| Post: | Mayor |
| Body: | Cluj-Napoca |
| Insigniasize: | 100px |
| Insigniacaption: | Coat of arms of Cluj-Napoca |
| Native Name: | Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Primarul Municipiului Cluj-Napoca |
| Incumbent: | Emil Boc |
| Incumbentsince: | 22 June 2012 |
| Formation: | 1919 (after the Unification of Romania) |
| Inaugural: | Dr. Iulian Pop |
| Website: | http://www.primariaclujnapoca.ro/ |
| Cluj-Napoca Local Council | |
| Native Name: | Consiliul Local al Municipiului Cluj-Napoca |
| Coa Res: | 100px |
| House Type: | Unicameral |
| Leader1 Type: | Deputy Mayor |
| Leader1: | Dan Ștefan Tarcea |
| Party1: | PNL |
| Election1: | 22 June 2016 |
| Leader2 Type: | Deputy Mayor |
| Leader2: | Emese Oláh |
| Party2: | UDMR |
| Election2: | 22 June 2016 |
| Members: | 27 |
| House1: | Local Council |
| House2: | Mayor |
| Structure1: | 2020 cluj-napoca council.svg |
| Structure1 Res: | 250px |
| Voting System2: | Direct vote, Two-round system (until 2012), Single round system (since 2012) |
| Last Election2: | 27 September 2020 |
| Session Room: | Primaria Cluj-Napoca1.jpg |
| Meeting Place: | Cluj-Napoca City Hall |
| Website: | http://www.primariaclujnapoca.ro/ |
The last general local election was held on 27 September 2020. 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.
See main article: List of mayors of Cluj-Napoca.
| Name | Portrait | Born-Died | Election | 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 Bucșa | 1968 | 1975 | ||||
| 18 | Constantin Crișan | 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 | 1992 | June 2004 | PUNR | ||
| 1996 | PUNR/PRM | ||||||
| 2000 | PRM | ||||||
| 27 | Emil Boc | 2004 | June 2004 | December 2008 | PD/PD-L | ||
| 2008 | |||||||
| 28 | Sorin Apostu | — | December 2008 | November 2011 | PD-L | ||
| 2009 | |||||||
| — | Radu Moisin | — | November 2011 | 22 June 2012 | PD-L | ||
| (27) | Emil Boc | 2012 | 22 June 2012 | PD-L/PNL | |||
| 2016 | PNL | ||||||
| 2020 | |||||||
See main article: 2000 Romanian local elections.
|-!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left colspan=2|Parties and alliances!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|%!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Seats|-| |Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România)|align="right" |31,618|align="right" |22.50|align="right" |8|-| |Greater Romania Party (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Partidul România Mare)|align="right" |30,762|align="right" |21.89|align="right" |8|-| |Party of Social Democracy in Romania, now Social Democratic Party (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Partidul Social Democrat)|align="right" valign=top|16,605|align="right" valign=top|11.81|align="right" valign=top|5|-| |Romanian Democratic Convention (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Convenţia Democrată Română)|align="right" valign=top|10,264|align="right" valign=top|7.30|align="right" valign=top|3|-||Romanian National Unity Party |align="right" valign=top|? (no data)|align="right" valign=top|? (no data)|align="right" valign=top|3|-| |National Liberal Party (Partidul Naţional Liberal)|align="right" |5,432|align="right" |3.86|align="right" |2|-| |Party of Alliance for Romania |align="right" |4,606|align="right" |3.26|align="right" |2|-|style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=2|Total (turnout 54.5%)|width="75" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"||width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| |width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|31|-|}
See main article: Romanian local election, 2004.
|-!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left colspan=2|Parties and alliances!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|%!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Seats|-| |Justice and Truth Alliance (Alianţa Dreptate si Adevăr)
|align="right" valign=top|43,823 |align="right" valign=top|29.57|align="right" valign=top|9|-| |Greater Romania Party(Partidul România Mare)|align="right" |30,864|align="right" |20.82|align="right" |6|-| |Social Democratic Party (Partidul Social Democrat)|align="right" valign=top|30,457|align="right" valign=top|20.55|align="right" valign=top|6|-| |Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România)|align="right" |28,172|align="right" |19.01|align="right" |6|-| |Humanist Party of Romania, now Conservative Party (Partidul Conservator)|align="right" |2,963|align="right" |2.0|align="right" |-|-||Romanian National Unity Party |align="right" |2,015|align="right" |1.36|align="right" |-|-| |Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party |align="right" |1,393|align="right" |0.94|align="right" |-|-|style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=2|Total (turnout %)|width="75" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"||width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| |width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|27|-|}
See main article: Romanian local election, 2008.
Bolded names represent the parties that entered the Local Council.
|-!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left colspan=2|Parties and alliances!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|%!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Seats|-| |Democratic Liberal Party (Partidul Democrat)|align="right" ||align="right" ||align="right" |16|-| |Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania
(Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România)|align="right" ||align="right" ||align="right" |5|-| |National Liberal Party (Partidul Naţional Liberal)|align="right" valign=top||align="right" valign=top||align="right" valign=top|3|-| |Social Democratic Party (Partidul Social Democrat)|align="right" ||align="right" ||align="right" |3|-| |Greater Romania Party(Partidul România Mare)|align="right" valign=top| |align="right" valign=top||align="right" valign=top|0|-| |Conservative Party (Partidul Conservator)|align="right" ||align="right" ||align="right" |0|-| |Christian Social Popular Union (Uniunea Populară Social Creştină)|align="right" valign=top||align="right" valign=top||align="right" valign=top|0|-| |PP ( )|align="right" valign=top||align="right" valign=top||align="right" valign=top|0|-| |Green Party (Partidul Verde)|align="right" valign=top||align="right" valign=top||align="right" valign=top||-| |National Initiative Party (Partidul Iniţiativa Naţionalã)|align="right" valign=top||align="right" valign=top||align="right" valign=top|0|-| |(PCM)|align="right" valign=top||align="right" valign=top||align="right" valign=top|0|-| |(UPSS)|align="right" valign=top||align="right" valign=top||align="right" valign=top|0|-| |Socialist Alliance Party (PAS)|align="right" valign=top||align="right" valign=top||align="right" valign=top|0|-| |Ecologist Party of Romania (PER)|align="right" valign=top||align="right" valign=top||align="right" valign=top|0|-| |(PRE)|align="right" valign=top||align="right" valign=top||align="right" valign=top|0|-| |Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party
(Partidul Naţional Ţărănesc Creştin Democrat)|align="right" ||align="right" ||align="right" |0|-| |(PNG-CD)|align="right" valign=top||align="right" valign=top||align="right" valign=top|0|-| |Valentin Guia (independent)|align="right" valign=top||align="right" valign=top||align="right" valign=top|0|-|style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=2|Total (turnout %)|width="75" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"||width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| |width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|27|-|}
|-! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left colspan=2|Candidates - Parties and alliances! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|%|-| | Sorin Apostu - Democratic Liberal Party (Partidul Democrat-Liberal)| align="right" valign=top|49,234| align="right" valign=top|56|-| | Marius Nicoară - National Liberal Party (Partidul Naţional Liberal)| align="right" || align="right" | 23|-| | Teodor Pop-Puscas - PSD+PC Alliance (Alianţa PSD+PC)| align="right" valign=top| | align="right" valign=top||-| | Sorin Oancea - Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party (Partidul Naţional Ţărănesc Creştin Democrat)| align="right" || align="right" ||-| | Gheorghe Oros - Socialist Alliance Party (Partidul Alianţa Socialistă)| align="right" || align="right" ||-| | Gheorghe Aştileanu - New Generation Party – Christian Democratic (PArtidul Noua Generaţie - Creştin Democrat)| align="right" || align="right" ||-| | Gergely Balasz - Hungarian Civic Party (Partidul Civic Maghiar)| align="right" valign=top|| align="right" valign=top||-| | Laszlo Csaba - Green Party (Partidul Verde)| align="right" valign=top|| align="right" valign=top||-| bgcolor="gray"|| Grigore Pop - Independent| align="right" valign=top|| align="right" valign=top||-| style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=2|Total: 274,300 (turnout 30.19%)| width="75" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|| width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| |-|}
See main article: 2012 Romanian local elections.
Bolded names represent the parties that gained seats in the Cluj-Napoca Local Council.
|-! style = background-color:#E9E9E9 align = left colspan = 2 | Parties and alliances! style = background-color:#E9E9E9 align = right | Votes! style = background-color:#E9E9E9 align = right | %! style = background-color:#E9E9E9 align = right | Seats|-| | Social Liberal Union (Uniunea Social Liberală)| align = right valign = top | 51,831| align = right valign = top | 39.65| align = right valign = top | 12|-| | Democratic Liberal Party (Partidul Democrat Liberal)| align = right | 43,495| align = right | 33.27| align = right | 10|-| | Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România)| align = right | 16,911| align = right | 12.93| align = right | 4|-| | People's Party – Dan Diaconescu (Partidul Poporului - Dan Diaconescu)| align = right | 7,413| align = right | 5.67| align = right | 1|-| | Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (Partidul Naţional Ţărănesc Creştin Democrat)| align = right | 2,183| align = right | 1.67| align = right | 0|-| | Hungarian People's Party in Transylvania (Partidul Popular Maghiar din Transilvania)| align = right valign = top | 2,158| align = right valign = top | 1.65| align = right valign = top | 0|-| | Greater Romania Party (Partidul România Mare)| align = right valign = top | 2,136| align = right valign = top | 1.63| align = right valign = top | 0|-| | Ecologist Party of Romania (Partidul Ecologist Român)| align = right valign = top | 1,454| align = right valign = top | 1.11| align = right valign = top | 0|-| | National Union for the Advancement of Romania (Uniunea Națională pentru Progresul României)| align = right valign = top | 799| align = right valign = top | 0.61| align = right valign = top | 0|-| | Romanian Socialist Party (Partidul Socialist Român)| align = right valign = top | 456| align = right valign = top | 0.34| align = right valign = top | 0|-| | Green Party (Partidul Verde)| align = right valign = top | 446| align = right valign = top | 0.34| align = right valign = top | 0|-| | People's Party (Cojocaru Law) (Partidul Poporului (Legea Cojocaru))| align = right valign = top | 424| align = right valign = top | 0.32| align = right valign = top | 0|-| | Romanian Ecologist Union Party (Partidul Uniunea Ecologistă din România)| align = right valign = top | 367| align = right valign = top | 0.28| align = right valign = top | 0|-| | Gipsy Democratic Civic Alliance (Alianța Civică Democratică a Rromilor)| align = right valign = top | 304| align = right valign = top | 0.23| align = right valign = top | 0|-| | Party of the Roma (Asociația Partida Romilor "Pro-Europa")| align = right valign = top | 208| align = right valign = top | 0.15| align = right valign = top | 0|-| | Socialist Alliance Party (Partidul Alianța Socialistă)| align = right valign = top | 117| align = right valign = top | 0.08| align = right valign = top | 0|-| style = background-color:#E9E9E9 colspan = 2 | Total (turnout %) Biroul Electoral Central - Alegerile locale 2012| width = 75 align = right style = background-color:#E9E9E9 | 307,532| width = 30 align = right style = background-color:#E9E9E9 | 100| width = 30 align = right style = background-color:#E9E9E9 | 27|-|}
|-! style = background-color:#E9E9E9 align = left colspan = 2 | Parties and alliances! style = background-color:#E9E9E9 align = left | Candidate! style = background-color:#E9E9E9 align = right | Votes! style = background-color:#E9E9E9 align = right | %|-| | Democratic Liberal Party (Partidul Democrat Liberal)| Emil Boc | align = right | 53,674| align = right | 40.60|-| | Social Liberal Union (Uniunea Social Liberală)| Marius Nicoară| align = right valign = top | 52,251| align = right valign = top | 39.53|-| | Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România)| Péter Eckstein-Kovács| align = right | 12,225| align = right | 9.24|-| | People's Party – Dan Diaconescu (Partidul Poporului - Dan Diaconescu)| Iuliu Țăgorean| align = right | 4,689| align = right | 3.54|-| | Independent| Mircia Giurgiu| align = right | 3,368| align = right | 2.54|-| | Hungarian People's Party in Transylvania (Partidul Popular Maghiar din Transilvania)| Balazs Gergely| align = right valign = top | 1,523| align = right valign = top | 1.15|-| | Independent| Mădălina Paul| align = right | 1,245| align = right | 0.94|-| | Greater Romania Party (Partidul România Mare)| Ioan Avram| align = right valign = top | 1.221| align = right valign = top | 0.92|-| | Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (Partidul Naţional Ţărănesc Creştin Democrat)| Emil Culda| align = right | 1,064| align = right | 0.80|-| | People's Party (Cojocaru Law) (Partidul Poporului (Legea Cojocaru))| Dalia Fodor| align = right valign = top | 395| align = right valign = top | 0.29|-| | Ecologist Party of Romania (Partidul Ecologist Român)| Elmer Antal| align = right valign = top | 385| align = right valign = top | 0.29|-| | Romanian Socialist Party (Partidul Socialist Român)| Liliana Iancu| align = right valign = top | 135| align = right valign = top | 0.10|-| style = background-color:#E9E9E9 colspan = 3 | Total (turnout %) Biroul Electoral Central - Alegerile locale 2012 (p. 164)| width = 75 align = right style = background-color:#E9E9E9 | 307,532| width = 30 align = right style = background-color:#E9E9E9 | 100|-|}
See main article: 2016 Romanian local elections.
Bolded names represent the parties that gained seats in the Cluj-Napoca Local Council.
|-! style = background-color:#E9E9E9 align = left colspan = 2 | Parties and alliances! style = background-color:#E9E9E9 align = right | Votes! style = background-color:#E9E9E9 align = right | %! style = background-color:#E9E9E9 align = right | Seats|-| | National Liberal Party (Partidul Național Liberal)| align = right valign = top | 49,218| align = right valign = top | 49.86| align = right valign = top | 17|-| | Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România)| align = right | 16,490| align = right | 16.70| align = right | 5|-| | Social Democratic Party + Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (Alianța Liberalilor și Democraților)| align = right | 13,955| align = right | 14.13| align = right | 5|-| | Romanian Social Party (Partidul Social Românesc)| align = right | 3,214| align = right | 3.25| align = right | 0|-| | Liberal Movement Party (Partidul Mișcarea Liberală)| align = right valign = top | 2,974| align = right valign = top |3.01| align = right valign = top | 0|-| | M10 Party (Partidul M10)| align = right valign = top | 2,946| align = right valign = top | 2.98| align = right valign = top | 0|-| | People's Movement Party (Partidul Mișcarea Populară)| align = right valign = top | 2,834| align = right valign = top | 2.87| align = right valign = top | 0|-| | Democratic Christian Union Party of Romania (Partidul Uniunea Creștin Democrată din România)| align = right valign = top | 2,729| align = right valign = top | 2.76| align = right valign = top | 0|-| | Humanist Power Party (Partidul Puterii Umaniste)| align = right valign = top | 1,814| align = right valign = top | 1.83| align = right valign = top | 0|-| | Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (Partidul Național Țărănesc Creștin Democrat)| align = right valign = top | 1.649| align = right valign = top | 1.67| align = right valign = top | 0|-| | Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania (Partidul Popular Maghiar din Transilvania)| align = right valign = top | 881| align = right valign = top | 0.89| align = right valign = top | 0|-| style = background-color:#E9E9E9 colspan = 2 | Total (turnout %) Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă - Alegerile locale 2016| width = 75 align = right style = background-color:#E9E9E9 | 98,704| width = 30 align = right style = background-color:#E9E9E9 | 100| width = 30 align = right style = background-color:#E9E9E9 | 27|-|}
|-! style = background-color:#E9E9E9 align = left colspan = 2 | Parties and alliances! style = background-color:#E9E9E9 align = left | Candidate! style = background-color:#E9E9E9 align = right | Votes! style = background-color:#E9E9E9 align = right | %|-| | National Liberal Party (Partidul Național Liberal)| Emil Boc | align = right | 64,311| align = right | 64.76|-| | Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România)| Horváth Anna| align = right | 12,573| align = right | 12.66|-| | Independent| Octavian Buzoianu| align = right valign = top | 8,721| align = right valign = top | 8.78|-| | Liberal Movement Party (Partidul Mișcarea Liberală)| Alexa Doru Liviu Alin| align = right | 3,496| align = right | 3.52|-| | Romanian Social Party (Partidul Social Românesc)| Mircia Giurgiu| align = right | 3,184| align = right | 3.20|-| | Democratic Christian Union Party of Romania (Partidul Uniunea Creștin Democrată din România)| David Ilie| align = right valign = top | 2,119| align = right valign = top | 2.13|-| | Humanist Power Party (Partidul Puterii Umaniste)| Bruno Roschnafsky| align = right | 1,776| align = right | 1.78|-| | People's Movement Party (Partidul Mișcarea Populară)| Adrian Gurzău| align = right valign = top | 1,289| align = right valign = top | 1.29|-| | M10 Party (Partidul M10)| Maria Irina Pop| align = right | 1,253| align = right | 1.26|-| | Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania (Partidul Popular Maghiar din Transilvania)| Fancsali Ernő| align = right valign = top | 574| align = right valign = top | 0.57|-| style = background-color:#E9E9E9 colspan = 3 | Total (turnout %) Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă - Alegerile locale 2016| width = 75 align = right style = background-color:#E9E9E9 | 99,296| width = 30 align = right style = background-color:#E9E9E9 | 100|-|}