Local elections were held in Romania on 10 June 2012. The Government initially tried to postpone the election to be on the same day with the
2012 Romanian legislative election
Legislative elections were held in Romania on 9 December 2012. The Social Liberal Union (USL) of Prime Minister Victor Ponta won an absolute majority in both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. Despite the severe weather in parts of the coun ...
,
Romania government survives no-confidence vote
/ref> but a ruling of the Constitutional court
A constitutional court is a high court that deals primarily with constitutional law. Its main authority is to rule on whether laws that are challenged are in fact unconstitutional, i.e. whether they conflict with constitutionally established ...
made that option impossible. As of June 2011, a law was passed by the parliament
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, and promulgated by the president, in which the mayors and the presidents of the County Councils will be elected with in 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.
Will be elected:
* all the villages, communes, cities, and municipal 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)
* 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
, -
, - 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 , County Councils
Presidents (PCJ)
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan=3 , County Council
seats (CJ)
! 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:#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 Liberal Union (PSD, PNL, and PC)
(''Uniunea Social Liberală'' - USL)
, style="text-align:right;" , 4,260,709
, style="text-align:right;" , 49.71
, style="text-align:right;" , 36
, style="text-align:right;" , 4,203,007
, style="text-align:right;" , 49.68
, style="text-align:right;" , 723
, style="text-align:right;" , 2,782,792
, style="text-align:right;" , 33.99
, style="text-align:right;" , 1,292
, style="text-align:right;" , 2,630,123
, style="text-align:right;" , 32.74
, style="text-align:right;" , 12,668
, -
,
, 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 ...
(''Partidul Social Democrat'' - PSD)
, style="text-align:right;" , —
, style="text-align:right;" , —
, style="text-align:right;" , ''22''
, style="text-align:right;" , 8,666
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.10
, style="text-align:right;" , 3
, style="text-align:right;" , 731,597
, style="text-align:right;" , 8.93
, style="text-align:right;" , 373
, style="text-align:right;" , 682,378
, style="text-align:right;" , 8.49
, style="text-align:right;" , 4,046
, -
,
, style="text-align:left;" , Centre Right Alliance (PNL and PC)
(''Alianța de Centru-Dreapta'' - ACD)
, style="text-align:right;" , —
, style="text-align:right;" , —
, style="text-align:right;" , ''14''
, style="text-align:right;" , —
, style="text-align:right;" , —
, style="text-align:right;" , —
, style="text-align:right;" , 52,938
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.64
, style="text-align:right;" , 27
, style="text-align:right;" , 43,532
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.54
, style="text-align:right;" , 244
, -
,
, style="text-align:left;" , National Liberal Party
(''Partidul Național Liberal'' - PNL)
, style="text-align:right;" , 9,249
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.10
, style="text-align:right;" , ''13''
, style="text-align:right;" , 4,755
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.05
, style="text-align:right;" , 2
, style="text-align:right;" , 586,050
, style="text-align:right;" , 7.15
, style="text-align:right;" , 263
, style="text-align:right;" , 532,488
, style="text-align:right;" , 6.63
, style="text-align:right;" , 3,101
, -
,
, style="text-align:left;" , Conservative Party
(''Partidul Conservator'')
, style="text-align:right;" , —
, style="text-align:right;" , —
, style="text-align:right;" , ''1''
, style="text-align:right;" , 611
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.00
, style="text-align:right;" , 0
, style="text-align:right;" , 62,591
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.76
, style="text-align:right;" , 14
, style="text-align:right;" , 69,687
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.86
, style="text-align:right;" , 381
, -
,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
(''Partidul Democrat-Liberal'' - PDL)
, style="text-align:right;" , 1,268,611
, style="text-align:right;" , 14.80
, style="text-align:right;" , 2
, style="text-align:right;" , 1,289,680
, style="text-align:right;" , 15.24
, style="text-align:right;" , 212
, style="text-align:right;" , 1,241,802
, style="text-align:right;" , 15.17
, style="text-align:right;" , 488
, style="text-align:right;" , 1,116,312
, style="text-align:right;" , 13.89
, style="text-align:right;" , 6,155
, -
,
, style="text-align:left;" , People's Party – Dan Diaconescu
(''Partidul Poporului – Dan Diaconescu'' - PP-DD)
, style="text-align:right;" , 787,143
, style="text-align:right;" , 9.18
, style="text-align:right;" , 0
, style="text-align:right;" , 757,194
, style="text-align:right;" , 8.95
, style="text-align:right;" , 134
, style="text-align:right;" , 577,195
, style="text-align:right;" , 7.05
, style="text-align:right;" , 31
, style="text-align:right;" , 668,234
, style="text-align:right;" , 8.32
, style="text-align:right;" , 3,021
, -
,
, 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'' - UDMR)
, style="text-align:right;" , 467,420
, style="text-align:right;" , 5.45
, style="text-align:right;" , 2
, style="text-align:right;" , 473,783
, style="text-align:right;" , 5.60
, style="text-align:right;" , 88
, style="text-align:right;" , 400,627
, style="text-align:right;" , 4.89
, style="text-align:right;" , 202
, style="text-align:right;" , 435,205
, style="text-align:right;" , 5.41
, style="text-align:right;" , 2,248
, -
,
, style="text-align:left;" , National Union for the Progress of Romania
(''Uniunea Națională pentru Progresul României'' - UNPR)
, style="text-align:right;" , 168,900
, style="text-align:right;" , 1.97
, style="text-align:right;" , 1
, style="text-align:right;" , 204,083
, style="text-align:right;" , 2.41
, style="text-align:right;" , 13
, style="text-align:right;" , 205,274
, style="text-align:right;" , 2.50
, style="text-align:right;" , 24
, style="text-align:right;" , 218,465
, style="text-align:right;" , 2.72
, style="text-align:right;" , 972
, -
,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
(''Partidul România Mare'' - PRM)
, style="text-align:right;" , 150,907
, style="text-align:right;" , 1.76
, style="text-align:right;" , 0
, style="text-align:right;" , 170,667
, style="text-align:right;" , 2.01
, style="text-align:right;" , 0
, style="text-align:right;" , 107,431
, style="text-align:right;" , 1.31
, style="text-align:right;" , 6
, style="text-align:right;" , 172,114
, style="text-align:right;" , 2.14
, style="text-align:right;" , 596
, -
,
, 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 ...
(''Partidul Ecologist Român'' - PER)
, style="text-align:right;" , 63,650
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.74
, style="text-align:right;" , 0
, style="text-align:right;" , 82,581
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.97
, style="text-align:right;" , 2
, style="text-align:right;" , 34,227
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.41
, style="text-align:right;" , 3
, style="text-align:right;" , 59,883
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.74
, style="text-align:right;" , 177
, -
,
, style="text-align:left;" , 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 foundati ...
(''Partidul Verde'' - PV)
, style="text-align:right;" , 80,697
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.94
, style="text-align:right;" , 0
, style="text-align:right;" , 63,508
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.75
, style="text-align:right;" , 0
, style="text-align:right;" , 24,131
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.29
, style="text-align:right;" , 2
, style="text-align:right;" , 39,199
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.48
, style="text-align:right;" , 113
, -
,
, 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 ...
(''Forumul Democrat al Germanilor din România''
Demokratischen Forums der Deutschen in Rumänien - FDGR/DFDR)
, style="text-align:right;" , 69,445
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.81
, style="text-align:right;" , 0
, style="text-align:right;" , 62,085
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.73
, style="text-align:right;" , 11
, style="text-align:right;" , 15,540
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.18
, style="text-align:right;" , 8
, style="text-align:right;" , 18,847
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.23
, style="text-align:right;" , 57
, -
,
, 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 ...
(''Partidul Național Țărănesc Creștin Democrat'' - PNȚCD)
, style="text-align:right;" , 31,077
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.36
, style="text-align:right;" , 0
, style="text-align:right;" , 44,733
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.52
, style="text-align:right;" , 0
, style="text-align:right;" , 19,910
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.24
, style="text-align:right;" , 3
, style="text-align:right;" , 38,549
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.47
, style="text-align:right;" , 142
, -
,
, style="text-align:left;" ,
(''Partidul Noua Generație - Creștin Democrat'' - PNG)
, style="text-align:right;" , 8,377
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.09
, style="text-align:right;" , 0
, style="text-align:right;" , 17,702
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.20
, style="text-align:right;" , 0
, style="text-align:right;" , 12,033
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.14
, style="text-align:right;" , 1
, style="text-align:right;" , 26,381
, style="text-align:right;" , 0.32
, style="text-align:right;" , 108
, -
,
, style="text-align:left;" , Other competitors
, style="text-align:right;" , 1,204,432
, style="text-align:right;" , 14.09
, style="text-align:right;" , 0
, style="text-align:right;" , 1,077,031
, style="text-align:right;" , 12.79
, style="text-align:right;" , 15
, style="text-align:right;" , 1,331,402
, style="text-align:right;" , 16.26
, style="text-align:right;" , 384
, style="text-align:right;" , 1,280,049
, style="text-align:right;" , 16.02
, style="text-align:right;" , 5,092
, -
, style="text-align:left;" colspan = 2 , Total:
! style="text-align:right;" , 8,570,617
! style="text-align:right;" , 100
! style="text-align:right;" , 41
! style="text-align:right;" , 8,460,086
! style="text-align:right;" , 100
! style="text-align:right;" , 1,338
! style="text-align:right;" , 8,185,540
! style="text-align:right;" , 100
! style="text-align:right;" , 3,121
! style="text-align:right;" , 8,031,446
! style="text-align:right;" , 100
! style="text-align:right;" , 39,121
, -
, colspan = 2 style="text-align:left;" , Invalid votes
, style="text-align:right;" ,
, style="text-align:right;" ,
, style="text-align:right;" , —
, style="text-align:right;" ,
, style="text-align:right;" ,
, style="text-align:right;" , —
, style="text-align:right;" ,
, style="text-align:right;" ,
, style="text-align:right;" , —
, style="text-align:right;" ,
, style="text-align:right;" ,
, style="text-align:right;" , —
, -
, style="text-align:left;" colspan=20 , ''Notes''
- PSD, PNL and PC ran as USL at
county
A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposes Chambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...
level and in the Capital
Capital may refer to:
Common uses
* Capital city, a municipality of primary status
** List of national capital cities
* Capital letter, an upper-case letter Economics and social sciences
* Capital (economics), the durable produced goods used fo ...
, except in Covasna County
Covasna County (, hu, Kovászna megye, ) is a county (județ) of Romania, in eastern Transylvania, with the county seat at Sfântu Gheorghe.
Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 210,177, making it the second least populous of Romania's ...
, as well as in several other cities
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
and communes
An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, ...
. In some cities and communes the three parties ran in other alliances.
- PDL ran by itself and in various alliances with different parties through the country. The main color used was light green, despite the official colors still being orange and blue, as used in
Cluj
; hu, kincses város)
, official_name=Cluj-Napoca
, native_name=
, image_skyline=
, subdivision_type1 = County
, subdivision_name1 = Cluj County
, subdivision_type2 = Status
, subdivision_name2 = County seat
, settlement_type = City
, le ...
.
- Alliance between PNL and PC in some of the cities and communes.
- Including PDL in various alliances.
, -
, style="text-align:left;" colspan=20 , Source
Central Electoral Bureau ''provisional results''
, -
, - style="background-color:#C9C9C9"
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align= center colspan=2 rowspan=2 , Party
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align= center colspan=3 , General Mayor of
Bucharest (PGMB)
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align= center colspan=3 , General Council of
Bucharest seats
(CGMB)
, -
, - style="background-color:#C9C9C9"
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align= center , Votes
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align= center , %
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align= center , Seats
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align= center , Votes
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align= center , %
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align= center , Seats
, -
,
, align = left , Social Liberal Union
(''Uniunea Social Liberală'')
Sorin Oprescu
Sorin Mircea Oprescu (; born 7 November 1951) is a Romanian independent politician and medical doctor who previously served as Mayor of Bucharest between 2008 and 2015.
Political activity
Oprescu first ran for Mayor of Bucharest in 1998 backed ...
, align = right , 430,512
, align = right , 54.79
, align = right , 1
, align = right , 436,513
, align = right , 55.65
, align = right , 37
, -
,
, align = left ,
(''Partidul Democrat Liberal'')
Silviu Prigoană
, align = right , 134,552
, align = right , 17.12
, align = right , 0
, align = right , 129,644
, align = right , 16.52
, align = right , 11
, -
,
, align = left , People's Party – Dan Diaconescu
(''Partidul Poporului – Dan Diaconescu'')
Horia Mocanu
, align = right , 74,290
, align = right , 9.45
, align = right , 0
, align = right , 83,764
, align = right , 10.67
, align = right , 7
, -
,
, align = left , Nicuşor Daniel Dan
(''Independent'')
, align = right , 66,649
, align = right , 8.48
, align = right , 0
, align = right , 36,948
, align = right , 4.71
, align = right , 0
, -
,
, align = left , National Union for the Progress of Romania
(''Uniunea Națională pentru Progresul României'')
Anghel Iordănescu
Anghel Iordănescu (; born 4 May 1950), also known as "Tata Puiu", is a Romanian former footballer and former manager of the Romania national team, who played as a forward. In 2007, Iordănescu retired from football, and the following Februa ...
, align = right , 16,095
, align = right , 2.04
, align = right , 0
, align = right , 22,936
, align = right , 2.92
, align = right , 0
, -
,
, align = left ,
(''Partidul România Mare'')
Petre Popeangă
, align = right , 8,913
, align = right , 1.13
, align = right , 0
, align = right , 14,984
, align = right , 1.91
, align = right , 0
, -
,
, align = left ,
(''Partidul Noua Generație - Creștin Democrat'')
George Becali
, align = right , 25,076
, align = right , 3.19
, align = right , 0
, align = right , 12,279
, align = right , 1.56
, align = right , 0
, -
,
, align = left , Other competitors
, align = right , 29,652
, align = right , 3,77
, align = right , 0
, align = right , 47,299
, align = right , 6.03
, align = right ,
, -
, align=left colspan = 2 , Total:
! align= right , 785,739
! align= right , 100
! align= right , 1
! align= right , 784,367
! align= right , 100
! align= right , 55
, -
, colspan = 2 align = left , Invalid votes
, align = right ,
, align = right ,
, align = right , —
, align = right ,
, align = right ,
, align = right , —
, -
, align=left colspan=20 , Source
Central Electoral Bureau final results
an
attributed mandates
''Notes''
-
Sorin Oprescu
Sorin Mircea Oprescu (; born 7 November 1951) is a Romanian independent politician and medical doctor who previously served as Mayor of Bucharest between 2008 and 2015.
Political activity
Oprescu first ran for Mayor of Bucharest in 1998 backed ...
ran as an independent for the seat of General Mayor of Bucharest, but was supported by the USL.
Electoral maps
File:Locale 2012.png, Political map depicting counties according to the county president's party affiliation
File:Harta alegeri locale 2012.png, Political map based on the mayor's party affiliation (denoting only major Romanian cities and towns)
References
{{Romanian elections
2012 in Romania
Local election, 2012
2012 elections in Romania
June 2012 events in Europe