Local elections were held in Romania on 5 June 2016.[1]
Using a first past the post system, the following were contested:[2]
- All the commune, town, and city councils (Local Councils, Romanian: Consilii Locale), and the Sectors Local Councils of Bucharest (Romanian: Consilii Locale de Sector);
- The 41 County Councils (Romanian: Consilii Județene), and the Bucharest Municipal General Council (Romanian: Consiliul General Al Municipiului București). The 41 Presidents of the County Councils (Romanian: Președinții Consiliilor Județene) will be indirectly elected by the County Councilors;
- All the mayors (Romanian: Primarii);
- Of the communes, cities, and municipalities;
- Of the Sectors of Bucharest (Romanian: Primarii de Sector);
- The General Mayor of The Municipality of Bucharest (Romanian: Primarul General al Municipiului București).
Results
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! 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)
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|- 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
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| style="text-align:left;" | Social Democratic Party[a]
(Romanian: 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[b]
(Romanian: 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
|-
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| style="text-align:left;" | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats[a]
(Romanian: 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
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| style="text-align:left;" | Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania
(Hungarian: Romániai Magyar Demokrata Szövetség; Romanian: 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
(Romanian: 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
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| style="text-align:left;" | National Union for the Progress of Romania[a]
(Romanian: 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
|-
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| style="text-align:left;" | Save Bucharest Union
(Romanian: 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
(Romanian: 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
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|
| style="text-align:left;" | Ecologist Party of Romania
(Romanian: 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
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| style="text-align:left;" | United Romania Party
(Romanian: 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;" | -
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| 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
|-
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| style="text-align:left;" | Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania
(German: Demokratisches Forum der Deutschen in Rumänien; Romanian: 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
|-
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| style="text-align:left;" | Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania
(Hungarian: Erdélyi Magyar Néppárt; Romanian: 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)
(Romanian: 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
|-
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| style="text-align:left;" | Hungarian Civic Party
(Hungarian: Magyar Polgári Párt; Romanian: 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
(Romanian: 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
|-
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| 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
|}
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, where it ran in a coalition with the Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (PNȚCD).
References
- ^ Andrei, Cristina (10 February 2016). "Guvernul a stabilit data alegerilor locale. Când începe campania electorală". Gândul
- ^ "LEGEA PENTRU ALEGEREA AUTORITĂŢILOR ADMINISTRAŢIEI PUBLICE LOCALE". Archived from the original on 2013-03-13. Retrieved 2013-03-04.