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. Overall, Social Democratic Party won about a third of the mayors, while Democratic Liberal Party won slightly less.
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.
| Party | County Councils Presidents |
Mayors | Local Councils seats (CL) |
County Council seats (CJ) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 Union of Hungarians in Romania (Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România) |
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 - Creştin 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 România 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 Creştin Democrat) |
78,752 | 0.98 | – | 53,908 | 0.61 | 11 | 102,137 | 1.20 | 326 | 88,066 | 1.05 | 2 | |
| other 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 | |||||||||||||
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