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Local elections were held in Romania on 27 September 2020.[1] Initially planned for June 2020, the emergence of theCOVID-19 pandemic led theGovernment 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 theParliament, 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]
Using afirst past the post system, the following offices will be contested:[3]
| Date | Poll source | Sample size | PSD | PNL | USR | PLUS | UDMR | ALDE | PMP | PRO | Other | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% | |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% | ||
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% | |
| 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 (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 | |||||||||||||||||||
The formerPMP mayor ofSadova, Eugen Safta, who had just gotten re-elected, suffered aheart attack and died. His death was declared on 28 September 2020, at 2 AMEEST.[4]
Ion Aliman, thePSD mayor ofDeveselu, was re-elected for a third term,[5] despite having had died ofCOVID-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]
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