{"history":[],"article":{"id":"08c45d72-7ebf-483c-a8ae-5c76aad8d4df","title":"2012 Romanian local elections","slug":"2012-romanian-local-elections","content":":::summary\n:::\n\n# \nLocal elections were held in Romania on 10 June 2012.\nThe Government initially tried to postpone the election to be on the same day with the [2012 Romanian legislative election](https://bliptext.com/articles/2012-romanian-legislative-election), but a ruling of the [Constitutional court](https://bliptext.com/articles/constitutional-court-of-romania) made that option impossible.\nAs of June 2011, a law was passed by the [parliament](https://bliptext.com/articles/parliament-of-romania), 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](https://bliptext.com/articles/first-past-the-post) system.\nWill be elected:\n\n# Results\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;\" colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Party\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;\" colspan=3 | County Councils\nPresidents (PCJ)\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;\" colspan=3 | County Council\nseats (CJ)\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;\" colspan=3 | Mayors (P)\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;\" colspan=3 | Local Councils\nseats (CL)\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;\" |Votes\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;\" |%\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;\" |Seats\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;\" |Votes\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;\" |%\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;\" |Seats\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;\" |Votes\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;\" |%\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;\" |Seats\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;\" |Votes\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;\" |%\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;\" |Seats\n(Uniunea Social Liberală - USL)\n(Partidul Social Democrat - PSD)\n(Alianța de Centru-Dreapta - ACD)\n(Partidul Național Liberal - PNL)\n(Partidul Conservator)\n(Partidul Democrat-Liberal - PDL)\n(Partidul Poporului – Dan Diaconescu - PP-DD)\n(Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România - UDMR)\n(Uniunea Națională pentru Progresul României - UNPR)\n(Partidul România Mare - PRM)\n(Partidul Ecologist Român - PER)\n(Partidul Verde - PV)\n(Forumul Democrat al Germanilor din România Demokratischen Forums der Deutschen in Rumänien - FDGR/DFDR)\n(Partidul Național Țărănesc Creștin Democrat - PNȚCD)\n(Partidul Noua Generație - Creștin Democrat - PNG)\n! style=\"text-align:right;\" | 8,570,617\n! style=\"text-align:right;\" | 100\n! style=\"text-align:right;\" | 41\n! style=\"text-align:right;\" | 8,460,086\n! style=\"text-align:right;\" | 100\n! style=\"text-align:right;\" | 1,338\n! style=\"text-align:right;\" | 8,185,540\n! style=\"text-align:right;\" | 100\n! style=\"text-align:right;\" | 3,121\n! style=\"text-align:right;\" | 8,031,446\n! style=\"text-align:right;\" | 100\n! style=\"text-align:right;\" | 39,121\n

[PSD](https://bliptext.com/articles/social-democratic-party-romania), [PNL](https://bliptext.com/articles/national-liberal-party-romania) and [PC](https://bliptext.com/articles/conservative-party-romania) ran as [USL](https://bliptext.com/articles/social-liberal-union) at [county](https://bliptext.com/articles/counties-of-romania) level and in the [Capital](https://bliptext.com/articles/bucharest), except in [Covasna County](https://bliptext.com/articles/covasna-county), as well as in several other [cities](https://bliptext.com/articles/cities-of-romania) and [communes](https://bliptext.com/articles/communes-of-romania).\nIn some cities and communes the three parties ran in other alliances.\n
[PDL](https://bliptext.com/articles/democratic-liberal-party-romania) ran by itself and in various alliances with different parties through the country.\nThe main color used was light green, despite the official colors still being orange and blue, as used in [Cluj](https://bliptext.com/articles/cluj-county).\n
Alliance between PNL and PC in some of the cities and communes.\n
Including PDL in various alliances.\n

\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9\" align= center colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Party\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9\" align= center colspan=3 | General Mayor of Bucharest (PGMB)\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9\" align= center colspan=3 | General Council of Bucharest seats\n(CGMB)\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9\" align= center |Votes\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9\" align= center |%\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9\" align= center |Seats\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9\" align= center |Votes\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9\" align= center |%\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9\" align= center |Seats\n(Uniunea Social Liberală)\n[Sorin Oprescu](https://bliptext.com/articles/sorin-oprescu)\n(Partidul Democrat Liberal)\n[Silviu Prigoană](https://bliptext.com/articles/silviu-prigoan)\n(Partidul Poporului – Dan Diaconescu)\n[Horia Mocanu](https://bliptext.com/articles/horia-mocanu)\n(Independent)\n(Uniunea Națională pentru Progresul României)\n[Anghel Iordănescu](https://bliptext.com/articles/anghel-iord-nescu)\n(Partidul România Mare)\n[Petre Popeangă](https://bliptext.com/articles/petre-popeang)\n(Partidul Noua Generație - Creștin Democrat)\n[George Becali](https://bliptext.com/articles/george-becali)\n! align= right | 785,739\n! align= right | 100\n! align= right | 1\n! align= right | 784,367\n! align= right | 100\n! align= right | 55\nNotes\n

[Sorin Oprescu](https://bliptext.com/articles/sorin-oprescu) ran as an independent for the seat of General Mayor of Bucharest, but was supported by the [USL](https://bliptext.com/articles/social-liberal-union).\n

\n\n\n# Electoral maps","current_revision":null,"created_by":"kACnuQmH5k9Nr5VNVEpVeg7XpvUmMctD","created_at":"2025-01-26T10:44:24.159Z","updated_at":"2025-01-26T10:44:24.159Z","search_vector":"'2012':1 'elect':4 'local':3 'romanian':2","search_content":" \n \n\n# \nLocal elections were held in Romania on 10 June 2012.\nThe Government initially tried to postpone the election to be on the same day with the [2012 Romanian legislative election](https://bliptext.com/articles/2012-romanian-legislative-election), but a ruling of the [Constitutional court](https://bliptext.com/articles/constitutional-court-of-romania) made that option impossible.\nAs of June 2011, a law was passed by the [parliament](https://bliptext.com/articles/parliament-of-romania), 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](https://bliptext.com/articles/first-past-the-post) system.\nWill be elected:\n\n# Results\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;\" colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Party\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;\" colspan=3 | County Councils\nPresidents (PCJ)\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;\" colspan=3 | County Council\nseats (CJ)\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;\" colspan=3 | Mayors (P)\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;\" colspan=3 | Local Councils\nseats (CL)\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;\" |Votes\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;\" |%\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;\" |Seats\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;\" |Votes\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;\" |%\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;\" |Seats\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;\" |Votes\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;\" |%\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;\" |Seats\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;\" |Votes\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;\" |%\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;\" |Seats\n(Uniunea Social Liberală - USL)\n(Partidul Social Democrat - PSD)\n(Alianța de Centru-Dreapta - ACD)\n(Partidul Național Liberal - PNL)\n(Partidul Conservator)\n(Partidul Democrat-Liberal - PDL)\n(Partidul Poporului – Dan Diaconescu - PP-DD)\n(Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România - UDMR)\n(Uniunea Națională pentru Progresul României - UNPR)\n(Partidul România Mare - PRM)\n(Partidul Ecologist Român - PER)\n(Partidul Verde - PV)\n(Forumul Democrat al Germanilor din România Demokratischen Forums der Deutschen in Rumänien - FDGR/DFDR)\n(Partidul Național Țărănesc Creștin Democrat - PNȚCD)\n(Partidul Noua Generație - Creștin Democrat - PNG)\n! style=\"text-align:right;\" | 8,570,617\n! style=\"text-align:right;\" | 100\n! style=\"text-align:right;\" | 41\n! style=\"text-align:right;\" | 8,460,086\n! style=\"text-align:right;\" | 100\n! style=\"text-align:right;\" | 1,338\n! style=\"text-align:right;\" | 8,185,540\n! style=\"text-align:right;\" | 100\n! style=\"text-align:right;\" | 3,121\n! style=\"text-align:right;\" | 8,031,446\n! style=\"text-align:right;\" | 100\n! style=\"text-align:right;\" | 39,121\n \n [PSD](https://bliptext.com/articles/social-democratic-party-romania), [PNL](https://bliptext.com/articles/national-liberal-party-romania) and [PC](https://bliptext.com/articles/conservative-party-romania) ran as [USL](https://bliptext.com/articles/social-liberal-union) at [county](https://bliptext.com/articles/counties-of-romania) level and in the [Capital](https://bliptext.com/articles/bucharest), except in [Covasna County](https://bliptext.com/articles/covasna-county), as well as in several other [cities](https://bliptext.com/articles/cities-of-romania) and [communes](https://bliptext.com/articles/communes-of-romania).\nIn some cities and communes the three parties ran in other alliances.\n \n [PDL](https://bliptext.com/articles/democratic-liberal-party-romania) ran by itself and in various alliances with different parties through the country.\nThe main color used was light green, despite the official colors still being orange and blue, as used in [Cluj](https://bliptext.com/articles/cluj-county).\n \n Alliance between PNL and PC in some of the cities and communes.\n \n Including PDL in various alliances.\n \n \n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9\" align= center colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Party\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9\" align= center colspan=3 | General Mayor of Bucharest (PGMB)\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9\" align= center colspan=3 | General Council of Bucharest seats\n(CGMB)\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9\" align= center |Votes\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9\" align= center |%\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9\" align= center |Seats\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9\" align= center |Votes\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9\" align= center |%\n! style=\"background-color:#E9E9E9\" align= center |Seats\n(Uniunea Social Liberală)\n[Sorin Oprescu](https://bliptext.com/articles/sorin-oprescu)\n(Partidul Democrat Liberal)\n[Silviu Prigoană](https://bliptext.com/articles/silviu-prigoan)\n(Partidul Poporului – Dan Diaconescu)\n[Horia Mocanu](https://bliptext.com/articles/horia-mocanu)\n(Independent)\n(Uniunea Națională pentru Progresul României)\n[Anghel Iordănescu](https://bliptext.com/articles/anghel-iord-nescu)\n(Partidul România Mare)\n[Petre Popeangă](https://bliptext.com/articles/petre-popeang)\n(Partidul Noua Generație - Creștin Democrat)\n[George Becali](https://bliptext.com/articles/george-becali)\n! align= right | 785,739\n! align= right | 100\n! align= right | 1\n! align= right | 784,367\n! align= right | 100\n! align= right | 55\nNotes\n [Sorin Oprescu](https://bliptext.com/articles/sorin-oprescu) ran as an independent for the seat of General Mayor of Bucharest, but was supported by the [USL](https://bliptext.com/articles/social-liberal-union).\n \n \n\n# Electoral maps","revisionCount":0},"hasMore":false,"nextCursor":null}

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