Local elections were held in Romania on 1 June 2008, with a

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for mayors on 15 June 2008. On 1 June elections were held for: * all the villages, communes, cities, and municipal councils (Local Councils, ro, Consilii Locale), and the Sectors Local Councils of

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( ro, Consilii Locale de Sector) * the 41 County Councils ( ro, Consilii Judeţene), and the Bucharest Municipal General Council ( ro, Consiliul General Al Municipiului București). * the 41 Presidents of the County Councils ( ro, Preşedinţii Consiliilor Judeţene) * all the mayors ( ro, Primarii) ** of the villages, cities, and municipalities ** of the

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( ro, Primarii de Sector) ** The General Mayor of The Municipality of Bucharest ( ro, Primarul General al Municipiului București) On 17 April 2008, the

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and the

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announced they would form a political alliance for these elections, the

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. For the first time the presidents of the County Councils were elected directly by the people, and not by later negotiations inside the County Council; other notable characteristics included a substantial number of Roma candidates standing, as well as some representatives of the

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. Turnout was low, with fewer than half of the eligible voters turning out to vote; in most big cities, except for Constanţa (incumbent PSD member Radu Ştefan Mazăre won) and

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(incumbent Democratic Liberal Party member

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won), the election was not decided in the first round; in

, PDL member

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and independent

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(former member of the PSD) will meet in the run-off. Overall, PD-L got 28.37%, PSD got 28.04%, PNL got 18.66%, and UDMR got 5.43% of the cast votes.

First round

Mayors

The most notables victories of the election ("Top 10") are listed below:

Local Councils

County Council Presidents

County Councils

Runoff

The mayoral runoff was held in 1,441 local constituencies. Also, in the communes of Ştefăneşti and Vidra, in

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the first tour was repeated, due to the cancellation of the election held on 1 June in the two communes. If a runoff is needed for the mayor's election, it will be held on 24 June. A sentence regarding the cancellation of the electoral process in the commune of Iepureşti,

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is pending from the Central Electoral Bureau. The independent and former member

won the election for mayor of

with 54% against

from the president's . Overall, won about a third of the mayors, while won slightly less. In Voineşti, a tiny town in northeastern Romania, the incumbent mayor Neculai Ivaşcu, who died on the election day, was nonetheless elected over his rival, Gheorghe Dobreanu of the ; however, the election commission declared the runner-up elected, but said they would appeal that decision.HotNews – Candidate defeated in Voinesti, Romania to become mayor after rival died on local elections day
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(Partidul Democrat Liberal) , style="text-align:right;" , 2,243,144 , style="text-align:right;" , 28.17 , style="text-align:right;" , 14 , style="text-align:right;" , 2,964,948 , style="text-align:right;" , 33.58 , style="text-align:right;" , 908 , style="text-align:right;" , 2,356,584 , style="text-align:right;" , 27.70 , style="text-align:right;" , 11,129 , style="text-align:right;" , 2,416,014 , style="text-align:right;" , 28.92 , style="text-align:right;" , 458 , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,
(Partidul Social Democrat) , style="text-align:right;" , 2,234,465 , style="text-align:right;" , 28.06 , style="text-align:right;" , 17 , style="text-align:right;" , 2,717,490 , style="text-align:right;" , 30.77 , style="text-align:right;" , 1,138 , style="text-align:right;" , 2,268,271 , style="text-align:right;" , 26.67 , style="text-align:right;" , 12,137 , style="text-align:right;" , 2,337,102 , style="text-align:right;" , 27.97 , style="text-align:right;" , 452 , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,
(Partidul Naţional Liberal) , style="text-align:right;" , 1,537,840 , style="text-align:right;" , 18.08 , style="text-align:right;" , 5 , style="text-align:right;" , 1,721,834 , style="text-align:right;" , 19.50 , style="text-align:right;" , 706 , style="text-align:right;" , 1,576,214 , style="text-align:right;" , 19.80 , style="text-align:right;" , 8,529 , style="text-align:right;" , 1,521,191 , style="text-align:right;" , 18.20 , style="text-align:right;" , 297 , - , , 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 ...

(Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România) , style="text-align:right;" , 419,028 , style="text-align:right;" , 5.26 , style="text-align:right;" , 4 , style="text-align:right;" , 378,413 , style="text-align:right;" , 4.28 , style="text-align:right;" , 184 , style="text-align:right;" , 404,657 , style="text-align:right;" , 4.75 , style="text-align:right;" , 2,195 , style="text-align:right;" , 429,329 , style="text-align:right;" , 5.13 , style="text-align:right;" , 89 , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,
(Partidul Conservator) , style="text-align:right;" , 263,200 , style="text-align:right;" , 3.30 , style="text-align:right;" , – , style="text-align:right;" , 224,182 , style="text-align:right;" , 2.53 , style="text-align:right;" , 47 , style="text-align:right;" , 315,825 , style="text-align:right;" , 3.71 , style="text-align:right;" , 1,398 , style="text-align:right;" , 277,492 , style="text-align:right;" , 3.32 , style="text-align:right;" , 16 , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,
(Partidul Noua Generaţie - Creştin Democrat) , style="text-align:right;" , 227,744 , style="text-align:right;" , 2.86 , style="text-align:right;" , – , style="text-align:right;" , 159,739 , style="text-align:right;" , 1.80 , style="text-align:right;" , 35 , style="text-align:right;" , 300,661 , style="text-align:right;" , 3.53 , style="text-align:right;" , 1,203 , style="text-align:right;" , 248,757 , style="text-align:right;" , 2.97 , style="text-align:right;" , 9 , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,
(Partidul România Mare) , style="text-align:right;" , 252,956 , style="text-align:right;" , 3.17 , style="text-align:right;" , – , style="text-align:right;" , 124,492 , style="text-align:right;" , 1.41 , style="text-align:right;" , 19 , style="text-align:right;" , 314,731 , style="text-align:right;" , 3.70 , style="text-align:right;" , 1,090 , style="text-align:right;" , 313,666 , style="text-align:right;" , 3.75 , style="text-align:right;" , 15 , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

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 o ...

(Partidul Naţional Ţărănesc Creştin Democrat) , style="text-align:right;" , 78,752 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.98 , style="text-align:right;" , – , style="text-align:right;" , 53,908 , style="text-align:right;" , 0.61 , style="text-align:right;" , 11 , style="text-align:right;" , 102,137 , style="text-align:right;" , 1.20 , style="text-align:right;" , 326 , style="text-align:right;" , 88,066 , style="text-align:right;" , 1.05 , style="text-align:right;" , 2 , - , , style="text-align:left;" , Other political parties , style="text-align:right;" , 703,437 , style="text-align:right;" , 10.12 , style="text-align:right;" , 1 , style="text-align:right;" , 502,202 , style="text-align:right;" , 5.52 , style="text-align:right;" , 131 , style="text-align:right;" , 865,707 , style="text-align:right;" , 8.94 , style="text-align:right;" , 2,260 , style="text-align:right;" , 722,134 , style="text-align:right;" , 8,69 , style="text-align:right;" , 55 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan=2 , Total: 18,313,440 expected voters (turnout 49,38%) ! style="text-align:right;" , 7,960,566 ! style="text-align:right;" , 100 ! style="text-align:right;" , 41 ! style="text-align:right;" , 8,829,208 ! style="text-align:right;" , 100 ! style="text-align:right;" , 3,179 ! style="text-align:right;" , 8,504,787 ! style="text-align:right;" , 100 ! style="text-align:right;" , 40,297 ! style="text-align:right;" , 8,353,751 ! style="text-align:right;" , 100 ! style="text-align:right;" , 1,393 , - , style="text-align:left;" colspan=14 , Source
Central Electoral Bureau

Notable partial election

The legislature of the local authorities is of four years, for all the local authorities. If a local elected official cannot serve its term (death, incompatibility or resignation), he (or she) is replaced. The members of the Local Councils and County Councils are replaced by the next person on the list elected. For the Mayors and Presidents of the County Councils, elected on a

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, and

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respectively, no later than 90 days from the vacancy of the post the

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must announce the day the early election is called. The election is not called if the vacancy occurs in the last six months of the term. The newly elected Mayors and Presidents of the County Councils serve the rest of the term. The ad interim Mayors and Presidents of the County Councils are one of the Deputy-Mayors (elected by the Local Council, if the settlement has more than one Deputy-Mayor), and one of the Vice President of the County Council, elected by the County Council.

Cluj-Napoca

On 22 December 2008

was sworn in as

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. He resigned from the office of Mayor of Cluj-Napoca on 4 January 2009. The

called for partial election in

on 15 February 2009. The three main competitors were the ad interim Mayor of

, Sorin Apostu (

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), former Cluj County Council President and current

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Marius Nicoară ( PNL), and former

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, Teodor Pop-Puşcaş (

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