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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: 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 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 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