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
# 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
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
|Romanian Democratic Convention () |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|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
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
|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
Mayoral by-election, 2009
! 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"|
Mayor and Municipal Council election 2012
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