Local elections were held in Romania on 1 June 2008, with a runoff for mayors on 15 June 2008.[1]
On 1 June elections were held for:
all the villages, communes, cities, and municipal councils (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 București).
the 41 Presidents of the County Councils (Romanian: Preşedinţii Consiliilor Judeţene)
The General Mayor of The Municipality of Bucharest (Romanian: Primarul General al Municipiului București)
On 17 April 2008, the Social Democratic Party and the Conservative Party announced they would form a political alliance for these elections, the Alliance PSD+PC.[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, PD-L got 28.37%, PSD got 28.04%, PNL got 18.66%, and UDMR got 5.43% of the cast votes.[5][6]
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.
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]
Summary of the 1 June 2008 and 15 June 2008 Romanian local election results
Source: Central Electoral Bureau 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
Notable partial electionedit
The legislature of the local authorities is of four years, for all the local authorities. Local elected officials who cannot serve the full term (due to death, incompatibility or resignation) are 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.
^BalkanInsight.com – Independent Mayor for Capital of Romania
^. Archived from the original on 2011-05-20. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
^HotNews – Candidate defeated in Voinesti, Romania to become mayor after rival died on local elections day
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Local elections were held in Romania on 1 June 2008 with a runoff for mayors on 15 June 2008 1 On 1 June elections were held for all the villages communes cities and municipal councils 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 București the 41 Presidents of the County Councils Romanian Presedinţii 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 București On 17 April 2008 the Social Democratic Party and the Conservative Party announced they would form a political alliance for these elections the Alliance PSD PC 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 Stefan 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 PD L got 28 37 PSD got 28 04 PNL got 18 66 and UDMR got 5 43 of the cast votes 5 6 Incomplete map of the results for the Mayors Social Democratic Party Democratic Liberal Party National Liberal Party Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania Conservative Party Greater Romania Party Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania Independent Drawing not finished Contents 1 First round 1 1 Mayors 1 2 Local Councils 1 3 County Council Presidents 1 4 County Councils 2 Runoff 3 Notable partial election 3 1 Cluj Napoca 4 ReferencesFirst round editMayors edit nbsp The distribution of the mayor seats after the first round was as follows Social Democratic Party Democratic Liberal Party National Liberal Party Other political parties To be decided in the runoff The most notables victories of the election Top 10 are listed below Name Political Party City Percentage Klaus Iohannis FDGR Sibiu 83 2 Florin Carciumaru PSD Targu Jiu 82 5 Darius Valcov PD L Slatina 81 07 Gheorghe Stefan PD L Piatra Neamț 79 3 Liviu Negoiță PD L Sector 3 Bucharest 79 0 Constantin Hogea PD L Tulcea 73 4 Tudor Pendiuc PSD Pitesti 72 0 Emil Boc PD L Cluj Napoca 70 2 George Scripcaru PD L Brasov 69 8 Radu Mazăre PSD Constanţa 67 9 Gheorghe Falcă PD L Arad 67 6 Local Councils edit nbsp The distribution of the 37 915 Local Council seats 7 Social Democratic Party Democratic Liberal Party National Liberal Party Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania Conservative Party Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania other parties Independent County Council Presidents edit nbsp Map of the Romanian counties based on the party of the president of the County Council Social Democratic Party Democratic Liberal Party National Liberal Party Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania nbsp The distribution of the 41 County Council Presidents Social Democratic Party Democratic Liberal Party National Liberal Party Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania County Councils edit 8 nbsp Results of the county councilors nbsp The distribution of the votes for the 41 County Councils Social Democratic Party Democratic Liberal Party National Liberal Party other parties nbsp The distribution of the seats for the 41 County Councils Social Democratic Party Democratic Liberal Party National Liberal Party Greater Romania Party Conservative Party Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania other parties IndependentRunoff edit nbsp The distribution of the Mayor seats Social Democratic Party Democratic Liberal Party National Liberal Party Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania Conservative Party Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania Other parties Independent candidates The mayoral runoff was held in 1 441 local constituencies Also in the communes of Stefănesti 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 Iepuresti 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 Voinesti a tiny town in northeastern Romania the incumbent Social Democratic Party mayor Neculai Ivascu 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 Summary of the 1 June 2008 and 15 June 2008 Romanian local election results Party County CouncilsPresidents Mayors Local Councilsseats CL County Councilseats CJ Votes Seats Votes Seats Votes Seats Votes Seats Democratic Liberal Party Partidul Democrat Liberal 2 243 144 28 17 14 2 964 948 33 58 908 2 356 584 27 70 11 129 2 416 014 28 92 458 Social Democratic Party Partidul Social Democrat 2 234 465 28 06 17 2 717 490 30 77 1 138 2 268 271 26 67 12 137 2 337 102 27 97 452 National Liberal Party Partidul Naţional Liberal 1 537 840 18 08 5 1 721 834 19 50 706 1 576 214 19 80 8 529 1 521 191 18 20 297 Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din Romania 419 028 5 26 4 378 413 4 28 184 404 657 4 75 2 195 429 329 5 13 89 Conservative Party Partidul Conservator 263 200 3 30 224 182 2 53 47 315 825 3 71 1 398 277 492 3 32 16 New Generation Party Partidul Noua Generaţie Crestin Democrat 227 744 2 86 159 739 1 80 35 300 661 3 53 1 203 248 757 2 97 9 Greater Romania Party Partidul Romania Mare 252 956 3 17 124 492 1 41 19 314 731 3 70 1 090 313 666 3 75 15 Christian Democratic National Peasants Party Partidul Naţional Ţărănesc Crestin Democrat 78 752 0 98 53 908 0 61 11 102 137 1 20 326 88 066 1 05 2 Other political parties 703 437 10 12 1 502 202 5 52 131 865 707 8 94 2 260 722 134 8 69 55 Total 18 313 440 expected voters turnout 49 38 7 960 566 100 41 8 829 208 100 3 179 8 504 787 100 40 297 8 353 751 100 1 393 Source Central Electoral Bureau Archived 2016 03 03 at the Wayback MachineNotable partial election editThe legislature of the local authorities is of four years for all the local authorities Local elected officials who cannot serve the full term due to death incompatibility or resignation are 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 Cluj Napoca edit 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 4 January 2009 The Government called for partial election in Cluj Napoca on 15 February 2009 The three main competitors were the 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 Puscas PSD References edit the Government s Press Release permanent dead link Romania s PSD and PC form alliance SETimes com Romanians vote in local elections SETimes com Low turnout in Romania s local elections SETimes com Adevarul Archived from the original on 2008 06 04 Retrieved 2008 06 05 Biroul Electoral Central PRIMA PAGINA Alegeri pentru autoritatile administratiei publice locale iunie 2008 Adevarul newspaper Archived from the original on 2008 06 20 Retrieved 2008 06 22 Official results Exit poll shows leftist candidate to become mayor of Bucharest BalkanInsight com Independent Mayor for Capital of Romania AFP Dead Romanian candidate wins mayoral vote Archived from the original on 2011 05 20 Retrieved 2008 06 16 HotNews Candidate defeated in Voinesti Romania to become mayor after rival died on local elections day Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2008 Romanian local elections amp oldid 1132506934, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
