(1) Candidatures for local and county councils, as well as those for mayors are proposed by the political parties or political alliances, set up according to the Law on political parties no. 14/2003, republished.

Candidatures can also be submitted by the electoral alliances set up under this law, by the organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities referred to in Article 8, as well as independent candidatures. The lists of candidates for the election of local and county councils must be drawn up so as to ensure representation of both genders, except for those including a single candidate.

(2) Electoral alliances can be formed between political parties or political alliances at county or local level. At the same level, a political party can be member of only one electoral alliance.

(3) Electoral alliances are registered with the county constituency electoral bureau or the electoral bureau of the constituency of the Municipality of Bucharest, where appropriate, within 10 days, at the most, from the date the electoral bureaus are set up. In the cases referred to in Article 33 (1) or when elections are being held in a single communal, town or municipal electoral constituency, the electoral alliances are registered with the county electoral bureau, with the electoral bureau of the constituency of the Municipality of Bucharest or with the electoral bureau of the constituency where elections are being held, where appropriate.

(4) A person can stand as candidate for a single local council and a single county council and for a single position as mayor.

(5) A person can stand as candidate, at the same time, for the offi ce of local counsellor, county counsellor and mayor. A person can run, at the same time, for the offi ce of local and county counsellor. 

(6) The number of candidates on each list can be higher than the number of counsellors set according to the Law on local public administration no. 215/2001, republished, as subsequently amended and supplemented, by up to a quarter of the total number of mandates; fractions are rounded up to 1, regardless of their value.

(7) The candidatures filed on several lists of candidates or both on lists and independently, are null as of right.