Romanian local election, 2008

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Local elections were held in Romania on June 1, 2008, with a runoff for mayors on June 15, 2008.^[1]

On June 1 where elected:

• all the villages, communes, cities, and municipal cluncils (Local Councils, Romanian: Consilii Locale), and the Sectors Local Councils of Bucharest (Romanian: Consilii Locale de Sector)
• the 41 County Councils (Romanian: Consilii Judeţene), and the Bucharest Municipal General Council (Romanian: Consiliul General Al Municipiului Bucureşti).
• the 41 Presidents of the County Councils (Romanian: Preşedinţii Consiliilor Judeţene)
• all the mayors (Romanian: Primarii)
  • of the villages, cities, and municipalities
  • of the Sectors of Bucharest (Romanian: Primarii de Sector)
  • The General Mayor of The Municipality of Bucharest (Romanian: Primarul General al Municipiului Bucureşti)

On 17 April 2008, the Social Democratic Party and the Conservative Party announced they would form a political alliance for these elections.^[2] For the first time the presidents of the County Councils were elected directly by the people, and not by later negociations inside the County Council; other notable characteristics included a substantial number of Roma candidates standing, as well as some members of the Romanian Orthodox Church.^[3] Turnout was low, with fewer than half of the eligible voters turning out to vote; in most big cities, except for Constanţa (incumbent PSD member Radu Ştefan Mazăre won) and Cluj-Napoca (incumbent Democratic Liberal Party member Emil Boc won), the election was not decided in the first round; in Bucharest, PDL member Vasile Blaga and independent Sorin Oprescu (former member of the PSD) will meet in the run-off.^[4]

Overall, both PD-L got 28.37%, PSD got 28.04%, and PNL got 18.66% of the vote.^[5]

The constituencies for local elections:
gray: the County Council, the President of the County Council, the General Council of Bucharest, and the General Mayor of Bucharest
white: the Local Councils, The Sector Counsils and Mayors, and the Mayors

[edit] First round

[edit] Mayors

The distribution of the mayor seats after the first round
     Social Democratic Party      Democratic Liberal Party      National Liberal Party      other parties      To be decided in the runoff

The most notables victories ("TOP 10") are presented bellow:

[edit] Local Councils

The distribution of the 37,915 Local Council seats
     Social Democratic Party      Democratic Liberal Party      National Liberal Party      other parties

[edit] County Council Presidents

Map of the Romanian counties based on the party of the president of the County Council
     Social Democratic Party      Democratic Liberal Party      National Liberal Party      Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania      Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania

The distribution of the 41 County Council Presidents
     Social Democratic Party      Democratic Liberal Party      National Liberal Party      Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania      Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania

[edit] County Councils

The distribution of the votes for the 41 County Councils
     Social Democratic Party      Democratic Liberal Party      National Liberal Party      other parties

[edit] Runoff

The runoff will be held in 1,441 local constituencies, but only for the mayor. Also, in the communes of Ştefăneşti and Vidra, in Ilfov County the first tour will be repeated, due to the cancellation of the election held on 1 June in the two communes. If a runoff would be needed for the mayor, it will be held on 24 June. A sentence regarding the cancellation of the electoral process in the commune of Iepureşti, Giurgiu is pending from the Central Electoral Bureau.

[edit] Refferences

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