2024 Romanian local elections

New local elections will be held in Romania in 2024. The previous Romanian local elections in 2020 were won by the National Liberal Party (PNL), even though the Social Democratic Party (PSD) came in with significantly more County Council (CJ) presidents and mayors than the national liberals.

2024 Romanian local elections
2024
All 41 County Council Presidents

1,340 County Council Councillors All 3,176 Mayors

39,900 Local Council Councillors
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Marcel Ciolacu Nicolae Ciucă Cătălin Drulă
(acting/ad interim)
Party PSD PNL USR
Leader since 26 November 2019 10 April 2022 7 February 2022
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader George Simion Hunor Kelemen
Party AUR UDMR
Leader since 1 December 2019[lower-alpha 1] 26 February 2011

Therefore, the de facto winner of the previous Romanian local elections was the Social Democratic Party (PSD), in spite of the de jure one which was the National Liberal Party (PNL), according to popular vote and thereby overall political score.

Furthermore, the 2020 USR-PLUS Alliance (now simply legally known as USR which is short for Save Romania Union) came in third with respect to popular vote yet failed to obtain an important nationwide representation (for mayors, local and municipal councillors, and county councillors alike). In the meantime, the PNL enlarged itself at local/national political level with the integral absorption of ALDE during late March 2022.[2]

Opinion polls

National results in 2020
Date Results Electorate PNL PSD USR AUR UDMR PMP Others Lead
27 Sep 2020 2020 election 8,419,028 32.32% 23.16% 8.89% 0.87% 4.87% 6.04% 14.11% 9.16%

Regional

Bucharest
Opinion polling in terms of political party of preference for Bucharest in the context of the 2024 Romanian local election
Date Poll source PSD USR PNL PMP AUR ALDE PV PRO PUSL APP Others Lead
Mar 2022 ISPAP 33.0 17.0 13.0 2.0 10.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 4.0 4.0 12.0[3] 16.0
Feb 2022 ISPAP 31.0 18.0 11.0 3.0 12.0 1.0 3.0 2.0 4.0 3.0 12.0[4] 13.0
14–20 Jan 2022 CURS 34.0 17.0 17.0 6.0 13.0 N/A N/A 2.0 5.0 2.0 4.0 17.0
Jan 2022 ISPAP 30.0 21.0 10.0 3.0 15.0 1.0 4.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 7.0[5] 9.0
Dec 2021 ISPAP 32.0 23.0 9.0 5.0 13.0 1.0 3.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 6.0[6] 9.0
Nov 2021 ISPAP 35.0 23.5 15.0 6.0 12.0 1.0 3.0 1.5 2.0 1.0 1.0 11.5
12–21 Oct 2021 ISPAP 34.0 24.0 17.0 7.0 10.0 1.0 3.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 10.0
17–23 Sep 2021 CURS 33.0 23.0 21.0 4.0 8.0 3.0 N/A 3.0 4.0N/A N/A 10.0
Jul 2021 CURS 32.0 25.0 22.0 4.0 8.0 N/A N/A 2.0 4.0 N/A N/A 7.0
May 2021 CURS 29.0 27.0 22.0 4.0 9.0 N/A N/A 3.0 4.0 N/A 2.0 2.0
Mar 2021 CURS 32.0 27.0 20.0 5.0 7.0 N/A N/A 2.0 4.0 N/A 3.0 5.0
26 Sep 2020 Election 32.38 26.98 19.31 7.82 0.88 2.93 1.81 1.72 0.95 N/A 6.3 5.0

Mayor of Bucharest
Date Poll sources
Dan
Voiculescu
Ciucu
Firea
Băsescu
Târziu
 Others Lead
Mar 2022 ISPAP 12.0 10.0 10.0 38.0 5.0 9.0 16.0 26.0
29.0 N/A N/A 39.0 6.0 9.0 17.0 10.0
Jan 2022 ISPAP 13.0 14.0 9.0 34.0 6.0 15.0 9.0 20.0
32.0 N/A N/A 35.0 7.0 16.0 10.0 3.0
Nov 2021 ISPAP 15.0 14.0 12.0 34.0 7.0 13.0 5.0 21.0
36.0 N/A N/A 35.0 8.0 14.0 7.0 1.0
27 Sep 2020 2020 election 42.81 37.97 10.99 0.67 7.56 4.84

Sector 1 (Bucharest)
Date Poll source PSD USR PNL PMP AUR ALDE PRO Others Lead
Feb 2022 ISPAP 32.0 18.0 12.0 4.0 13.0 1.0 2.0 18.0[7] 14.0
Jan 2022 ISPAP 33.0 20.0 10.0 4.0 14.0 1.0 1.0 17.0[8] 13.0
Dec 2021 ISPAP 34.0 22.0 10.0 5.0 12.0 1.0 1.0 15.0[9] 12.0
Nov 2021 ISPAP 35.0 24.0 14.0 9.0 10.0 1.0 1.0 6.0 11.0
12–21 Oct 2021 ISPAP 36.0 26.0 16.0 8.0 7.0 N/A 1.0 6.0 10.0
24 Sep 2021 CURS 35.0 18.0 21.0 8.0 8.0 3.0 4.0 3.0 14.0
27 Sep 2020 Election 31.07 29.98 18.94 8.76 0.67 1.50 2.12 6.87 1.09

Cluj-Napoca
Main article: Politics of Cluj-Napoca
Date Poll source PNL USR UDMR PSD PMP AUR PV Others Lead
Feb 2022 ISPAP 26.0 21.0 13.0 16.0 3.0 8.0 2.0 11.0 5.0
Dec 2021 ISPAP 26.0 27.0 13.0 15.0 2.0 8.0 2.0 7.0 1.0
12–21 Oct 2021 ISPAP 28.0 29.0 13.0 14.0 2.0 7.0 3.0 4.0 1.0
6 Dec 2020 CD Election 32.4 31.1 11.2 10.6 3.2 3.9 N/A 7.6 1.3
27 September 2020 Election 54.5 17.1 11.3 7.43 1.9 1.2 1.2 5.5 35.4

Constanța
Date Poll source PNL USR PSD PMP AUR PV Others Lead
Feb 2022 ISPAP 17.0 18.0 22.0 2.0 20.0 2.0 19.0 2.0
Jan 2022 ISPAP 16.0 20.0 20.0 2.0 21.0 2.0 19.0 1.0
Dec 2021 ISPAP 17.0 21.0 26.0 2.0 19.0 2.0 13.0 5.0
Nov 2021 ISPAP 18.0 23.0 27.0 2.0 17.5 3.0 9.5 4.0
12–21 Oct 2021 ISPAP 20.5 25.0 24.5 3.0 14.5 2.5 10.0 0.5
6 Dec 2020 26.1 26.4 22.3 4.2 8.9 0.9 11.3 0.3
27 September 2020 Election 27.7 23.9 19.9 4.7 N/A 1.8 22.1 3.8

Iași
Date Poll source PNL USR PSD AUR PMP PV Others Lead
Feb 2022 ISPAP 12.0 22.0 28.0 16.0 4.0 2.0 16.0 6.0
Jan 2022 ISPAP 18.0 27.0 26.0 17.0 4.0 2.0 6.0 1.0
Dec 2021 ISPAP 16.0 27.0 26.0 16.0 4.0 4.0 7.0 1.0
Nov 2021 ISPAP 17.0 29.0 26.0 15.0 4.0 4.0 5.0 3.0
12–21 Oct 2021 ISPAP 18.0 31.0 24.0 12.5 4.5 5.0 5.0 7.0
6 Dec 2020 21.4 31.7 21.0 8.7 5.7 1.3 11.5 10.3
27 September 2020 Election 32.2 29.0 16.4 1.4 5.1 3.8 8.4 3.2

Brașov
Date Poll source USR PNL PSD UDMR AUR Others Lead
Oct 2021 ISPAP 36.0 18.0 22.0 4.0 6.0 14.0 14.0
6 Dec 2020 35.5 22.5 19.1 4.6 5.4 12.9 13.0
27 September 2020 Election 32.7 31.8 11.8 4.7 0.3 18.7 0.9

Timișoara
Date Poll source USR PNL PSD PMP AUR Others Lead
Mar 2022 ISPAP 30.0 15.0 20.0 3.0 11.0 21.0 12.0
Nov 2021 ISPAP 34.0 15.0 22.0 4.0 13.0 12.0 12.0
12–21 Oct 2021 ISPAP 37.0 18.0 18.5 4.5 9.5 12.5 18.5
6 Dec 2020 40.3 21.7 15.8 5.4 4.9 12.0 18.6
27 September 2020 Election 41.4 30.4 9.6 1.8 1.3 15.5 11.0

Târgu-Jiu
Date Poll source PNL PSD PRO PV USR AUR PMP Others Lead
Mar 2022 ISPAP 18.0 30.0 6.0 12.0 6.0 7.0 4.0 12.0 17.0
Feb 2022 ISPAP 16.0 33.0 6.0 12.0 7.0 8.0 4.0 14.0 17.0
Dec 2021 ISPAP 17.0 35.0 6.0 10.0 8.0 9.0 4.0 11.0 18.0
Nov 2021 ISPAP 20.0 35.0 8.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 3.0 7.0 15.0
6 Dec 2020 Parliament 21.6 34.6 8.3 3.4 14.2 6.3 4.5 7.0 13.0
26 Sep 2020 Election 37.4 27.8 7.6 6.5 5.6 N/A 4.9 10.3 9.6

Alba-Iulia
Date Poll source PNL USR PSD AUR PMP PV Others Lead
Feb 2022 ISPAP 17.0 20.0 22.0 20.0 2.0 1.0 18.0 2.0
Jan 2022 ISPAP 18.0 22.0 22.0 23.0 2.0 1.0 12.0 1.0
Dec 2021 ISPAP 18.0 23.0 25.0 19.0 2.0 2.0 11.0 2.0
23–26 Nov 2021 CURS 19.0 22.0 30.0 17.0 3.0 1.0 8.0 8.0
Nov 2021 ISPAP 21.0 24.0 23.0 16.0 2.0 2.0 12.0 1.0
6 Dec 2020 27.1 28.0 19.5 10.3 3.9 1.1 10.0 0.9
27 September 2020 Election 33.7 26.2 11.9 8.3 3.4 1.7 19.0 7.5

Official results of the previous 2020 Romanian local election at national level
Political party Political position Main Ideology Leader(s) County Council (CJ) Presidents Mayors County Council Councillors Local Council Councillors
PSD Social Democratic Party Centre-left Social conservatism Marcel Ciolacu
20 / 41
1,362 / 3,176
362 / 1,340
13,820 / 39,900
PNL[lower-alpha 2] National Liberal Party Centre-right Conservative liberalism Nicolae Ciucă
17 / 41
1,247 / 3,176
489 / 1,340
15,043 / 39,900
UDMR/RMDSZ Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania Centre-right Hungarian minority rights Hunor Kelemen
4 / 41
199 / 3,176
94 / 1,340
2,360 / 39,900
PMP People's Movement Party Centre-right Conservatism Eugen Tomac[lower-alpha 3]
0 / 41
50 / 3,176
67 / 1,340
2,137 / 39,900
USR Save Romania Union Centre to centre-right Neoliberalism Cătălin Drulă[lower-alpha 4]
0 / 41
41 / 3,176
108 / 1,340
1,655 / 39,900
PRO PRO Romania Centre-left Social liberalism Victor Ponta
0 / 41
36 / 3,176
56 / 1,340
1,885 / 39,900
PER Romanian Ecologist Party Centre to centre-right Conservatism Dănuț Pop
0 / 41
7 / 3,176
5 / 1,340
374 / 39,900
PUSL Social Liberal Humanist Party Centre to centre-left Populism Daniel Ionașcu
0 / 41
2 / 3,176
0 / 1,340
166 / 39,900
PV Green Party Centre-left Green politics Florin Călinescu
0 / 41
1 / 3,176
0 / 1,340
117 / 39,900
AUR Alliance for the Union of Romanians Right-wing to far right Right-wing populism George Simion[lower-alpha 1]
0 / 41
3 / 3,176
0 / 1,340
79 / 39,900
FDGR/DFDR Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania Centre German minority rights Paul-Jürgen Porr
0 / 41
5 / 3,176
5 / 1,340
68 / 39,900
PRM Greater Romania Party Right-wing to far right National conservatism Victor Iovici
0 / 41
0 / 3,176
0 / 1,340
31 / 39,900

Notes
  1. Co-president along with Claudiu Târziu until 27 March 2022, when he was elected as the party's sole president at its first congress.[1]
  2. PNL had entirely absorbed ALDE during late March 2022, therefore the figures associated here with PNL include seats previously won by ALDE in 2020 as well.
  3. The new president of PMP since 19 February 2022
  4. At the moment, solely acting/ad interim president of the USR

References
  1. Oprea, Adriana; Neag, Mirela; Otopeanu, Cristian (27 March 2022). "George Simion, ales cu majoritate de voturi noul președinte al partidului AUR". Libertatea (in Romanian).
  2. Redacția HotNews.ro (22 March 2022). "Florin Cîţu: Conducerea PNL a aprobat fuziunea cu ALDE". HotNews.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  3. FD 3%
  4. FD 5%
  5. FD 4.0%
  6. FD 3.0
  7. PPU-SL 5%, FD 5%, APP 3%, PV 1%
  8. FD 3%, PV 3%, PPU 3%, APP 3%
  9. FD 4.0%, APP 3.0%, PPU-SL 3.0%, PV 1.0%
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