2020 Romanian local elections

Local elections were supposed to be held in Romania in early June 2020. As the COVID-19 pandemic emerged and evolved, the Government of Romania posponed the elections to a date no later than 31 December 2020, and extended 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 latter than that day. On 20 June 2020, Prime Minister Ludovic Orban stated that the Government intended to initiate legislation for Parliament to call the elections on 27 September 2020.[1]

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Using a first past the post system, the following offices will be contested:[2]

  • 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)
Save Romania Union
(Uniunea Salvați România - USR)
Freedom, Unity and Solidarity Party
(Partidul Libertății, Unității și Solidarității - PLUS)
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)
People's Movement Party
(Partidul Mișcarea Populară - PMP)
Other political parties
Total:
Notes
Sources: Romanian Permanent Electoral Authority

References
  1. "Orban: 27 septembrie - propunerea noastră pentru alegeri; proiectul va fi adoptat de Guvern săptămâna viitoare". Retrieved 2020-06-20.
  2. "LEGEA PENTRU ALEGEREA AUTORITĂŢILOR ADMINISTRAŢIEI PUBLICE LOCALE". Archived from the original on 2013-03-13. Retrieved 2013-03-04.
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