2020 Romanian local elections

Local elections in Romania are scheduled to be held on 27 September, 2020.[1]

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Initially planned for June 2020, the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic led to the Government of Romania postponing 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 move 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 Parliament, rather than by 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]

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

  • 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)

Polls
Date Poll source Sample size PSD PNL USR PLUS UDMR ALDE PMP PRO Other Lead
13 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 4.5 2.1 6 5.8 5.7 8.2

Results
 Summary of the 2020 Romanian local elections results
Party Mayor of Bucharest (PGMB) Mayors (P) Local Councils
seats (CL)		 County Councils
seats (CJ)
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
National Liberal Party
(Partidul Național Liberal - PNL)
Social Democratic Party
(Partidul Social Democrat - PSD)
USR-PLUS
(Alianța 2020 USR-PLUS - USR-PLUS)
People's Movement Party
(Partidul Mișcarea Populară - PMP)
PRO Romania
(PRO România - PRO RO)
Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania
(Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România - UDMR)
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats
(Alianța Liberalilor și Democraților - ALDE)
Other political parties and contenders
Total:
Notes
Sources: Romanian Permanent Electoral Authority

References
  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". Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  2. "Parlamentul a stabilit data alegerilor locale. A fost adoptat proiectul UDMR pentru organizarea alegerilor pe 27 septembrie" (in Romanian). Digi 24. 2020-07-08. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  3. "LEGEA PENTRU ALEGEREA AUTORITĂŢILOR ADMINISTRAŢIEI PUBLICE LOCALE". Archived from the original on 2013-03-13. Retrieved 2013-03-04.
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