2016 Romanian local elections

Local elections were held in Romania on 5 June 2016.^[1]

Using a first past the post system, the following were 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);
  • Of the communes, 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 București).

Results

Summary of the 5 June 2016 Romanian local election results^[3][4]

Party		Mayor of Bucharest (PMB)			Mayors (P)			Local Councils seats (CL)			County Councils seats (CJ)
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Social Democratic Party[a] (Romanian: Partidul Social Democrat - PSD)	246,553	42.97%	1	3,330,213	38.98%	1,708	3,161,046	37.70%	16,969	3,270,909	39.60%	638
	National Liberal Party[b] (Romanian: Partidul Național Liberal - PNL)	64,186	11.18%	-	2,686,099	31.50%	1,081	2,478,549	29.60%	13,198	2,529,986	30.64%	504
	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats[a] (Romanian: Alianța Liberalilor și Democraților - ALDE)	17,455	3.04%	-	488,145	5.72%	64	545,767	6.52%	2,504	521,845	6.32%	80
	Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (Hungarian: Romániai Magyar Demokrata Szövetség; Romanian: Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România - RMDSZ/UDMR)	-	-	-	315,236	3.69%	195	390,321	4.66%	2,284	411,823	4.98%	95
	People's Movement Party (Romanian: Partidul Mișcarea Populară - PMP)	37,098	6.46%	-	304,924	3.57%	18	360,035	4.30%	1,315	368,985	4.46%	41
	National Union for the Progress of Romania[a] (Romanian: Uniunea Națională pentru Progresul României - UNPR)	-	-	-	213,233	2.50%	26	245,633	2.93%	1,203	220,467	2.67%	14
	Save Bucharest Union (Romanian: Uniunea Salvaţi Bucureştiul - USB)	175,119	30.52%	-	96,789	1.13%	-	121,099	1.44%	39	143,544	1.73%	15
	Romanian Social Party (Romanian: Partidul Social Românesc - PSRO)	-	-	-	100,303	1.17%	4	102,839	1.22%	318	99,587	1.20%	7
	Ecologist Party of Romania (Romanian: Partidul Ecologist Român - PER)	-	-	-	63,246	0.74%	1	87,016	1.03%	210	98,486	1.19%	8
	United Romania Party (Romanian: Partidul România Unită - PRU)	8,356	1.45%	-	51,200	0.60%	2	60,494	0.17%	169	66,131	0.80%	-
	Independents	10,639	1.85%	-	486,826	5.71%	53	258,538	3.08%	316	52,800	0.63%	3
	Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania (German: Demokratisches Forum der Deutschen in Rumänien; Romanian: Forumul Democrat al Germanilor din România - DFDR/FDGR)	-	-	-	40,348	0.47%	5	40,599	0.48%	81	42,652	0.51%	10
	Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania (Hungarian: Erdélyi Magyar Néppárt; Romanian: Partidul Popular Maghiar din Transilvania - EMNP/PPMT)	-	-	-	21,171	0.24%	-	35,019	0.41%	207	38,215	0.46%	6
	Coalition for Baia Mare (FDGR-PNȚCD-PSRO-UNPR) (Romanian: Coaliția pentru Baia Mare - CBM)	-	-	-	32,111	0.37%	1	20,229	0.24%	11	26,217	0.31%	5
	Hungarian Civic Party (Hungarian: Magyar Polgári Párt; Romanian: Partidul Civic Maghiar - MPP/PCM)	-	-	-	19,355	0.22%	13	18,993	0.22%	158	16,824	0.20%	6
	Party for Argeș and Muscel (Romanian: Partidul pentru Argeș and Muscel)	-	-	-	14,625	0.17%	-	15,049	0.17%	67	14,137	0.17%	2
	Other political parties	14,369	2.48%	-	213,522	2.28%	15	368,927	4.63%	1,015	275,054	3.24%	-
Total:		573,775	100	1	8,477,346	100	3,186	8,310,153	100	40,067	8,197,662	100	1,434

Electoral maps

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  Political map depicting counties according to the county president's party affiliation
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  Political map based on the mayor's party affiliation (denoting only major Romanian cities and towns)
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  Political map depicting the localities won by political party

Notes

1. PSD, ALDE, and UNPR ran independently or in various electoral coalitions with each other (PSD-ALDE or PSD-UNPR).
2. PNL ran mostly by itself, with the exception of Tătărăștii de Jos, where it ran in a coalition with the Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (PNȚCD).