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2012 Romanian local elections

Romanian elections in 2012


Romanian elections in 2012

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, 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, ), and the Sectors Local Councils of Bucharest ()
  • the 41 County Councils (), and the Bucharest Municipal General Council ().
  • the 41 Presidents of the County Councils ()
  • all the mayors ()
    • of the communes, cities, and municipalities
    • of the Sectors of Bucharest ()
    • The General Mayor of The Municipality of Bucharest ()

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 |- | (Uniunea Social Liberală - USL) |- | (Partidul Social Democrat - PSD) |- | (Alianța de Centru-Dreapta - ACD) |- | (Partidul Național Liberal - PNL) |- | (Partidul Conservator) |- | (Partidul Democrat-Liberal - PDL) |- | (Partidul Poporului – Dan Diaconescu - PP-DD) |- | (Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România - UDMR) |- | (Uniunea Națională pentru Progresul României - UNPR) |- | (Partidul România Mare - PRM) |- | (Partidul Ecologist Român - PER) |- | (Partidul Verde - PV) |- | (Forumul Democrat al Germanilor din România Demokratischen Forums der Deutschen in Rumänien - FDGR/DFDR) |- | (Partidul Național Țărănesc Creștin Democrat - PNȚCD) |- | (Partidul Noua Generație - Creștin Democrat - PNG) |- | |- ! 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

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PSD, PNL and PC ran as USL at county level and in the Capital, except in Covasna County, as well as in several other cities and communes. 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.
Alliance between PNL and PC in some of the cities and communes.
Including PDL in various alliances.
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Bucharest seats
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| (Uniunea Social Liberală) Sorin Oprescu |- | (Partidul Democrat Liberal) Silviu Prigoană |- | (Partidul Poporului – Dan Diaconescu) Horia Mocanu |- | (Independent) |- | (Partidul Noua Generație - Creștin Democrat) George Becali |- | (Uniunea Națională pentru Progresul României) Anghel Iordănescu |- | (Partidul România Mare) Petre Popeangă |- | |- ! align= right | 785,739 ! align= right | 100 ! align= right | 1 ! align= right | 784,367 ! align= right | 100 ! align= right | 55

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Notes Sorin Oprescu 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

References

  1. "Romania government survives no-confidence vote".
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