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. List of mayors Mayor and Municipal Council election 2000 |- !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 () |align="right" |31,618 |align="right" |22.50 |align="right" |8 |- | |Greater Romania Party () |align="right" |30,762 |align="right" |21.89 |align="right" |8 |- | |Party of Social Democracy in Romania, now Social Democratic Party () |align="right" valign=top|16,605 |align="right" valign=top|11.81 |align="right" valign=top|5 |- | |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 |- |} Mayor and Municipal Council 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) National Liberal Party (Partidul Naţional Liberal) Democratic Party (Partidul Democrat) |align="right" valign=top|43823 |align="right" valign=top|29.57 |align="right" valign=top|9 |- | |Greater Romania Party(Partidul România Mare) |align="right" |30864 |align="right" |20.82 |align="right" |6 |- | |Social Democratic Party (Partidul Social Democrat) |align="right" valign=top|30457 |align="right" valign=top|20.55 |align="right" valign=top|6 |- | |Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România) |align="right" |28172 |align="right" |19.01 |align="right" |6 |- | |Humanist Party of Romania, now Conservative Party (Partidul Conservator) |align="right" |2963 |align="right" |2.0 |align="right" |- |- | |Romanian National Unity Party |align="right" |2015 |align="right" |1.36 |align="right" |- |- | |Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party |align="right" |1393 |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 |- |} Mayor and Municipal Council 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 |-