Two weeks after the electoral campaign officially started for Romanian local elections due on June 1, candidates were using every method they could think of to attract votes: they rode an elephant, launched candidates in caves, organized an electoral KO fight.

Here are some of at least bizarre events:

Liberal (PNL) candidate Victor Manea in Constanta took a walk with an elephant because his nickname is "The Elephant".

The Ecologist party in Bihor, West Romania launched its candidates in cave because the dim of light represents the re-birth of the party, Oradea's Mayor Mihai Togor declared. Greater Romania Party (PRM) candidate in Bacau, Codruta Arvinte has a flirty logo: Try it with a woman for a change! She declared that with a common logo she wouldn't have triggered so much attention. Also in Bacau, the Social Democratic (PSD) candidate Daniel Benea portrays himself together with stars like Julio Iglesias or Romania's former gymnast Nadia Comaneci and even Romania's Patriarch Daniel. Creativity seems to be replaced by violence in Giurgiu, South Romania as Liberal Democrat (PD-L) candidate Costin Ceausu was attacked and ended up shot in the head with a rubber bullet. Seems that violence is the word of the day in other cities in the country too: Hunedoara PD-L mayor beat up a 20 year old for posting rival electoral fliers. Two weeks after the electoral campaign officially started for Romanian local elections due on June 1, candidates were using every method they could think of to attract votes: they rode an elephant, launched candidates in caves, organized an electoral KO fight.

Here are some of at least bizarre events:

Liberal (PNL) candidate Victor Manea in Constanta took a walk with an elephant because his nickname is "The Elephant".

The Ecologist party in Bihor, West Romania launched its candidates in cave because t