The last general local election was held on 27 September 2020. The threshold was 5%. On the 15 February 2009, a by-election was held for the office of Mayor of Cluj-Napoca, following the nomination of the previous Mayor, Emil Boc as Prime Minister.
|- !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left colspan=2|Parties and alliances !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|% !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Seats |- | |Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania () |align="right" |31,618 |align="right" |22.50 |align="right" |8 |- | |Greater Romania Party () |align="right" |30,762 |align="right" |21.89 |align="right" |8 |- | |Party of Social Democracy in Romania, now Social Democratic Party () |align="right" valign=top|16,605 |align="right" valign=top|11.81 |align="right" valign=top|5 |- | |Romanian Democratic Convention () |align="right" valign=top|10,264 |align="right" valign=top|7.30 |align="right" valign=top|3 |- | |Romanian National Unity Party |align="right" valign=top|? (no data) |align="right" valign=top|? (no data) |align="right" valign=top|3 |- | |National Liberal Party (Partidul Naà £ional Liberal) |align="right" |5,432 |align="right" |3.86 |align="right" |2 |- | |Party of Alliance for Romania |align="right" |4,606 |align="right" |3.26 |align="right" |2 |- |style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=2|Total (turnout 54.5%) |width="75" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| |width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| |width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|31 |-
|- !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left colspan=2|Parties and alliances !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|% !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Seats |- | |Justice and Truth Alliance (Alianà £a Dreptate si AdevÃÂr)
|align="right" valign=top|43,823 |align="right" valign=top|29.57 |align="right" valign=top|9 |- | |Greater Romania Party(Partidul România Mare) |align="right" |30,864 |align="right" |20.82 |align="right" |6 |- | |Social Democratic Party (Partidul Social Democrat) |align="right" valign=top|30,457 |align="right" valign=top|20.55 |align="right" valign=top|6 |- | |Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (Uniunea DemocratàMaghiaràdin România) |align="right" |28,172 |align="right" |19.01 |align="right" |6 |- | |Humanist Party of Romania, now Conservative Party (Partidul Conservator) |align="right" |2,963 |align="right" |2.0 |align="right" |- |- | |Romanian National Unity Party |align="right" |2,015 |align="right" |1.36 |align="right" |- |- | |Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party |align="right" |1,393 |align="right" |0.94 |align="right" |- |- |style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=2|Total (turnout %) |width="75" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| |width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| |width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|27 |-
Bolded names represent the parties that entered the Local Council.
|- !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left colspan=2|Parties and alliances !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|% !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Seats |- | |Democratic Liberal Party (Partidul Democrat) |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" |16 |- | |Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania<br />(Uniunea DemocratàMaghiaràdin România) |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" |5 |- | |National Liberal Party (Partidul Naà £ional Liberal) |align="right" valign=top| |align="right" valign=top| |align="right" valign=top|3 |- | |Social Democratic Party (Partidul Social Democrat) |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" |3 |- | |Greater Romania Party(Partidul România Mare) |align="right" valign=top| |align="right" valign=top| |align="right" valign=top|0 |- | |Conservative Party (Partidul Conservator) |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" |0 |- | |Christian Social Popular Union (Uniunea PopularàSocial Creà ÂtinÃÂ) |align="right" valign=top| |align="right" valign=top| |align="right" valign=top|0 |- | |PP ( ) |align="right" valign=top| |align="right" valign=top| |align="right" valign=top|0 |- | |Green Party (Partidul Verde) |align="right" valign=top| |align="right" valign=top| |align="right" valign=top| |- | |National Initiative Party (Partidul Inià £iativa Naà £ionalã) |align="right" valign=top| |align="right" valign=top| |align="right" valign=top|0 |- | |(PCM) |align="right" valign=top| |align="right" valign=top| |align="right" valign=top|0 |- | |(UPSS) |align="right" valign=top| |align="right" valign=top| |align="right" valign=top|0 |- | |Socialist Alliance Party (PAS) |align="right" valign=top| |align="right" valign=top| |align="right" valign=top|0 |- | |Ecologist Party of Romania (PER) |align="right" valign=top| |align="right" valign=top| |align="right" valign=top|0 |- | |(PRE) |align="right" valign=top| |align="right" valign=top| |align="right" valign=top|0 |- | |Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party<br />(Partidul Naà £ional à ¢ÃÂrÃÂnesc Creà Âtin Democrat) |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" |0 |- | |(PNG-CD) |align="right" valign=top| |align="right" valign=top| |align="right" valign=top|0 |- | |Valentin Guia (independent) |align="right" valign=top| |align="right" valign=top| |align="right" valign=top|0 |- |style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=2|Total (turnout %) |width="75" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| |width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| |width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|27 |-
|- ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left colspan=2|Candidates - Parties and alliances ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|% |- | | Sorin Apostu - Democratic Liberal Party (Partidul Democrat-Liberal) | align="right" valign=top|49,234 | align="right" valign=top|56 |- | | Marius Nicoarà- National Liberal Party (Partidul Naà £ional Liberal) | align="right" | | align="right" | 23 |- | | Teodor Pop-Puscas - PSD+PC Alliance (Alianà £a PSD+PC) | align="right" valign=top| | align="right" valign=top| |- | | Sorin Oancea - Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party (Partidul Naà £ional à ¢ÃÂrÃÂnesc Creà Âtin Democrat) | align="right" | | align="right" | |- | | Gheorghe Oros - Socialist Alliance Party (Partidul Alianà £a SocialistÃÂ) | align="right" | | align="right" | |- | | Gheorghe Aà Âtileanu - New Generation Party â Christian Democratic (PArtidul Noua Generaà £ie - Creà Âtin Democrat) | align="right" | | align="right" | |- | | Gergely Balasz - Hungarian Civic Party (Partidul Civic Maghiar) | align="right" valign=top| | align="right" valign=top| |- | | Laszlo Csaba - Green Party (Partidul Verde) | align="right" valign=top| | align="right" valign=top| |- | bgcolor="gray"| | Grigore Pop - Independent | align="right" valign=top| | align="right" valign=top| |- | style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=2|Total: 274,300 (turnout 30.19%) | width="75" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| | width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| |-
Bolded names represent the parties that gained seats in the Cluj-Napoca Local Council.
|- ! style = background-color:#E9E9E9 align = left colspan = 2 | Parties and alliances ! style = background-color:#E9E9E9 align = right | Votes ! style = background-color:#E9E9E9 align = right | % ! style = background-color:#E9E9E9 align = right | Seats |- | | Social Liberal Union (Uniunea Social LiberalÃÂ) | align = right valign = top | 51,831 | align = right valign = top | 39.65 | align = right valign = top | 12 |- | | Democratic Liberal Party (Partidul Democrat Liberal) | align = right | 43,495 | align = right | 33.27 | align = right | 10 |- | | Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (Uniunea DemocratàMaghiaràdin România) | align = right | 16,911 | align = right | 12.93 | align = right | 4 |- | | People's Party â Dan Diaconescu (Partidul Poporului - Dan Diaconescu) | align = right | 7,413 | align = right | 5.67 | align = right | 1 |- | | Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (Partidul Naà £ional à ¢ÃÂrÃÂnesc Creà Âtin Democrat) | align = right | 2,183 | align = right | 1.67 | align = right | 0 |- | | Hungarian People's Party in Transylvania (Partidul Popular Maghiar din Transilvania) | align = right valign = top | 2,158 | align = right valign = top | 1.65 | align = right valign = top | 0 |- | | Greater Romania Party (Partidul România Mare) | align = right valign = top | 2,136 | align = right valign = top | 1.63 | align = right valign = top | 0 |- | | Ecologist Party of Romania (Partidul Ecologist Român) | align = right valign = top | 1,454 | align = right valign = top | 1.11 | align = right valign = top | 0 |- | | National Union for the Advancement of Romania (Uniunea NaÃÂionalàpentru Progresul României) | align = right valign = top | 799 | align = right valign = top | 0.61 | align = right valign = top | 0 |- | | Romanian Socialist Party (Partidul Socialist Român) | align = right valign = top | 456 | align = right valign = top | 0.34 | align = right valign = top | 0 |- | | Green Party (Partidul Verde) | align = right valign = top | 446 | align = right valign = top | 0.34 | align = right valign = top | 0 |- | | People's Party (Cojocaru Law) (Partidul Poporului (Legea Cojocaru)) | align = right valign = top | 424 | align = right valign = top | 0.32 | align = right valign = top | 0 |- | | Romanian Ecologist Union Party (Partidul Uniunea Ecologistàdin România) | align = right valign = top | 367 | align = right valign = top | 0.28 | align = right valign = top | 0 |- | | Gipsy Democratic Civic Alliance (AlianÃÂa CivicàDemocraticàa Rromilor) | align = right valign = top | 304 | align = right valign = top | 0.23 | align = right valign = top | 0 |- | | Party of the Roma (AsociaÃÂia Partida Romilor "Pro-Europa") | align = right valign = top | 208 | align = right valign = top | 0.15 | align = right valign = top | 0 |- | | Socialist Alliance Party (Partidul AlianÃÂa SocialistÃÂ) | align = right valign = top | 117 | align = right valign = top | 0.08 | align = right valign = top | 0 |- | style = background-color:#E9E9E9 colspan = 2 | Total (turnout %) Biroul Electoral Central - Alegerile locale 2012 | width = 75 align = right style = background-color:#E9E9E9 | 307,532 | width = 30 align = right style = background-color:#E9E9E9 | 100 | width = 30 align = right style = background-color:#E9E9E9 | 27 |-
|- ! style = background-color:#E9E9E9 align = left colspan = 2 | Parties and alliances ! style = background-color:#E9E9E9 align = left | Candidate ! style = background-color:#E9E9E9 align = right | Votes ! style = background-color:#E9E9E9 align = right | % |- | | Democratic Liberal Party (Partidul Democrat Liberal) | Emil Boc | align = right | 53,674 | align = right | 40.60 |- | | Social Liberal Union (Uniunea Social LiberalÃÂ) | Marius Nicoarà| align = right valign = top | 52,251 | align = right valign = top | 39.53 |- | | Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (Uniunea DemocratàMaghiaràdin România) | Péter Eckstein-Kovács | align = right | 12,225 | align = right | 9.24 |- | | People's Party â Dan Diaconescu (Partidul Poporului - Dan Diaconescu) | Iuliu ÃÂÃÂgorean | align = right | 4,689 | align = right | 3.54 |- | | Independent | Mircia Giurgiu | align = right | 3,368 | align = right | 2.54 |- | | Hungarian People's Party in Transylvania (Partidul Popular Maghiar din Transilvania) | Balazs Gergely | align = right valign = top | 1,523 | align = right valign = top | 1.15 |- | | Independent | MÃÂdÃÂlina Paul | align = right | 1,245 | align = right | 0.94 |- | | Greater Romania Party (Partidul România Mare) | Ioan Avram | align = right valign = top | 1.221 | align = right valign = top | 0.92 |- | | Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (Partidul Naà £ional à ¢ÃÂrÃÂnesc Creà Âtin Democrat) | Emil Culda | align = right | 1,064 | align = right | 0.80 |- | | People's Party (Cojocaru Law) (Partidul Poporului (Legea Cojocaru)) | Dalia Fodor | align = right valign = top | 395 | align = right valign = top | 0.29 |- | | Ecologist Party of Romania (Partidul Ecologist Român) | Elmer Antal | align = right valign = top | 385 | align = right valign = top | 0.29 |- | | Romanian Socialist Party (Partidul Socialist Român) | Liliana Iancu | align = right valign = top | 135 | align = right valign = top | 0.10 |- | style = background-color:#E9E9E9 colspan = 3 | Total (turnout %) Biroul Electoral Central - Alegerile locale 2012 (p. 164) | width = 75 align = right style = background-color:#E9E9E9 | 307,532 | width = 30 align = right style = background-color:#E9E9E9 | 100 |-
Bolded names represent the parties that gained seats in the Cluj-Napoca Local Council.
|- ! style = background-color:#E9E9E9 align = left colspan = 2 | Parties and alliances ! style = background-color:#E9E9E9 align = right | Votes ! style = background-color:#E9E9E9 align = right | % ! style = background-color:#E9E9E9 align = right | Seats |- | | National Liberal Party (Partidul NaÃÂional Liberal) | align = right valign = top | 49,218 | align = right valign = top | 49.86 | align = right valign = top | 17 |- | | Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (Uniunea DemocratàMaghiaràdin România) | align = right | 16,490 | align = right | 16.70 | align = right | 5 |- | | Social Democratic Party + Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (AlianÃÂa Liberalilor ÃÂi DemocraÃÂilor) | align = right | 13,955 | align = right | 14.13 | align = right | 5 |- | | Romanian Social Party (Partidul Social Românesc) | align = right | 3,214 | align = right | 3.25 | align = right | 0 |- | | Liberal Movement Party (Partidul MiÃÂcarea LiberalÃÂ) | align = right valign = top | 2,974 | align = right valign = top |3.01 | align = right valign = top | 0 |- | | M10 Party (Partidul M10) | align = right valign = top | 2,946 | align = right valign = top | 2.98 | align = right valign = top | 0 |- | | People's Movement Party (Partidul MiÃÂcarea PopularÃÂ) | align = right valign = top | 2,834 | align = right valign = top | 2.87 | align = right valign = top | 0 |- | | Democratic Christian Union Party of Romania (Partidul Uniunea CreÃÂtin Democratàdin România) | align = right valign = top | 2,729 | align = right valign = top | 2.76 | align = right valign = top | 0 |- | | Humanist Power Party (Partidul Puterii Umaniste) | align = right valign = top | 1,814 | align = right valign = top | 1.83 | align = right valign = top | 0 |- | | Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (Partidul NaÃÂional ÃÂÃÂrÃÂnesc CreÃÂtin Democrat) | align = right valign = top | 1.649 | align = right valign = top | 1.67 | align = right valign = top | 0 |- | | Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania (Partidul Popular Maghiar din Transilvania) | align = right valign = top | 881 | align = right valign = top | 0.89 | align = right valign = top | 0 |- | style = background-color:#E9E9E9 colspan = 2 | Total (turnout %) Autoritatea ElectoralàPermanentà- Alegerile locale 2016 | width = 75 align = right style = background-color:#E9E9E9 | 98,704 | width = 30 align = right style = background-color:#E9E9E9 | 100 | width = 30 align = right style = background-color:#E9E9E9 | 27 |-
|- ! style = background-color:#E9E9E9 align = left colspan = 2 | Parties and alliances ! style = background-color:#E9E9E9 align = left | Candidate ! style = background-color:#E9E9E9 align = right | Votes ! style = background-color:#E9E9E9 align = right | % |- | | National Liberal Party (Partidul NaÃÂional Liberal) | Emil Boc | align = right | 64,311 | align = right | 64.76 |- | | Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (Uniunea DemocratàMaghiaràdin România) | Horváth Anna | align = right | 12,573 | align = right | 12.66 |- | | Independent | Octavian Buzoianu | align = right valign = top | 8,721 | align = right valign = top | 8.78 |- | | Liberal Movement Party (Partidul MiÃÂcarea LiberalÃÂ) | Alexa Doru Liviu Alin | align = right | 3,496 | align = right | 3.52 |- | | Romanian Social Party (Partidul Social Românesc) | Mircia Giurgiu | align = right | 3,184 | align = right | 3.20 |- | | Democratic Christian Union Party of Romania (Partidul Uniunea CreÃÂtin Democratàdin România) | David Ilie | align = right valign = top | 2,119 | align = right valign = top | 2.13 |- | | Humanist Power Party (Partidul Puterii Umaniste) | Bruno Roschnafsky | align = right | 1,776 | align = right | 1.78 |- | | People's Movement Party (Partidul MiÃÂcarea PopularÃÂ) | Adrian GurzÃÂu | align = right valign = top | 1,289 | align = right valign = top | 1.29 |- | | M10 Party (Partidul M10) | Maria Irina Pop | align = right | 1,253 | align = right | 1.26 |- | | Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania (Partidul Popular Maghiar din Transilvania) | Fancsali Ernà  | align = right valign = top | 574 | align = right valign = top | 0.57 |- | style = background-color:#E9E9E9 colspan = 3 | Total (turnout %) Autoritatea ElectoralàPermanentà- Alegerile locale 2016 | width = 75 align = right style = background-color:#E9E9E9 | 99,296 | width = 30 align = right style = background-color:#E9E9E9 | 100 |-