2012 Romanian local elections
Local elections have been held in Romania on 10 June 2012. The Government initially tried to postpone the election to be the same day with 2012 Romanian legislative election.[1] But a ruling of the Constitutional court made that option impossible. As of June 2011, a law was passed by the parliament, 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 system.
Will be elected:
- all the villages, communes, cities, and municipal 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)
- 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
Template:Romanian local election, 2012
Party | General Mayor of Bucharest (PGMB) |
General Council of Bucharest seats (CGMB) | |||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||||||||||||||
Template:Romanian politics/party colours/USL| | Social Liberal Union[a] (Uniunea Social Liberală) Sorin Oprescu |
430,512 | 54.79 | 1 | 436,513 | 55.65 | 37 | ||||||||||||
Template:Romanian politics/party colours/PD-L| | Democratic Liberal Party (Partidul Democrat Liberal) Silviu Prigoană |
134,552 | 17.12 | 0 | 129,644 | 16.52 | 11 | ||||||||||||
Template:Romanian politics/party colours/PP-DD| | People's Party – Dan Diaconescu (Partidul Poporului – Dan Diaconescu) Horia Mocanu |
74,290 | 9.45 | 0 | 83,764 | 10.67 | 7 | ||||||||||||
Template:Romanian politics/party colours/Independents| | Nicuşor Daniel Dan (Independent) |
66,649 | 8.48 | 0 | 36,948 | 4.71 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Template:Romanian politics/party colours/UNPR| | National Union for the Progress of Romania (Uniunea Națională pentru Progresul României) Anghel Iordănescu |
16,095 | 2.04 | 0 | 22,936 | 2.92 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Template:Romanian politics/party colours/PRM| | Greater Romania Party (Partidul România Mare) Petre Popeangă |
8,913 | 1.13 | 0 | 14,984 | 1.91 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Template:Romanian politics/party colours/PNG| | New Generation Party (Partidul Noua Generație - Creștin Democrat) George Becali |
25,076 | 3.19 | 0 | 12,279 | 1.56 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Template:Romanian politics/party colours/Independents| | other competitors | 29,652 | 3,77 | 0 | 47,299 | 6.03 | |||||||||||||
Total: | 785,739 | 100 | 1 | 784,367 | 100 | 55 | |||||||||||||
Invalid votes | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
Source: Central Electoral Bureau final results and attributed mandates |
Notes
- ^ Sorin Oprescu ran as an independent for the seat of General Mayor of Bucharest, but was supported by the USL.
-
Political map depicting counties according to the county president's party affiliation
-
Political map based on the mayor's party affiliation (denoting only major Romanian cities and towns)