The Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania (german: Demokratisches Forum der Deutschen in Rumänien, DFDR; ro, Forumul Democrat al Germanilor din România, FDGR; in short or ) is a political party (legally recognized as an association of public ...
(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
Baia Mare ( , ; hu, Nagybánya; german: Frauenbach or Groß-Neustadt; la, Rivulus Dominarum) is a municipality along the Săsar River, in northwestern Romania; it is the capital of Maramureș County. The city lies in the region of Maramure� ...
( FDGR- PNȚCD- PSRO- 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
Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance (; hu, Fidesz – Magyar Polgári Szövetség) is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Hungary, led by Viktor Orbán.
It was formed in 1988 under the name of Alliance of Young ...
( 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 and
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;" ,
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;" , -
, -
, 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
, -
, style="text-align:left;" colspan=20 , ''Notes''
- PSD, ALDE, and UNPR ran independently or in various electoral coalitions with each other (PSD-ALDE or PSD-UNPR).
- 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
The Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party ( ro, Partidul Național Țărănesc Creștin Democrat, officially abbreviated PNȚCD) is a Christian democratic and agrarian political party in Romania. It claims to be the rightful successor ...
(PNȚCD).
, -
, 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 election, 2016
2016 elections in Romania
June 2016 events in Romania