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:#C9C9C9"
! 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)
, -
, - 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
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
, -
,
, 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 ( 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 ( 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
The Save Bucharest Union (''Romanian: Uniunea Salvaţi Bucureștiul'') was a local Romanian political party that later became the Bucharest branch of the Save Romania Union (''Romanian: Uniunea Salvați România'', USR) operating in Bucharest, Ro ...
( 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
The Romanian Social Party ( ro, Partidul Social Românesc, PSRO) was a centre-left politics, centre-left List of political parties in Romania, political party in Romania. It was founded in March 2015 by a number of former Social Democratic 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
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 Șe ...
( 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 (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 ( 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
Tătărăștii de Jos is a commune in Teleorman County, Muntenia, Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It ...
, 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 o ...
(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 election, 2016
2016 elections in Romania
June 2016 events in Romania