2012 Romanian local elections

Local elections were held in Romania on 10 June 2012. The Government initially tried to postpone the election to be on the same day with the 2012 Romanian legislative election, but a ruling of the Constitutional court made that option impossible. As of June 2011, a law was passed by the parliament, 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 system.

Will be elected:
 * all the villages, communes, cities, and municipal councils (Local Councils, Consilii Locale), and the Sectors Local Councils of Bucharest (Consilii Locale de Sector)
 * the 41 County Councils (Consilii Județene), and the Bucharest Municipal General Council (Consiliul General Al Municipiului București).
 * the 41 Presidents of the County Councils (Președinții Consiliilor Județene)
 * all the mayors (Primarii)
 * of the communes, cities, and municipalities
 * of the Sectors of Bucharest (Primarii de Sector)
 * The General Mayor of The Municipality of Bucharest (Primarul General al Municipiului București)

Results
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Party ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan=3 | County Councils Presidents (PCJ) ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan=3 | County Council seats (CJ) ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan=3 | Mayors (P) ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan=3 | Local Councils seats (CL) ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |% ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |Seats ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |% ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |Seats ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |% ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |Seats ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |% ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" |Seats (Uniunea Social Liberală - USL) (Partidul Social Democrat - PSD) (Alianța de Centru-Dreapta - ACD) (Partidul Național Liberal - PNL) (Partidul Conservator) (Partidul Democrat-Liberal - PDL) (Partidul Poporului – Dan Diaconescu - PP-DD) (Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România - UDMR) (Uniunea Națională pentru Progresul României - UNPR) (Partidul România Mare - PRM) (Partidul Ecologist Român - PER) (Partidul Verde - PV) (Forumul Democrat al Germanilor din România Demokratischen Forums der Deutschen in Rumänien - FDGR/DFDR) (Partidul Național Țărănesc Creștin Democrat - PNȚCD) (Partidul Noua Generație - Creștin Democrat - PNG) ! style="text-align:right;" | 8,570,617 ! style="text-align:right;" | 100 ! style="text-align:right;" | 41 ! style="text-align:right;" | 8,460,086 ! style="text-align:right;" | 100 ! style="text-align:right;" | 1,338 ! style="text-align:right;" | 8,185,540 ! style="text-align:right;" | 100 ! style="text-align:right;" | 3,121 ! style="text-align:right;" | 8,031,446 ! style="text-align:right;" | 100 ! style="text-align:right;" | 39,121   PSD, PNL and PC ran as USL at county level and in the Capital, except in Covasna County, as well as in several other cities and communes. In some cities and communes the three parties ran in other alliances.   PDL ran by itself and in various alliances with different parties through the country. The main color used was light green, despite the official colors still being orange and blue, as used in Cluj.   Alliance between PNL and PC in some of the cities and communes.   Including PDL in various alliances.  
 * - style="background-color:#C9C9C9"
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 * style="text-align:left;" | Social Liberal Union (PSD, PNL, and PC)
 * style="text-align:left;" | Social Liberal Union (PSD, PNL, and PC)
 * style="text-align:left;" | Social Liberal Union (PSD, PNL, and PC)
 * style="text-align:right;" | 4,260,709
 * style="text-align:right;" | 49.71
 * style="text-align:right;" | 36
 * style="text-align:right;" | 4,203,007
 * style="text-align:right;" | 49.68
 * style="text-align:right;" | 723
 * style="text-align:right;" | 2,782,792
 * style="text-align:right;" | 33.99
 * style="text-align:right;" | 1,292
 * style="text-align:right;" | 2,630,123
 * style="text-align:right;" | 32.74
 * style="text-align:right;" | 12,668
 * style="text-align:left;" | Social Democratic Party
 * style="text-align:left;" | Social Democratic Party
 * style="text-align:left;" | Social Democratic Party
 * style="text-align:right;" | —
 * style="text-align:right;" | —
 * style="text-align:right;" | 22
 * style="text-align:right;" | 8,666
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0.10
 * style="text-align:right;" | 3
 * style="text-align:right;" | 731,597
 * style="text-align:right;" | 8.93
 * style="text-align:right;" | 373
 * style="text-align:right;" | 682,378
 * style="text-align:right;" | 8.49
 * style="text-align:right;" | 4,046
 * style="text-align:left;" | Centre Right Alliance (PNL and PC)
 * style="text-align:left;" | Centre Right Alliance (PNL and PC)
 * style="text-align:left;" | Centre Right Alliance (PNL and PC)
 * style="text-align:right;" | —
 * style="text-align:right;" | —
 * style="text-align:right;" | 14
 * style="text-align:right;" | —
 * style="text-align:right;" | —
 * style="text-align:right;" | —
 * style="text-align:right;" | 52,938
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0.64
 * style="text-align:right;" | 27
 * style="text-align:right;" | 43,532
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0.54
 * style="text-align:right;" | 244
 * style="text-align:left;" | National Liberal Party
 * style="text-align:left;" | National Liberal Party
 * style="text-align:left;" | National Liberal Party
 * style="text-align:right;" | 9,249
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0.10
 * style="text-align:right;" | 13
 * style="text-align:right;" | 4,755
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0.05
 * style="text-align:right;" | 2
 * style="text-align:right;" | 586,050
 * style="text-align:right;" | 7.15
 * style="text-align:right;" | 263
 * style="text-align:right;" | 532,488
 * style="text-align:right;" | 6.63
 * style="text-align:right;" | 3,101
 * style="text-align:left;" | Conservative Party
 * style="text-align:left;" | Conservative Party
 * style="text-align:left;" | Conservative Party
 * style="text-align:right;" | —
 * style="text-align:right;" | —
 * style="text-align:right;" | 1
 * style="text-align:right;" | 611
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0.00
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0
 * style="text-align:right;" | 62,591
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0.76
 * style="text-align:right;" | 14
 * style="text-align:right;" | 69,687
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0.86
 * style="text-align:right;" | 381
 * style="text-align:left;" |
 * style="text-align:left;" |
 * style="text-align:left;" |
 * style="text-align:right;" | 1,268,611
 * style="text-align:right;" | 14.80
 * style="text-align:right;" | 2
 * style="text-align:right;" | 1,289,680
 * style="text-align:right;" | 15.24
 * style="text-align:right;" | 212
 * style="text-align:right;" | 1,241,802
 * style="text-align:right;" | 15.17
 * style="text-align:right;" | 488
 * style="text-align:right;" | 1,116,312
 * style="text-align:right;" | 13.89
 * style="text-align:right;" | 6,155
 * style="text-align:left;" | People's Party – Dan Diaconescu
 * style="text-align:left;" | People's Party – Dan Diaconescu
 * style="text-align:left;" | People's Party – Dan Diaconescu
 * style="text-align:right;" | 787,143
 * style="text-align:right;" | 9.18
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0
 * style="text-align:right;" | 757,194
 * style="text-align:right;" | 8.95
 * style="text-align:right;" | 134
 * style="text-align:right;" | 577,195
 * style="text-align:right;" | 7.05
 * style="text-align:right;" | 31
 * style="text-align:right;" | 668,234
 * style="text-align:right;" | 8.32
 * style="text-align:right;" | 3,021
 * style="text-align:left;" | Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania
 * style="text-align:left;" | Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania
 * style="text-align:left;" | Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania
 * style="text-align:right;" | 467,420
 * style="text-align:right;" | 5.45
 * style="text-align:right;" | 2
 * style="text-align:right;" | 473,783
 * style="text-align:right;" | 5.60
 * style="text-align:right;" | 88
 * style="text-align:right;" | 400,627
 * style="text-align:right;" | 4.89
 * style="text-align:right;" | 202
 * style="text-align:right;" | 435,205
 * style="text-align:right;" | 5.41
 * style="text-align:right;" | 2,248
 * style="text-align:left;" | National Union for the Progress of Romania
 * style="text-align:left;" | National Union for the Progress of Romania
 * style="text-align:left;" | National Union for the Progress of Romania
 * style="text-align:right;" | 168,900
 * style="text-align:right;" | 1.97
 * style="text-align:right;" | 1
 * style="text-align:right;" | 204,083
 * style="text-align:right;" | 2.41
 * style="text-align:right;" | 13
 * style="text-align:right;" | 205,274
 * style="text-align:right;" | 2.50
 * style="text-align:right;" | 24
 * style="text-align:right;" | 218,465
 * style="text-align:right;" | 2.72
 * style="text-align:right;" | 972
 * style="text-align:left;" |
 * style="text-align:left;" |
 * style="text-align:left;" |
 * style="text-align:right;" | 150,907
 * style="text-align:right;" | 1.76
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0
 * style="text-align:right;" | 170,667
 * style="text-align:right;" | 2.01
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0
 * style="text-align:right;" | 107,431
 * style="text-align:right;" | 1.31
 * style="text-align:right;" | 6
 * style="text-align:right;" | 172,114
 * style="text-align:right;" | 2.14
 * style="text-align:right;" | 596
 * style="text-align:left;" | Ecologist Party of Romania
 * style="text-align:left;" | Ecologist Party of Romania
 * style="text-align:left;" | Ecologist Party of Romania
 * style="text-align:right;" | 63,650
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0.74
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0
 * style="text-align:right;" | 82,581
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0.97
 * style="text-align:right;" | 2
 * style="text-align:right;" | 34,227
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0.41
 * style="text-align:right;" | 3
 * style="text-align:right;" | 59,883
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0.74
 * style="text-align:right;" | 177
 * style="text-align:left;" | Green Party
 * style="text-align:left;" | Green Party
 * style="text-align:left;" | Green Party
 * style="text-align:right;" | 80,697
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0.94
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0
 * style="text-align:right;" | 63,508
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0.75
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0
 * style="text-align:right;" | 24,131
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0.29
 * style="text-align:right;" | 2
 * style="text-align:right;" | 39,199
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0.48
 * style="text-align:right;" | 113
 * style="text-align:left;" | Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania
 * style="text-align:left;" | Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania
 * style="text-align:left;" | Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania
 * style="text-align:right;" | 69,445
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0.81
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0
 * style="text-align:right;" | 62,085
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0.73
 * style="text-align:right;" | 11
 * style="text-align:right;" | 15,540
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0.18
 * style="text-align:right;" | 8
 * style="text-align:right;" | 18,847
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0.23
 * style="text-align:right;" | 57
 * style="text-align:left;" | Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party
 * style="text-align:left;" | Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party
 * style="text-align:left;" | Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party
 * style="text-align:right;" | 31,077
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0.36
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0
 * style="text-align:right;" | 44,733
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0.52
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0
 * style="text-align:right;" | 19,910
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0.24
 * style="text-align:right;" | 3
 * style="text-align:right;" | 38,549
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0.47
 * style="text-align:right;" | 142
 * style="text-align:left;" |
 * style="text-align:left;" |
 * style="text-align:left;" |
 * style="text-align:right;" | 8,377
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0.09
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0
 * style="text-align:right;" | 17,702
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0.20
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0
 * style="text-align:right;" | 12,033
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0.14
 * style="text-align:right;" | 1
 * style="text-align:right;" | 26,381
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0.32
 * style="text-align:right;" | 108
 * style="text-align:left;" | Other competitors
 * style="text-align:right;" | 1,204,432
 * style="text-align:right;" | 14.09
 * style="text-align:right;" | 0
 * style="text-align:right;" | 1,077,031
 * style="text-align:right;" | 12.79
 * style="text-align:right;" | 15
 * style="text-align:right;" | 1,331,402
 * style="text-align:right;" | 16.26
 * style="text-align:right;" | 384
 * style="text-align:right;" | 1,280,049
 * style="text-align:right;" | 16.02
 * style="text-align:right;" | 5,092
 * style="text-align:left;" colspan = 2 | Total:
 * style="text-align:right;" | 5,092
 * style="text-align:left;" colspan = 2 | Total:
 * style="text-align:left;" colspan = 2 | Total:
 * colspan = 2 style="text-align:left;" | Invalid votes
 * style="text-align:right;" |
 * style="text-align:right;" |
 * style="text-align:right;" | —
 * style="text-align:right;" |
 * style="text-align:right;" |
 * style="text-align:right;" | —
 * style="text-align:right;" |
 * style="text-align:right;" |
 * style="text-align:right;" | —
 * style="text-align:right;" |
 * style="text-align:right;" |
 * style="text-align:right;" | —
 * style="text-align:left;" colspan=20 | Notes
 * style="text-align:left;" colspan=20 | Notes
 * style="text-align:left;" colspan=20 | Notes
 * style="text-align:left;" colspan=20 | Source: Central Electoral Bureau provisional results
 * }
 * }

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align= center colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Party ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align= center colspan=3 | General Mayor of Bucharest (PGMB) ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align= center colspan=3 | General Council of Bucharest seats (CGMB) ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align= center |Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align= center |% ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align= center |Seats ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align= center |Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align= center |% ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align= center |Seats (Uniunea Social Liberală) Sorin Oprescu (Partidul Democrat Liberal) Silviu Prigoană (Partidul Poporului – Dan Diaconescu) Horia Mocanu (Independent) (Uniunea Națională pentru Progresul României) Anghel Iordănescu (Partidul România Mare) Petre Popeangă (Partidul Noua Generație - Creștin Democrat) George Becali ! align= right | 785,739 ! align= right | 100 ! align= right | 1 ! align= right | 784,367 ! align= right | 100 ! align= right | 55
 * - style="background-color:#C9C9C9"
 * - style="background-color:#C9C9C9"
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 * - style="background-color:#C9C9C9"
 * align = left | Social Liberal Union
 * align = left | Social Liberal Union
 * align = left | Social Liberal Union
 * align = right | 430,512
 * align = right | 54.79
 * align = right | 1
 * align = right | 436,513
 * align = right | 55.65
 * align = right | 37
 * align = left |
 * align = left |
 * align = left |
 * align = right | 134,552
 * align = right | 17.12
 * align = right | 0
 * align = right | 129,644
 * align = right | 16.52
 * align = right | 11
 * align = left | People's Party – Dan Diaconescu
 * align = left | People's Party – Dan Diaconescu
 * align = left | People's Party – Dan Diaconescu
 * align = right | 74,290
 * align = right | 9.45
 * align = right | 0
 * align = right | 83,764
 * align = right | 10.67
 * align = right | 7
 * align = left | Nicuşor Daniel Dan
 * align = left | Nicuşor Daniel Dan
 * align = left | Nicuşor Daniel Dan
 * align = right | 66,649
 * align = right | 8.48
 * align = right | 0
 * align = right | 36,948
 * align = right | 4.71
 * align = right | 0
 * align = left | National Union for the Progress of Romania
 * align = left | National Union for the Progress of Romania
 * align = left | National Union for the Progress of Romania
 * align = right | 16,095
 * align = right | 2.04
 * align = right | 0
 * align = right | 22,936
 * align = right | 2.92
 * align = right | 0
 * align = left |
 * align = left |
 * align = left |
 * align = right | 8,913
 * align = right | 1.13
 * align = right | 0
 * align = right | 14,984
 * align = right | 1.91
 * align = right | 0
 * align = left |
 * align = left |
 * align = left |
 * align = right | 25,076
 * align = right | 3.19
 * align = right | 0
 * align = right | 12,279
 * align = right | 1.56
 * align = right | 0
 * align = left | Other competitors
 * align = right | 29,652
 * align = right | 3,77
 * align = right | 0
 * align = right | 47,299
 * align = right | 6.03
 * align = right |
 * align=left colspan = 2 | Total:
 * align = right |
 * align=left colspan = 2 | Total:
 * align=left colspan = 2 | Total:
 * colspan = 2 align = left | Invalid votes
 * align = right |
 * align = right |
 * align = right | —
 * align = right |
 * align = right |
 * align = right | —
 * align=left colspan=20 | Source: Central Electoral Bureau final results and attributed mandates
 * }
 * align=left colspan=20 | Source: Central Electoral Bureau final results and attributed mandates
 * }

Notes

 Sorin Oprescu ran as an independent for the seat of General Mayor of Bucharest, but was supported by the USL.  