First official partial results in Romania local elections: Social Liberals lead with three times more mayors than Democratic Liberals

Romania’s central electoral office announced the first official partial results of the Sunday local elections on Monday morning. According to the preliminary results, the governing Social Liberal Union (USL) won 52% of votes for County Councils and County Council presidents, as compared to Democratic Liberal’s (PDL) 13%, while the populist Dan Diaconescu Popular Party (PPDD) won 7% of the vote. For local councils, USL leads with 42.7% of the votes, PDL – 15.78%. USL also leads in the race for mayor terms with 52.27% against PDL’s 15.8%.

The Social Democratic Party (PSD), which has allied with the Liberals (PNL) to form the Social Liberal Union – USL, figures prominently by itself as well, considering that PSD and PNL pushed common candidates only for county capitals and for Bucharest and campaigned separately for other cities and towns.

Partial results according to the count by 8.30 a.m. on Monday:

County Councils: