2020 Timiș County local elections

2020 Timiș County local elections

27 September 2020 (2020-09-27)
Turnout	43.20%[1]
First party Second party   Party PNL USR PLUS Seats before 14 - Seats won 16 10 Seat change 2 New Popular vote 90,916 55,155 Percentage 35.50% 21.54%   Third party Fourth party   Party PSD-PPUSL PRO Romania Seats before 16 - Seats won 7 3 Seat change 9 New Popular vote 38,458 18,545 Percentage 15.02% 7.24%
President before election Călin-Ionel Dobra PSD Elected President Alin-Adrian Nica PNL

The 2020 Timiș County local elections were held on 27 September.^[2] A total of 9,010 candidates ran for various local positions, such as local councilors, mayors, county councilors and the President of the County Council.^[3]

The elections resulted in the Social Democratic Party losing control of the county council in favor of the National Liberal Party. Considerable gains were also achieved by USR-PLUS Alliance.

County Council results

President of the County Council^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	Votes %
	National Liberal Party	Alin-Adrian Nica	104,508	40.25
	USR-PLUS Alliance	Cristian-Alin Moș	51,749	19.93
	PSD-PPSUL Alliance	Călin-Ionel Dobra	48,584	18.71
	PRO Romania	Radu-Adrian Pau	11,771	4.53
	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats	Titu Bojin	9,447	3.64
	People's Movement Party	Cornel-Mircea Sămărtinean	8,803	3.39
	Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania	Zoltan-Gheorghe Marossy	6,744	2.60
	Green Party	Ioan Romoșan	4,511	1.74
	Independent	Tiberiu Brâncovan	9,183	3.54
	Others		4,360	1.68
Total			259,660	100

Party composition of the County Council^[5]

Party		Votes	Votes %	Seats	Change
	National Liberal Party	90,916	35.50	16	2
	USR-PLUS Alliance	55,155	21.54	10	New
	PSD-PPSUL Alliance	38,458	15.02	7	9
	PRO Romania	18,545	7.24	3	New
	Others	53.043	20.71	0	7
Total		256,117	100	36	N/A

Local councils results

Party composition of the local councils^[6]

Party		Votes	Votes %	Seats
	National Liberal Party	89,816	34.10	492
	Social Democratic Party	39,918	15.15	359
	USR-PLUS Alliance	57,928	21.99	125
	PRO Romania	16,169	6.14	73
	People's Movement Party	10,500	3.98	53
	Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania	7,523	2.85	26
	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats	5,323	2.02	13
	Green Party	4,852	1.84	11
	Social Liberal Humanist Party	2,338	0.88	11
	Ecologist Party of Romania	2,040	0.77	9
	Independent	4,633	1.75	4
	Others	22,274	8.53	67
Total		263,314	100	1,243

Mayoral results

Timiș County mayoral elections by party^[7]

Party		Votes	Votes %	Mayors
	National Liberal Party	96,928	36.51	47
	Social Democratic Party	46,504	17.52	37
	People's Movement Party	9,088	3.42	4
	USR-PLUS Alliance	68,819	25.92	4
	PRO Romania	13,343	5.03	2
	Others	30,813	11.61	4
Total		265,495	100	98

References

1. Popescu, Marius (27 September 2020). "Timișoara, prezență la vot mai bună decât acum patru ani, însă tot sub media națională UPDATE 2 Cifrele finale al prezenței la vot". Press Alert (in Romanian). Retrieved 11 April 2024.
2. "Rezultate finale alegeri locale 2020 Timiș. Dominic Fritz, noul primar al Timișoarei. Cine conduce Consiliul Județean". Stirileprotv.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 11 April 2024.
3. Raport privind organizarea şi desfășurarea alegerilor pentru autoritățile administrației publice locale din anul 2020 (PDF) (in Romanian). Permanent Electoral Authority. p. 163. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
4. "Alegeri locale 2020 Președinte Consiliu Județean Timiș Rezultate vot". rezultatevot (in Romanian). Retrieved 11 April 2024.
5. "Alegeri locale 2020 Consiliu județean Timiș Rezultate vot". rezultatevot (in Romanian). Retrieved 11 April 2024.
6. "Prezenta vot - Județ Timiș Consiliu local". prezenta.roaep.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 11 April 2024.
7. "Prezenta vot - Județ Timiș Primar". prezenta.roaep.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 11 April 2024.