2024 Romanian local elections
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All 41 County Council Presidents 1,340 County Council Councillors All 3,176 Mayors 39,900 Local Council Councillors | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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New local elections will be held in Romania in 2024. The previous Romanian local elections in 2020 were won by the National Liberal Party (PNL), even though the Social Democratic Party (PSD) came in with significantly more County Council (CJ) presidents and mayors than the national liberals.
Therefore, the de facto winner of the previous Romanian local elections was the Social Democratic Party (PSD), in spite of the de jure one which was the National Liberal Party (PNL) by means of popular vote and thereby overall political score.
Furthermore, the 2020 USR-PLUS Alliance (now simply legally known as USR) came in third with respect to popular vote yet failed to obtain an important nationwide representation (for mayors, local and municipal councillors, and county councillors alike).
Opinion polls[]
National results in 2020[]
Date | Results | Electorate | PNL | PSD | USR | AUR | UDMR | PMP | Others | Lead |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
27 Sep 2020 | 2020 election | 8,419,028 | 32.32% | 23.16% | 8.89% | 0.87% | 4.87% | 6.04% | 14.11% | 9.16% |
Regional[]
Bucharest[]
Date | Poll source | PSD | USR | PNL | PMP | AUR | ALDE | PV | PRO | PUSL | APP | Others | Lead |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 2022 | ISPAP | 31.0 | 18.0 | 11.0 | 3.0 | 12.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 12.0[2] | 13.0 |
14–20 Jan 2022 | CURS | 34.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 6.0 | 13.0 | N/A | N/A | 2.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 17.0 |
Jan 2022 | ISPAP | 30.0 | 21.0 | 10.0 | 3.0 | 15.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 7.0[3] | 9.0 |
Dec 2021 | ISPAP | 32.0 | 23.0 | 9.0 | 5.0 | 13.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 6.0[4] | 9.0 |
Nov 2021 | ISPAP | 35.0 | 23.5 | 15.0 | 6.0 | 12.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 11.5 |
12–21 Oct 2021 | ISPAP | 34.0 | 24.0 | 17.0 | 7.0 | 10.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 10.0 |
17–23 Sep 2021 | CURS | 33.0 | 23.0 | 21.0 | 4.0 | 8.0 | 3.0 | N/A | 3.0 | 4.0 | N/A | N/A | 10.0 |
Jul 2021 | CURS | 32.0 | 25.0 | 22.0 | 4.0 | 8.0 | N/A | N/A | 2.0 | 4.0 | N/A | N/A | 7.0 |
May 2021 | CURS | 29.0 | 27.0 | 22.0 | 4.0 | 9.0 | N/A | N/A | 3.0 | 4.0 | N/A | 2.0 | 2.0 |
Mar 2021 | CURS | 32.0 | 27.0 | 20.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 | N/A | N/A | 2.0 | 4.0 | N/A | 3.0 | 5.0 |
26 Sep 2020 | Election | 32.38 | 26.98 | 19.31 | 7.82 | 0.88 | 2.93 | 1.81 | 1.72 | 0.95 | N/A | 6.3 | 5.0 |
Sector 1 (Bucharest)[]
Date | Poll source | PSD | USR | PNL | PMP | AUR | ALDE | PRO | Others | Lead |
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Feb 2022 | ISPAP | 32.0 | 18.0 | 12.0 | 4.0 | 13.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 18.0[5] | 14.0 |
Jan 2022 | ISPAP | 33.0 | 20.0 | 10.0 | 4.0 | 14.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 17.0[6] | 13.0 |
Dec 2021 | ISPAP | 34.0 | 22.0 | 10.0 | 5.0 | 12.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 15.0[7] | 12.0 |
Nov 2021 | ISPAP | 35.0 | 24.0 | 14.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 11.0 |
12–21 Oct 2021 | ISPAP | 36.0 | 26.0 | 16.0 | 8.0 | 7.0 | N/A | 1.0 | 6.0 | 10.0 |
24 Sep 2021 | CURS | 35.0 | 18.0 | 21.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 14.0 |
27 Sep 2020 | Election | 31.07 | 29.98 | 18.94 | 8.76 | 0.67 | 1.50 | 2.12 | 6.87 | 1.09 |
Cluj-Napoca[]
Date | Poll source | PNL | USR | UDMR | PSD | PMP | AUR | PV | Others | Lead |
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Feb 2022 | ISPAP | 26.0 | 21.0 | 13.0 | 16.0 | 3.0 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 11.0 | 5.0 |
Dec 2021 | ISPAP | 26.0 | 27.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 2.0 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 7.0 | 1.0 |
12–21 Oct 2021 | ISPAP | 28.0 | 29.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 2.0 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 |
6 Dec 2020 | CD Election | 32.4 | 31.1 | 11.2 | 10.6 | 3.2 | 3.9 | N/A | 7.6 | 1.3 |
27 September 2020 | Election | 54.5 | 17.1 | 11.3 | 7.43 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 5.5 | 35.4 |
Constanța[]
Date | Poll source | PNL | USR | PSD | PMP | AUR | PV | Others | Lead |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 2022 | ISPAP | 17.0 | 18.0 | 22.0 | 2.0 | 20.0 | 2.0 | 19.0 | 2.0 |
Jan 2022 | ISPAP | 16.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 2.0 | 21.0 | 2.0 | 19.0 | 1.0 |
Dec 2021 | ISPAP | 17.0 | 21.0 | 26.0 | 2.0 | 19.0 | 2.0 | 13.0 | 5.0 |
Nov 2021 | ISPAP | 18.0 | 23.0 | 27.0 | 2.0 | 17.5 | 3.0 | 9.5 | 4.0 |
12–21 Oct 2021 | ISPAP | 20.5 | 25.0 | 24.5 | 3.0 | 14.5 | 2.5 | 10.0 | 0.5 |
6 Dec 2020 | 26.1 | 26.4 | 22.3 | 4.2 | 8.9 | 0.9 | 11.3 | 0.3 | |
27 September 2020 | Election | 27.7 | 23.9 | 19.9 | 4.7 | N/A | 1.8 | 22.1 | 3.8 |
Iași[]
Date | Poll source | PNL | USR | PSD | AUR | PMP | PV | Others | Lead |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 2022 | ISPAP | 12.0 | 22.0 | 28.0 | 16.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 16.0 | 6.0 |
Jan 2022 | ISPAP | 18.0 | 27.0 | 26.0 | 17.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 1.0 |
Dec 2021 | ISPAP | 16.0 | 27.0 | 26.0 | 16.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 7.0 | 1.0 |
Nov 2021 | ISPAP | 17.0 | 29.0 | 26.0 | 15.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 |
12–21 Oct 2021 | ISPAP | 18.0 | 31.0 | 24.0 | 12.5 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 |
6 Dec 2020 | 21.4 | 31.7 | 21.0 | 8.7 | 5.7 | 1.3 | 11.5 | 10.3 | |
27 September 2020 | Election | 32.2 | 29.0 | 16.4 | 1.4 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 8.4 | 3.2 |
Brașov[]
Date | Poll source | USR | PNL | PSD | UDMR | AUR | Others | Lead |
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Oct 2021 | ISPAP | 36.0 | 18.0 | 22.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 |
6 Dec 2020 | 35.5 | 22.5 | 19.1 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 12.9 | 13.0 | |
27 September 2020 | Election | 32.7 | 31.8 | 11.8 | 4.7 | 0.3 | 18.7 | 0.9 |
Timișoara[]
Date | Poll source | USR | PNL | PSD | PMP | AUR | Others | Lead |
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Nov 2021 | ISPAP | 34.0 | 15.0 | 22.0 | 4.0 | 13.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 |
12–21 Oct 2021 | ISPAP | 37.0 | 18.0 | 18.5 | 4.5 | 9.5 | 12.5 | 18.5 |
6 Dec 2020 | 40.3 | 21.7 | 15.8 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 12.0 | 18.6 | |
27 September 2020 | Election | 41.4 | 30.4 | 9.6 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 15.5 | 11.0 |
Târgu-Jiu[]
Date | Poll source | PNL | PSD | PRO | PV | USR | AUR | PMP | Others | Lead |
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Feb 2022 | ISPAP | 16.0 | 33.0 | 6.0 | 12.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 14.0 | 17.0 |
Dec 2021 | ISPAP | 17.0 | 35.0 | 6.0 | 10.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 4.0 | 11.0 | 18.0 |
Nov 2021 | ISPAP | 20.0 | 35.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 15.0 |
6 Dec 2020 | Parliament | 21.6 | 34.6 | 8.3 | 3.4 | 14.2 | 6.3 | 4.5 | 7.0 | 13.0 |
26 Sep 2020 | Election | 37.4 | 27.8 | 7.6 | 6.5 | 5.6 | N/A | 4.9 | 10.3 | 9.6 |
Alba-Iulia[]
Date | Poll source | PNL | USR | PSD | AUR | PMP | PV | Others | Lead |
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Feb 2022 | ISPAP | 17.0 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 20.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 18.0 | 2.0 |
Jan 2022 | ISPAP | 18.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 12.0 | 1.0 |
Dec 2021 | ISPAP | 18.0 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 19.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 11.0 | 2.0 |
23–26 Nov 2021 | CURS | 19.0 | 22.0 | 30.0 | 17.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 |
Nov 2021 | ISPAP | 21.0 | 24.0 | 23.0 | 16.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 12.0 | 1.0 |
6 Dec 2020 | 27.1 | 28.0 | 19.5 | 10.3 | 3.9 | 1.1 | 10.0 | 0.9 | |
27 September 2020 | Election | 33.7 | 26.2 | 11.9 | 8.3 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 19.0 | 7.5 |
Official results of the previous 2020 Romanian local election at national level[]
Political party | Political position | Main Ideology | Leader(s) | County Council (CJ) Presidents | Mayors | County Council Councillors | Local Council Councillors | |||
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PSD | Social Democratic Party | Centre-left | Social conservatism | Marcel Ciolacu | 20 / 41
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1,362 / 3,176
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362 / 1,340
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13,820 / 39,900
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PNL[b] | National Liberal Party | Centre-right | Conservative liberalism | Florin Cîțu | 17 / 41
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1,247 / 3,176
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489 / 1,340
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15,043 / 39,900
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UDMR/RMDSZ | Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania | Centre-right | Hungarian minority rights | Hunor Kelemen | 4 / 41
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199 / 3,176
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94 / 1,340
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2,360 / 39,900
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PMP | People's Movement Party | Centre-right | Conservatism | Eugen Tomac[c] | 0 / 41
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50 / 3,176
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67 / 1,340
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2,137 / 39,900
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USR | Save Romania Union | Centre to centre-right | Neoliberalism | Cătălin Drulă[d] | 0 / 41
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41 / 3,176
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108 / 1,340
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1,655 / 39,900
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PRO | PRO Romania | Centre-left | Social liberalism | Victor Ponta | 0 / 41
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36 / 3,176
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56 / 1,340
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1,885 / 39,900
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PER | Romanian Ecologist Party | Centre to centre-right | Conservatism | Dănuț Pop | 0 / 41
|
7 / 3,176
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5 / 1,340
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374 / 39,900
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PUSL | Social Liberal Humanist Party | Centre to centre-left | Populism | Daniel Ionașcu | 0 / 41
|
2 / 3,176
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0 / 1,340
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166 / 39,900
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PV | Green Party | Centre-left | Green politics | Florin Călinescu | 0 / 41
|
1 / 3,176
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0 / 1,340
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117 / 39,900
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AUR | Alliance for the Union of Romanians | Right-wing to far right | Right-wing populism | George Simion[a] | 0 / 41
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3 / 3,176
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0 / 1,340
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79 / 39,900
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FDGR/DFDR | Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania | Centre | German minority rights | Paul-Jürgen Porr | 0 / 41
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5 / 3,176
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5 / 1,340
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68 / 39,900
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PRM | Greater Romania Party | Right-wing to far right | National conservatism | Victor Iovici | 0 / 41
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0 / 3,176
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0 / 1,340
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31 / 39,900
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Notes[]
- ^ a b Co-president along with Claudiu Târziu until 27 March 2022, when he was elected as the party's sole president at its first congress.[1]
- ^ PNL absorbed ALDE during late March 2022, therefore the figures associated here with PNL include seats previously won by ALDE in 2020 as well.
- ^ The new president of PMP since 19 February 2022
- ^ At the moment solely acting/ad interim president of the USR
References[]
- ^ Oprea, Adriana; Neag, Mirela; Otopeanu, Cristian (27 March 2022). "George Simion, ales cu majoritate de voturi noul președinte al partidului AUR". Libertatea (in Romanian).
- ^ FD 5%
- ^ FD 4.0%
- ^ FD 3.0
- ^ PPU-SL 5%, FD 5%, APP 3%, PV 1%
- ^ FD 3%, PV 3%, PPU 3%, APP 3%
- ^ FD 4.0%, APP 3.0%, PPU-SL 3.0%, PV 1.0%
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