The last general local election was held on 27 September 2020. The threshold was 5%. On the 15 February 2009, a by-election was held for the office of Mayor of

Cluj-Napoca ; hu, kincses város) , official_name=Cluj-Napoca , native_name= , image_skyline= , subdivision_type1 = Counties of Romania, County , subdivision_name1 = Cluj County , subdivision_type2 = Subdivisions of Romania, Status , subdivision_name2 ...

, following the nomination of the previous Mayor,

Emil Boc Emil Boc (; born 6 September 1966) is a Romanian politician who was Prime Minister of Romania from 22 December 2008 until 6 February 2012 and is the current Mayor of Cluj-Napoca, the largest city of Transylvania, where he was first elected in Ju ...

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

List of mayors

Mayor and Municipal Council election 2000

, - !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left colspan=2, Parties and alliances !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=% !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=Seats , - , ,

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 ...

( ro, Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România) , align="right" , 31,618 , align="right" , 22.50 , align="right" , 8 , - , ,

Greater Romania Party The Greater Romania Party ( ro, Partidul România Mare, PRM) is a Romanian nationalist political party. Founded in May 1991 by Eugen Barbu and Corneliu Vadim Tudor, it was led by the latter from that point until his death in September 2015. The ...

( ro, Partidul România Mare) , align="right" , 30,762 , align="right" , 21.89 , align="right" , 8 , - , , Party of Social Democracy in Romania, now

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) , align="right" valign=top, 16,605 , align="right" valign=top, 11.81 , align="right" valign=top, 5 , - , , Convenţia Democrată Română ( ro, Convenţia Democrată Română) , align="right" valign=top, 10,264 , align="right" valign=top, 7.30 , align="right" valign=top, 3 , - , ,

Romanian National Unity Party The Romanian National Unity Party ( ro, Partidul Unităţii Naţionale a Românilor, PUNR) was a nationalist political party in Romania between 1990 and 2006. History The PUNR was the first nationalist party in post-communist Romania, created in ...

, align="right" valign=top, ? (no data) , align="right" valign=top, ? (no data) , align="right" valign=top, 3 , - , , National Liberal Party (''Partidul Naţional Liberal'') , align="right" , 5,432 , align="right" , 3.86 , align="right" , 2 , - , , Party of Alliance for Romania , align="right" , 4,606 , align="right" , 3.26 , align="right" , 2 , - , style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=2, Total (turnout 54.5%) , width="75" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", , width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", , width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 31 , -

Mayor and Municipal Council election 2004

Justice and Truth Alliance The Justice and Truth Alliance (originally in ro, Alianţa Dreptate şi Adevăr; or D.A. for short, meaning "yes" in Romanian) was a political alliance comprising two political parties in Romania, namely the centre-right liberal National Libera ...

(''Alianţa Dreptate si Adevăr'') * National Liberal Party (''Partidul Naţional Liberal'') *

Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to: *Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to: Active parties Africa *Botswana Democratic Party *Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea *Gabonese Democratic Party *Demo ...

(''Partidul Democrat'') , align="right" valign=top, 43823 , align="right" valign=top, 29.57 , align="right" valign=top, 9 , - , ,

(''Partidul România Mare'') , align="right" , 30864 , align="right" , 20.82 , align="right" , 6 , - , ,

(''Partidul Social Democrat'') , align="right" valign=top, 30457 , align="right" valign=top, 20.55 , align="right" valign=top, 6 , - , , Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (''Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România'') , align="right" , 28172 , align="right" , 19.01 , align="right" , 6 , - , , Humanist Party of Romania, now

Conservative Party The Conservative Party is a name used by many political parties around the world. These political parties are generally right-wing though their exact ideologies can range from center-right to far-right. Political parties called The Conservative P ...

(''Partidul Conservator'') , align="right" , 2963 , align="right" , 2.0 , align="right" , - , - , ,

, align="right" , 2015 , align="right" , 1.36 , align="right" , - , - , , Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party , align="right" , 1393 , align="right" , 0.94 , align="right" , - , - , style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=2, Total (turnout %) , width="75" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", , width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", , width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 27 , -

Mayor and Municipal Council election 2008

Bolded names represent the parties that entered the Local Council. , - !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left colspan=2, Parties and alliances !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=% !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=Seats , - , , Democratic Liberal Party (''Partidul Democrat'') , align="right" , , align="right" , , align="right" , 16 , - , , Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania
(''Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România'') , align="right" , , align="right" , , align="right" , 5 , - , , National Liberal Party (''Partidul Naţional Liberal'') , align="right" valign=top, , align="right" valign=top, , align="right" valign=top, 3 , - , ,

(''Partidul Social Democrat'') , align="right" , , align="right" , , align="right" , 3 , - , ,

(''Partidul România Mare'') , align="right" valign=top, , align="right" valign=top, , align="right" valign=top, 0 , - , ,

(''Partidul Conservator'') , align="right" , , align="right" , , align="right" , 0 , - , , Christian Social Popular Union (''Uniunea Populară Social Creştină'') , align="right" valign=top, , align="right" valign=top, , align="right" valign=top, 0 , - , , PP ('' '') , align="right" valign=top, , align="right" valign=top, , align="right" valign=top, 0 , - , ,

Green Party A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence. Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation ...

(''Partidul Verde'') , align="right" valign=top, , align="right" valign=top, , align="right" valign=top, , - , ,

National Initiative Party The National Initiative Party ( ro, Partidul Inițiativa Națională) was a small Romanian political party. It emerged after three Democratic Party (PD) MCDs were expelled form the party a few days after the Justice and Truth Alliance The Jus ...

(''Partidul Iniţiativa Naţionalã'') , align="right" valign=top, , align="right" valign=top, , align="right" valign=top, 0 , - , , (''PCM'') , align="right" valign=top, , align="right" valign=top, , align="right" valign=top, 0 , - , , (''UPSS'') , align="right" valign=top, , align="right" valign=top, , align="right" valign=top, 0 , - , , Socialist Alliance Party (''PAS'') , align="right" valign=top, , align="right" valign=top, , align="right" valign=top, 0 , - , ,

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 ...

(''PER'') , align="right" valign=top, , align="right" valign=top, , align="right" valign=top, 0 , - , , (''PRE'') , align="right" valign=top, , align="right" valign=top, , align="right" valign=top, 0 , - , , Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party
(''Partidul Naţional Ţărănesc Creştin Democrat'') , align="right" , , align="right" , , align="right" , 0 , - , , (''PNG-CD'') , align="right" valign=top, , align="right" valign=top, , align="right" valign=top, 0 , - , , Valentin Guia (independent) , align="right" valign=top, , align="right" valign=top, , align="right" valign=top, 0 , - , style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=2, Total (turnout %) , width="75" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", , width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", , width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", 27 , -

Mayoral by-election, 2009

, - ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left colspan=2, Candidates - Parties and alliances ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=% , - , , Sorin Apostu - Democratic Liberal Party (''Partidul Democrat-Liberal'') , align="right" valign=top, 49,234 , align="right" valign=top, 56 , - , , Marius Nicoară - National Liberal Party (''Partidul Naţional Liberal'') , align="right" , , align="right" , 23 , - , , Teodor Pop-Puscas -

PSD PSD may refer to: Educational bodies * Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, a Pre-K to 12th grade school for Deaf and Hard of Hearing students, located in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania * Philippine School Doha, a Filipino scho ...

+ PC

Alliance An alliance is a relationship among people, groups, or states that have joined together for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose, whether or not explicit agreement has been worked out among them. Members of an alliance are called ...

(''Alianţa PSD+PC'') , align="right" valign=top, , align="right" valign=top, , - , , Sorin Oancea - Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party (''Partidul Naţional Ţărănesc Creştin Democrat'') , align="right" , , align="right" , , - , , Gheorghe Oros - Socialist Alliance Party (''Partidul Alianţa Socialistă'') , align="right" , , align="right" , , - , , Gheorghe Aştileanu -

New Generation Party – Christian Democratic The New Generation Party – Christian Democratic (''Partidul Noua Generație - Creștin Democrat'', PNGCD; formerly ''Partidul Noua Generație'', PNG) was a nationalist political party in Romania. Created in 2000 as a centrist grouping around f ...

(''PArtidul Noua Generaţie - Creştin Democrat'') , align="right" , , align="right" , , - , , Gergely Balasz - Hungarian Civic Party (''Partidul Civic Maghiar'') , align="right" valign=top, , align="right" valign=top, , - , , Laszlo Csaba -

(''Partidul Verde'') , align="right" valign=top, , align="right" valign=top, , - , bgcolor="gray", , Grigore Pop - Independent , align="right" valign=top, , align="right" valign=top, , - , style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=2, Total: 274,300 (turnout 30.19%) , width="75" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", , width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9", , -

Mayor and Municipal Council election 2012

Bolded names represent the parties that gained seats in the Cluj-Napoca Local Council. 2012 cluj-napoca council

, - ! style = background-color:#E9E9E9 align = left colspan = 2 , Parties and alliances ! style = background-color:#E9E9E9 align = right , Votes ! style = background-color:#E9E9E9 align = right , % ! style = background-color:#E9E9E9 align = right , Seats , - , ,

Social Liberal Union The Social Liberal Union ( ro, Uniunea Social Liberală, USL) was a grand coalition of several political parties in Romania. The alliance contained two major centre-left and centre-right parties, more specifically the Social Democratic Party (PSD ...

(''Uniunea Social Liberală'') , align = right valign = top , 51,831 , align = right valign = top , 39.65 , align = right valign = top , 12 , - , , Democratic Liberal Party (''Partidul Democrat Liberal'') , align = right , 43,495 , align = right , 33.27 , align = right , 10 , - , ,

(''Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România'') , align = right , 16,911 , align = right , 12.93 , align = right , 4 , - , ,

People's Party – Dan Diaconescu The People's Party – Dan Diaconescu ( ro, Partidul Poporului – Dan Diaconescu; abbreviated PP-DD) was a populist political party in Romania created in 2011 by television presenter Dan Diaconescu. In June 2015 it merged into the National Uni ...

(''Partidul Poporului - Dan Diaconescu'') , align = right , 7,413 , align = right , 5.67 , align = right , 1 , - , ,

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'') , align = right , 2,183 , align = right , 1.67 , align = right , 0 , - , , Hungarian People's Party in Transylvania (''Partidul Popular Maghiar din Transilvania'') , align = right valign = top , 2,158 , align = right valign = top , 1.65 , align = right valign = top , 0 , - , ,

(''Partidul România Mare'') , align = right valign = top , 2,136 , align = right valign = top , 1.63 , align = right valign = top , 0 , - , ,

(''Partidul Ecologist Român'') , align = right valign = top , 1,454 , align = right valign = top , 1.11 , align = right valign = top , 0 , - , , National Union for the Advancement of Romania (''Uniunea Națională pentru Progresul României'') , align = right valign = top , 799 , align = right valign = top , 0.61 , align = right valign = top , 0 , - , , Romanian Socialist Party (''Partidul Socialist Român'') , align = right valign = top , 456 , align = right valign = top , 0.34 , align = right valign = top , 0 , - , ,

(''Partidul Verde'') , align = right valign = top , 446 , align = right valign = top , 0.34 , align = right valign = top , 0 , - , , People's Party (Cojocaru Law) (''Partidul Poporului (Legea Cojocaru)'') , align = right valign = top , 424 , align = right valign = top , 0.32 , align = right valign = top , 0 , - , , Romanian Ecologist Union Party (''Partidul Uniunea Ecologistă din România'') , align = right valign = top , 367 , align = right valign = top , 0.28 , align = right valign = top , 0 , - , , Gipsy Democratic Civic Alliance (''Alianța Civică Democratică a Rromilor'') , align = right valign = top , 304 , align = right valign = top , 0.23 , align = right valign = top , 0 , - , ,

Party of the Roma The Party of the Roma ( ro, Partida Romilor „Pro Europa”, PRPE; rmy, Partida le Romenge), known until 2008 as Social Democratic Party of the Roma ( ro, Partida Romilor Social-Democrată, PRS-D), is a political party in Romania representing ...

(''Asociația Partida Romilor "Pro-Europa"'') , align = right valign = top , 208 , align = right valign = top , 0.15 , align = right valign = top , 0 , - , , Socialist Alliance Party (''Partidul Alianța Socialistă'') , align = right valign = top , 117 , align = right valign = top , 0.08 , align = right valign = top , 0 , - , style = background-color:#E9E9E9 colspan = 2 , Total (turnout %
Biroul Electoral Central - Alegerile locale 2012
, width = 75 align = right style = background-color:#E9E9E9 , 307,532 , width = 30 align = right style = background-color:#E9E9E9 , 100 , width = 30 align = right style = background-color:#E9E9E9 , 27 , - , - ! style = background-color:#E9E9E9 align = left colspan = 2 , Parties and alliances ! style = background-color:#E9E9E9 align = left , Candidate ! style = background-color:#E9E9E9 align = right , Votes ! style = background-color:#E9E9E9 align = right , % , - , , Democratic Liberal Party (''Partidul Democrat Liberal'') ,

, align = right , 53,674 , align = right , 40.60 , - , ,

(''Uniunea Social Liberală'') , Marius Nicoară , align = right valign = top , 52,251 , align = right valign = top , 39.53 , - , ,

(''Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România'') ,

Péter Eckstein-Kovács Péter Eckstein-Kovács (born July 5, 1956) is a Romanian lawyer and politician. A former member of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR), he was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Cluj County from 1990 to 1992 an ...

, align = right , 12,225 , align = right , 9.24 , - , ,

People's Party - Dan Diaconescu People's, branded as ''People's Viennaline'' until May 2018, and legally ''Altenrhein Luftfahrt Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung, GmbH'', is an Austrian airline headquartered in Vienna. It operates scheduled and charter passenger flights ma ...

(''Partidul Poporului - Dan Diaconescu'') , Iuliu Țăgorean , align = right , 4,689 , align = right , 3.54 , - , , ''Independent'' , Mircia Giurgiu , align = right , 3,368 , align = right , 2.54 , - , , Hungarian People's Party in Transylvania (''Partidul Popular Maghiar din Transilvania'') , Balazs Gergely , align = right valign = top , 1,523 , align = right valign = top , 1.15 , - , , ''Independent'' , Mădălina Paul , align = right , 1,245 , align = right , 0.94 , - , ,

(''Partidul România Mare'') , Ioan Avram , align = right valign = top , 1.221 , align = right valign = top , 0.92 , - , ,

(''Partidul Naţional Ţărănesc Creştin Democrat'') , Emil Culda , align = right , 1,064 , align = right , 0.80 , - , , People's Party (Cojocaru Law) (''Partidul Poporului (Legea Cojocaru)'') , Dalia Fodor , align = right valign = top , 395 , align = right valign = top , 0.29 , - , ,

(''Partidul Ecologist Român'') , Elmer Antal , align = right valign = top , 385 , align = right valign = top , 0.29 , - , {{party color cell, National Union for the Progress of Romania , Romanian Socialist Party (''Partidul Socialist Român'') , Liliana Iancu , align = right valign = top , 135 , align = right valign = top , 0.10 , - , style = background-color:#E9E9E9 colspan = 3 , Total (turnout %
Biroul Electoral Central - Alegerile locale 2012 (p. 164)
, width = 75 align = right style = background-color:#E9E9E9 , 307,532 , width = 30 align = right style = background-color:#E9E9E9 , 100 , - Cluj-Napoca Local government in Romania