Local elections 2024: Partial results show most of Romania’s major cities reelect mayors

Romanians elected their representatives in local administration, including the general mayor of the capital, county council presidents, members of the General Council of the Municipality of Bucharest, county councils, local mayors, sector mayors of the Capital, and members of local councils for each administrative-territorial unit on Sunday, June 9.

Voter turnout nationwide for the local elections was 49.95% by 10:00 PM on Sunday, when the polls closed, according to the Central Electoral Bureau. Over nine million voters cast their ballots.

According to latest partial results, incumbent mayors kept their seats in Bucharest (general mayor), District 3, District 4, and District 6, but also in Cluj-Napoca, Timisoara, Iasi, Constanta, Craiova, Braila, Arad, Oradea, Campulung, Buzau, Botosani, Galati, and Sibiu.

In District 1, District 2, and District 5 of the capital, the mayoral seat seems to have changed hands, although hotly disputed in the first two. The same happened in Baia Mare, Piatra Neamt, Ploiesti, Slatina, Suceava, and Brasov.

In Bucharest, Nicușor Dan (independent) won a new mandate as mayor, receiving 47.55% of the votes, after counting votes from most sections, according to data uploaded by the Permanent Electoral Authority. Former mayor Gabriela Firea (PSD) was the runner-up with 22.3%, followed by PUSL’s Cristian Popescu Piedone (PUSL), with 16%. According to the BEC, in Bucharest, 41.28% of voters cast their ballots by 10:00 PM.

Aside from the general mayor, the people of Bucharest also voted for the mayors of the capital’s six sectors.

In District 1, PNL's George Tuță (PNL) is leading amid 98.7% of precincts reporting, but Clotilde Armand’s (USR) team claims votes are still being counted. District 2 is witnessing a showdown between Radu Mihaiu (USR) and Rareș Hopincă (PSD). The latter claims to have won, however.

In District 3, incumbent Robert Negoiță (PSD) won another term with over of the vote, and so did District 4’s Daniel Băluță (PSD), who secured a new term with 60%. In District 5, Vlad Popescu Piedone (PUSL), son of incumbent Cristian Popescu Piedone, won with 43%. Finally, PNL’s Ciprian Ciucu won almost 73% of the votes in District 6.

Partial results in major cities: