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s were held in Romania on 27 September 2020. Initially planned for June 2020, the emergence of the

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led the

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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

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, 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

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system, the following offices will be contested: * All the commune, town, and city 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 Județene), and the Bucharest Municipal General Council ( ro, Consiliul General Al Municipiului București) * The 41 Presidents of the County Councils ( ro, Președinții Consiliilor Județene) * All the mayors ( ro, Primării) ** Of the communes, cities, and municipalities ** Of the

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( ro, Primării de Sector) ** The General Mayor of The Municipality of Bucharest ( ro, Primarul General al Municipiului București)

Polls

Exit polls

Bucharest

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Results

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( ro, Partidul Național Liberal - PNL) , style="text-align:right;" , 282,631 (

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( ro, Partidul Social Democrat - 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;" ,

( ro, Alianța 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;" ,

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( ro, Partidul Mișcarea Populară - 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;" ,

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( ro, PRO România - 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;" ,

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( ro, Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România - 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
( ro, Alianța Liberalilor și Democraților - 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
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Deaths

The former PMP mayor of Sadova, Eugen Safta, who had just gotten re-elected, suffered a

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and died. His death was declared on 28 September 2020, at 2 AM

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. Ion Aliman, the

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mayor of

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, was re-elected for a third term, despite having had died of

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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

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References

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