Politics of Cluj-Napoca

Mayor of Cluj-Napoca Romanian: Primarul Municipiului Cluj-Napoca
Incumbent Emil Boc since 22 June 2012
Inaugural holder	Dr. Iulian Pop
Formation	1919 (after the Unification of Romania)
Website	http://www.primariaclujnapoca.ro/

Cluj-Napoca Local Council Consiliul Local al Municipiului Cluj-Napoca
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Deputy Mayor	Gheorghe Şurubaru, PDL Since 22 June 2012
Deputy Mayor	Anna Horvath, UDMR Since 22 June 2012
Structure
Seats	27

Local Council political groups	Social Liberal Union (12) Democratic Liberal Party (10) Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (4) People's Party - Dan Diaconescu (1)
Elections
Local Council voting system	Closed list, D'Hondt method
Mayor voting system	Direct vote, Two-round system (until 2012), Single round system (since 2012)
Local Council last election	10 June 2012
Mayor last election	10 June 2012
Meeting place

Cluj-Napoca City Hall
Website
http://www.primariaclujnapoca.ro/

The last general local election was held on 1 June 2008. The threshold was 5%. On the 15 February 2009, a by-election was held for the office of Mayor of Cluj-Napoca, following the nomination of the previous Mayor, Emil Boc as Prime-Minister.

List of mayors

Main article: List of mayors of Cluj-Napoca

#	Name	Took office	Left office	Party
Principality of Transylvania
	József Pataki	April 1861	?
Austro-Hungarian Empire
	Zsigmond Szentkirályi	1 September 1867	1868
	Unknown	1868	1874
	Elek Simon	1 February 1874	1 September 1880
	Károly Haller	1 August 1884	1 May 1886
	Géza Albach	1 May 1886	30 June 1898
	Géza Szvacsina	1 July 1898	30 November 1913
	Gusztáv Haller	1 December 1913	19 January 1919
Kingdom of Romania
1	Iulian Pop	19 January 1919	April 1923
—	Aurel Moga	April 1923	April 1923
2	Octavian Utalea	1 May 1923	14 March 1926
3	Theodor Mihali	21 April 1926	21 October 1926
4	Vasile Osvadă	21 October 1926	23 June 1927
(3)	Theodor Mihali	23 June 1927	24 July 1931
5	Prof. Coriolan Tătaru	24 July 1931	31 January 1932
6	Dr. Sebastian Bornemisa	1 February 1932	11 June 1932
7	Dr. Victor Deleu	11 June 1932	18 November 1933
8	Prof. Dr. Nicolae Drăganu	18 November 1933	1 January 1938
9	Dr. Laurian Gabor	1 January 1938	13 February 1938
10	Richard Filipescu	17 February 1938	23 September 1938
(6)	Dr. Sebastian Bornemisa	23 September 1938	September 1940
Kingdom of Hungary (Vienna awards)
	Dr. Vasarhelyi Lászlo	September 1940	16 April 1941
	Keledy Tibor	16 April 1941	1944
Kingdom of Romania (restored)
11	Dr. Ioan Demeter	1944	1944
12	Tudor Bugnariu	1944	1945
13	Gheorghe Chintezanu	1944	1947
Communist Romania
(13)	Gheorghe Chintezanu	1947	1952
14	Petre Jurca	1952	1957
15	Aurel Duca	1956	1960
16	Gheorghe Lăpădeanu	1960	1968
17	Remus Buc?a	1968	1975
18	Constantin Cri?an	1975	1983
19	Constantin Chirilă	1983	1985
20	Nicolae Preda	1985	1986
21	Gheorghe Cordea	1986	1989
Romania
22	Ion Pop	1989	1990
23	Alexandru Șerban	1990	1990
24	Mihai Tălpean	1990	1991
25	Teodor Groza	1991	1992
26	Gheorghe Funar	1992	June 2004	PUNR/PRM
27	Emil Boc	June 2004	December 2008	PD/PD-L
28	Sorin Apostu	December 2008	November 2011	PD-L
—	Radu Moisin	November 2011	22 June 2012	PD-L
(27)	Emil Boc	22 June 2012		PD-L/PNL

Mayor and Municipal Council election 2000

Main article: Romanian local election, 2000

Summary of the June 2000 Cluj Napoca Local election results
Parties and alliances		Votes	%	Seats
	Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România)	31618	22.50	8
	Greater Romania Party (Partidul România Mare)	30762	21.89	8
	Party of Social Democracy in Romania, now Social Democratic Party (Partidul Social Democrat)	16605	11.81	5
	Convenţia Democrată Română (Convenţia Democrată Română)	10264	7.30	3
	Romanian National Unity Party	?(no data)	?(no data)	3
	National Liberal Party (Partidul Naţional Liberal)	5432	3.86	2
	Party of Alliance for Romania	4606	3.26	2
Total (turnout 54.5%)				31

Mayor and Municipal Council election 2004

Main article: Romanian local election, 2004

Local council composition:

Justice and Truth Alliance

Democratic Union of Hungarians

Social Democratic Party

Greater Romania Party

Non-attached

Summary of the 6 June 2004 Cluj Napoca Local election results
Parties and alliances		Votes	%	Seats
	Justice and Truth Alliance (Alianţa Dreptate si Adevăr) National Liberal Party (Partidul Naţional Liberal) Democratic Party (Partidul Democrat)	43823	29.57	9
	Greater Romania Party(Partidul România Mare)	30864	20.82	6
	Social Democratic Party (Partidul Social Democrat)	30457	20.55	6
	Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România)	28172	19.01	6
	Humanist Party of Romania, now Conservative Party (Partidul Conservator)	2963	2.0	-
	Romanian National Unity Party	2015	1.36	-
	Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party	1393	0.94	-
Total (turnout %)				27

Mayor and Municipal Council election 2008

Main article: Romanian local election, 2008

Political structure of the Local (City) Council for the 2008 - 2012 legislature

Bolded names represent the parties that entered the Local Council.

Summary of the 1 June 2008 Cluj Napoca Local election results
Parties and alliances		Votes	%	Seats
	*Democratic Liberal Party (Partidul Democrat)*			16
	Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România)			5
	*National Liberal Party (Partidul Naţional Liberal)*			3
	*Social Democratic Party (Partidul Social Democrat)*			3
	Greater Romania Party(Partidul România Mare)			0
	Conservative Party (Partidul Conservator)			0
	Christian Social Popular Union (Uniunea Populară Social Creştină)			0
	PP (')			0
	Green Party (Partidul Verde)
	National Initiative Party (Partidul Iniţiativa Naţionalã)			0
	(PCM)			0
	(UPSS)			0
	Socialist Alliance Party (PAS)			0
	Ecologist Party of Romania (PER)			0
	(PRE)			0
	Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party (Partidul Naţional Ţărănesc Creştin Democrat)			0
	(PNG-CD)			0
	Valentin Guia (independent)			0
Total (turnout %)				27

Mayoral by-election, 2009

Summary of the 15 February 2009 Cluj-Napoca Local partial election results
Candidates - Parties and alliances		Votes	%
	*Sorin Apostu - Democratic Liberal Party (Partidul Democrat-Liberal)*	49,234	56
	Marius Nicoară - National Liberal Party (Partidul Naţional Liberal)		23
	Teodor Pop-Puscas - PSD+PC Alliance (Alianţa PSD+PC)
	Sorin Oancea - Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party (Partidul Naţional Ţărănesc Creştin Democrat)
	Gheorghe Oros - Socialist Alliance Party (Partidul Alianţa Socialistă)
	Gheorghe Aştileanu - New Generation Party – Christian Democratic (PArtidul Noua Generaţie - Creştin Democrat)
	Gergely Balasz - Hungarian Civic Party (Partidul Civic Maghiar)
	Laszlo Csaba - Green Party (Partidul Verde)
	Grigore Pop - Independent
Total: 274,300 (turnout 30.19%)

Mayor and Municipal Council election 2012

Main article: Romanian local election, 2012

Bolded names represent the parties that gained seats in the Cluj-Napoca Local Council.

Social Liberal Union (12)

Democratic Liberal Party (10)

Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (4)

People's Party - Dan Diaconescu (1)

Summary of the 10 June 2012 Cluj-Napoca Local Council election results
Parties and alliances		Votes	%	Seats
	*Social Liberal Union (Uniunea Social Liberală)*	51,831	39.65	12
	*Democratic Liberal Party (Partidul Democrat Liberal)*	43,495	33.27	10
	*Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România)*	16,911	12.93	4
	*People's Party - Dan Diaconescu (Partidul Poporului - Dan Diaconescu)*	7,413	5.67	1
	Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party (Partidul Naţional Ţărănesc Creştin Democrat)	2,183	1.67	0
	Hungarian People's Party in Transylvania (Partidul Popular Maghiar din Transilvania)	2,158	1.65	0
	Greater Romania Party (Partidul România Mare)	2,136	1.63	0
	Ecologist Party of Romania (Partidul Ecologist Român)	1,454	1.11	0
	National Union for the Advancement of Romania (Uniunea Națională pentru Progresul României)	799	0.61	0
	Romanian Socialist Party (Partidul Socialist Român)	456	0.34	0
	Green Party (Partidul Verde)	446	0.34	0
	People's Party (Cojocaru Law) (Partidul Poporului (Legea Cojocaru))	424	0.32	0
	Romanian Ecologist Union Paty (Partidul Uniunea Ecologistă din România)	367	0.28	0
	Gipsy Democratic Civic Alliance (Alianța Civică Democratică a Rromilor)	304	0.23	0
	Party of the Roma (Asociația Partida Romilor "Pro-Europa")	208	0.15	0
	Socialist Alliance Party (Partidul Alianța Socialistă)	117	0.08	0
Total (turnout %) Biroul Electoral Central - Alegerile locale 2012		307,532	100	27

Summary of the 10 June 2012 Cluj-Napoca Mayor election results
Parties and alliances		Candidate	Votes	%
	*Democratic Liberal Party (Partidul Democrat Liberal)*	Emil Boc	53,674	40.60
	Social Liberal Union (Uniunea Social Liberală)	Marius Nicoară	52,251	39.53
	Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România)	Péter Eckstein-Kovács	12,225	9.24
	People's Party - Dan Diaconescu (Partidul Poporului - Dan Diaconescu)	Iuliu Țăgorean	4,689	3.54
	Independent	Mircia Giurgiu	3,368	2.54
	Hungarian People's Party in Transylvania (Partidul Popular Maghiar din Transilvania)	Balazs Gergely	1,523	1.15
	Independent	Mădălina Paul	1,245	0.94
	Greater Romania Party (Partidul România Mare)	Ioan Avram	1.221	0.92
	Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party (Partidul Naţional Ţărănesc Creştin Democrat)	Emil Culda	1,064	0.80
	People's Party (Cojocaru Law) (Partidul Poporului (Legea Cojocaru))	Dalia Fodor	395	0.29
	Ecologist Party of Romania (Partidul Ecologist Român)	Elmer Antal	385	0.29
	Romanian Socialist Party (Partidul Socialist Român)	Liliana Iancu	135	0.10
Total (turnout %) Biroul Electoral Central - Alegerile locale 2012 (p. 164)			307,532	100

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