2020 Romanian local elections

Local Romanian elections held on 27 September 2020

2020 Romanian local elections

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Local elections were held in Romania on 27 September 2020.[1] Initially planned for June 2020, the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic led the Government of Romania to postpone the elections to a date no later than 31 December 2020, and extending all the terms of the local offices due to expire on 5 June 2020.

The aforementioned decision was deemed unconstitutional, and, in the end, a law was passed that extended the terms of the local officials up to 30 November 2020, and allowed the elections to be called by the Parliament, rather than by the Government, no later than that day. On 8 July 2020, the Parliament of Romania adopted a law setting the date of the elections on 27 September 2020.[2]

## Rules

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Using a first past the post system, the following offices will be contested:[3]

* All 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)
* All mayors (Romanian: Primării)
* Of the communes, cities, and municipalities
* Of the Sectors of Bucharest (Romanian: Primării de Sector)
* The General Mayor of The Municipality of Bucharest (Romanian: Primarul General al Municipiului București)

## Polls

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Date  | Poll source  | Sample size  | PSD | PNL | USR | PLUS | UDMR | ALDE | PMP | PRO | Other | Lead

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28 Aug–4 Sep 2020  | CURS | 1,067  | 26%  | 33% | 16%  | 4%  | 4%  | 5%  | 7%  | 5%  | 7%
1–7 May 2020  | BCS | 1,545  | 25.3%  | 32.7% | 19.8%  | 5.9%  | 1.7%  | 5.3%  | 5.2%  | 4%  | 7.4%
11–15 April 2020  | BCS | 1,008  | 25.8%  | 34% | 16.5%  | 4.2%  | 2.1%  | 6%  | 5.8%  | 5.7%  | 8.2%

### Exit polls

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#### Bucharest

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2020 Local Election in Bucharest

Date[A] | Poll source  | Gabriela Firea (PSD)  | Nicușor Dan (PNL-USR-PLUS)[B] | Traian Băsescu (PMP)  | Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu (ALDE)  | Others | Lead

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27 Sep, 19:30  | CURS-Avangarde | 39%  | 47.2% | 8.6%  | 1.6%  | 3.6%  | 8.2%
27 Sep, 21:00  | CURS-Avangarde | 38.2%  | 47.8% | 9.4%  | 1.6%  | 3%  | 9.6%
27 Sep  | Sociopol | 44%  | 45% | 7%  | —  | 4%  | 1%

Notes

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All times expressed in the EEST time zone.

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Nicușor Dan, an independent candidate, was supported by a political alliance formed in Bucharest by the PNL and the 2020 USR-PLUS Alliance.

#### Constanța

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Date  | Poll source  | Decebal Făgădău (PSD)  | Vergil Chițac (PNL)  | Stelian Ion (USR-PLUS)  | Mircea Titus Dobre (PRO Romania)  | Claudiu Palaz (PMP)  | Horia Constantinescu (PPU-SL)  | Corina Martin (PER)  | Victor Cruceanu (ALDE)  | Anton Traian Antoniadis (The Hellenic Union[a])  | Others

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27 Sep, 19:30  | CURS-Avangarde | 23.5%  | 29% | 29%  | 1.7%  | 2.9%  | 3.5%  | 3.5%  | 1.3%  | 1.1%  | 4.5%
27 Sep, 21:00  | CURS-Avangarde | 22.8%  | 28.5% | 28.5%  | 1.7%  | 3.1%  | 3.6%  | 3.6%  | 1.3%  | 1.3%  | 5.6%

## Results

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Summary of the 2020 Romanian local elections results  Party  | Mayor of Bucharest (PGMB)  | Mayors (P)  | Local Councils
seats (CL)  | County Councils
seats (CJ)

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Votes  | %  | Seats  | Votes  | %  | Seats  | Votes  | %  | Seats  | Votes  | %  | Seats
| National Liberal Party
(Romanian: Partidul Național Liberal \- PNL)  | 282,631

(USR PLUS)

| 42.81%

(USR PLUS)

| 1  | 2,578,820  | 34.58%  | 1,232  | 2,420,413  | 32.88%  | 14,182  | 2,212,904  | 30.76%  | 474
| Social Democratic Party
(Romanian: Partidul Social Democrat \- PSD)  | 250,690  | 37.97%  | 0  | 2,262,791  | 30.34%  | 1,362  | 2,090,777  | 28.40%  | 13,820  | 1,605,721  | 22.32%  | 362
| USR PLUS
(Romanian: Alianța 2020 USR PLUS \- USR PLUS)  | 282,631

(PNL)

| 42.81%

(PNL)

| 1  | 490,362  | 6.58%  | 28  | 504,563  | 6.85%  | 1,207  | 478,659  | 6.65%  | 65
| People's Movement Party
(Romanian: Partidul Mișcarea Populară \- PMP)  | 72,556  | 10.99%  | 0  | 353,005  | 4.73%  | 50  | 420,791  | 5.72%  | 2,137  | 423,147  | 5.88%  | 67
| PRO Romania
(Romanian: PRO România \- PRO RO)  | 5,315  | 0.80%  | 0  | 331,878  | 4.45%  | 36  | 381,535  | 5.18%  | 1,885  | 356,030  | 4.95%  | 56
| Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania
(Romanian: Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România \- UDMR/RMDSZ)  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 299,334  | 4.01%  | 199  | 362,442  | 4.92%  | 2,360  | 379,924  | 5.28%  | 92
| Alliance of Liberals and Democrats
(Romanian: Alianța Liberalilor și Democraților \- ALDE)  | 9,892  | 1.49%  | 0  | 124,649  | 1.67%  | 15  | 189,665  | 2.58%  | 861  | 209,411  | 2.91%  | 15
| Other political parties, independent contenders, and local alliances | 39,034  | 5.91%  | 0  | 1,140,903  | 15.30%  | 282  | 1,086,907  | 14.76%  | 3,448  | 1,528,189  | 21.24%  | 209
Total: | 660,118  | 100  | 1  | 7,457,093  | 100  | 3,176  | 7,361,818  | 100  | 39,900  | 7,193,985  | 100  | 1,340
Notes
Sources: Romanian Permanent Electoral Authority

## Deaths

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The former PMP mayor of Sadova, Eugen Safta, who had just gotten re-elected, suffered a heart attack and died. His death was declared on 28 September 2020, at 2 AM EEST.[4]

Ion Aliman, the PSD mayor of Deveselu, was re-elected for a third term,[5] despite having had died of COVID-19 10 days earlier.[6] He received 1,020 votes, out of a total of 1,600. Until a term of partial elections will be held, the vice mayor will have acting mayor attributions.[5]

## Electoral maps

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* Map depicting the county council presidents and mayors of the county seat cities/towns (Romanian: Oraș reședință de județ) according to the colour of the winning party

* Map depicting the localities according to the colour of the elected mayor

* Map depicting the overall winning party by electoral unit

## Notes

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1. ^ (Romanian: Uniunea Elenă)

## References

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1. ^ LEGE nr. 135 din 16 iulie 2020 privind stabilirea datei alegerilor pentru autoritățile administrației publice locale din anul 2020, precum și a unor măsuri pentru buna organizare și desfășurare a acestora (Law 135, 1) (in Romanian). Parliament of Romania. 16 July 2020.
2. ^ Kiss, Robert, ed. (8 July 2020). "Parlamentul a stabilit data alegerilor locale. A fost adoptat proiectul UDMR pentru organizarea alegerilor pe 27 septembrie". Digi24 (in Romanian). Retrieved 4 August 2020.
3. ^ "LEGEA PENTRU ALEGEREA AUTORITĂȚILOR ADMINISTRAȚIEI PUBLICE LOCALE". Archived from the original on 13 March 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
4. ^ "După ce a câștigat alegerile, primarul Sadovei, Eugen Safta, a făcut infarct și a murit". Lupa (in Romanian). 28 September 2020. ISSN 1844-1971. Archived from the original on 28 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
5. ^ a b Berbecaru, Diana (27 September 2020). "Ion Aliman a câștigat alegerile la Deveselu. Fostul primar a decedat din cauza COVID-19". Gazeta Nouă (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 28 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
6. ^ Paraschiv, Luiza (17 September 2020). "Primarul din Deveselu a murit de COVID-19. Ion Aliman era internat la Spitalul Colentina din Capitală". Mediafax (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.

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