Romanian local election, 2008

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Local elections were held in Romania on June 1, 2008, with a runoff for mayors on June 15, 2008.^[1]

On June 1 where elected:

• all the villages, communes, cities, and municipal cluncils (Local Councils, Romanian: Consilii Locale), and the Sectors Local Councils of Bucharest (Romanian: Consilii Locale de Sector)
• the 41 County Councils (Romanian: Consilii Judeţene), and the Bucharest Municipal General Council (Romanian: Consiliul General Al Municipiului Bucureşti).
• the 41 Presidents of the County Councils (Romanian: Preşedinţii Consiliilor Judeţene)
• all the mayors (Romanian: Primarii)
  • of the villages, 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 Bucureşti)

On 17 April 2008, the Social Democratic Party and the Conservative Party announced they would form a political alliance for these elections.^[2] For the first time the presidents of the County Councils were elected directly by the people, and not by later negotiations inside the County Council; other notable characteristics included a substantial number of Roma candidates standing, as well as some representatives of the Romanian Orthodox Church.^[3] Turnout was low, with fewer than half of the eligible voters turning out to vote; in most big cities, except for Constanţa (incumbent PSD member Radu Ştefan Mazăre won) and Cluj-Napoca (incumbent Democratic Liberal Party member Emil Boc won), the election was not decided in the first round; in Bucharest, PDL member Vasile Blaga and independent Sorin Oprescu (former member of the PSD) will meet in the run-off.^[4]

Overall, both PD-L got 28.37%, PSD got 28.04%, PNL got 18.66%, and UDMR got 5,43% of the vote.^[5][6]

Contents 1 First round 1.1 Mayors 1.2 Local Councils 1.3 County Council Presidents 1.4 County Councils[8] 2 Runoff 3 Notable partial election 3.1 Cluj-Napoca 4 References

[edit] First round

[edit] Mayors

The most notables victories ("TOP 10") are presented bellow:

Name	Political Party	City	Percentage
Klaus Johannis	FDGR	Sibiu	83.2%
Florin Cârciumaru	PSD	Târgu-Jiu	82.5%
Darius Vâlcov	PD-L	Slatina	81.07%
Gheorghe Ştefan	PD-L	Piatra Neamţ	79.3%
Liviu Negoiţă	PD-L	Sector 3 (Bucharest)	79.0%
Constantin Hogea	PD-L	Tulcea	73.4%
Tudor Pendiuc	PSD	Piteşti	72.0%
Emil Boc	PD-L	Cluj-Napoca	70.2%
George Scripcaru	PD-L	Braşov	69.8%
Radu Ştefan Mazăre	PSD	Constanţa	67.9%
Gheorghe Falcă	PD-L	Arad	67.6%

[edit] Local Councils

[edit] County Council Presidents

[edit] County Councils^[8]

[edit] Runoff

The mayoral runoff was held in 1,441 local constituencies. Also, in the communes of Ştefăneşti and Vidra, in Ilfov County the first tour was repeated, due to the cancellation of the election held on 1 June in the two communes. If a runoff is needed for the mayor's election, it will be held on 24 June. A sentence regarding the cancellation of the electoral process in the commune of Iepureşti, Giurgiu is pending from the Central Electoral Bureau.

The independent and former Social Democratic Party member Sorin Oprescu won the election for mayor of Bucharest with 54% against Vasile Blaga from the president's Democratic Liberal Party.^[9] Overall, Social Democratic Party won about a third of the mayors, while Democratic Liberal Party won slightly less.^[10]

In Voineşti, a tiny town in northeastern Romania, the incumbent Social Democratic Party mayor Neculai Ivaşcu, who died on the election day, was nonetheless elected over his rival, Gheorghe Dobreanu of the National Liberal Party; however, the election commission declared the runner-up elected, but Social Democratic Party said they would appeal that decision.^[11][12]

[edit] Notable partial election

The legislature of the local authorities is of four years, for all the local authorities. If a local elected official cannot serve its term (death, incompatibility or resignation), he (or she) is replaced. The members of the Local Councils and County Councils are replaced by the next person on the list elected. For the Mayors and Presidents of the County Councils, elected on a two-round system, and first past the post respectively, no later than 90 days from the vacancy of the post the Government must announce the day the early election is called. The election is not called if the vacancy occurs in the last six months of the term. The newly elected Mayors and Presidents of the County Councils serve the rest of the term. The ad interim Mayors and Presidents of the County Councils are one of the Deputy-Mayors (elected by the Local Council, if the settlement has more than one Deputy-Mayor), and one of the Vice President of the County Council, elected by the County Council.

[edit] Cluj-Napoca

On 22 December 2008 Emil Boc was sworn in as Prime Minister of Romania. He resigned from the office of Mayor of Cluj-Napoca on the 4 January 2009. The Government called for partial election in Cluj-Napoca on 15 February 2009. The three main competitors are, as of 24 January 2009, the incumbent ad interim Mayor of Cluj-Napoca, Sorin Apostu (PD-L), former Cluj County Council President and current Senator Marius Nicoară (PNL), and former Cluj-Napoca Police commander, Teodor Pop-Puşcaş (PSD). The campaign will start on 31 January 2009.

[edit] References

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