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:
|- |- style="background-color:#C9C9C9" ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Party ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan=3 | County Councils<br />Presidents (PCJ) ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan=3 | County Council<br />seats (CJ) ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan=3 | Mayors (P) ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" colspan=3 | Local Councils<br />seats (CL) |- |- style="background-color:#C9C9C9" ! 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 |- | | style="text-align:left;" | Social Liberal Union (PSD, PNL, and PC) <br /> (Uniunea Social Liberalà- USL) | 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 <br /> (Partidul Social Democrat - PSD) | style="text-align:right;" | â | style="text-align:right;" | â | 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) <br /> (AlianÃÂa de Centru-Dreapta - ACD) | style="text-align:right;" | â | style="text-align:right;" | â | style="text-align:right;" | 14 | style="text-align:right;" | â | style="text-align:right;" | â | style="text-align:right;" | â | 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 <br /> (Partidul NaÃÂional Liberal - PNL) | 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<br /> (Partidul Conservator) | style="text-align:right;" | â | style="text-align:right;" | â | 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;" | Democratic Liberal Party <br /> (Partidul Democrat-Liberal - PDL) | 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 â Dan Diaconescu <br /> (Partidul Poporului â Dan Diaconescu - PP-DD) | 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 <br /> (Uniunea DemocratàMaghiaràdin România - UDMR) | 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<br /> (Uniunea NaÃÂionalàpentru Progresul României - UNPR) | 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;" | Greater Romania Party <br /> (Partidul România Mare - PRM) | 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 <br /> (Partidul Ecologist Român - PER) | 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 <br /> (Partidul Verde - PV) | 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 <br /> (Forumul Democrat al Germanilor din România<br />Demokratischen Forums der Deutschen in Rumänien - FDGR/DFDR) | 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 <br /> (Partidul NaÃÂional ÃÂÃÂrÃÂnesc CreÃÂtin Democrat - PNÃÂCD) | 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;" | New Generation Party <br /> (Partidul Noua GeneraÃÂie - CreÃÂtin Democrat - PNG) | 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;" | 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 |- | colspan = 2 style="text-align:left;" | Invalid votes | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | â | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | â | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | â | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | | style="text-align:right;" | â |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan=20 | Notes <ol class="references" type="a"> <li> 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. </li> <li> 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. </li> <li> Alliance between PNL and PC in some of the cities and communes. </li> <li> Including PDL in various alliances. </li> </ol> |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan=20 | Source: Central Electoral Bureau provisional results
|- |- style="background-color:#C9C9C9" ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align= center colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Party ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align= center colspan=3 | General Mayor of<br />Bucharest (PGMB) ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align= center colspan=3 | General Council of<br />Bucharest seats<br />(CGMB) |- |- style="background-color:#C9C9C9" ! 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 |- | | align = left | Social Liberal Union <br /> (Uniunea Social LiberalÃÂ) <br /> Sorin Oprescu | align = right | 430,512 | align = right | 54.79 | align = right | 1 | align = right | 436,513 | align = right | 55.65 | align = right | 37 |- | | align = left | Democratic Liberal Party <br /> (Partidul Democrat Liberal) <br /> Silviu Prigoanà| 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 â Dan Diaconescu <br /> (Partidul Poporului â Dan Diaconescu) <br /> Horia Mocanu | align = right | 74,290 | align = right | 9.45 | align = right | 0 | align = right | 83,764 | align = right | 10.67 | align = right | 7 |- | | align = left | Nicuà Âor Daniel Dan <br /> (Independent) | align = right | 66,649 | align = right | 8.48 | align = right | 0 | align = right | 36,948 | align = right | 4.71 | align = right | 0 |- | | align = left | New Generation Party <br /> (Partidul Noua GeneraÃÂie - CreÃÂtin Democrat) <br /> George Becali | align = right | 25,076 | align = right | 3.19 | align = right | 0 | align = right | 12,279 | align = right | 1.56 | align = right | 0 |- | | align = left | National Union for the Progress of Romania <br /> (Uniunea NaÃÂionalàpentru Progresul României) <br /> Anghel IordÃÂnescu | align = right | 16,095 | align = right | 2.04 | align = right | 0 | align = right | 22,936 | align = right | 2.92 | align = right | 0 |- | | align = left | Greater Romania Party <br /> (Partidul România Mare) <br /> Petre Popeangà| align = right | 8,913 | align = right | 1.13 | align = right | 0 | align = right | 14,984 | align = right | 1.91 | 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 | 785,739 ! align= right | 100 ! align= right | 1 ! align= right | 784,367 ! align= right | 100 ! align= right | 55 |- | colspan = 2 align = left | Invalid votes | align = right | | align = right | | align = right | â | align = right | | align = right | | align = right | â |- |align=left colspan=20 | Source: Central Electoral Bureau final results and attributed mandates
Notes
<ol type="a"> <li> Sorin Oprescu ran as an independent for the seat of General Mayor of Bucharest, but was supported by the USL. </li> </ol>