This year's local elections, due to both the fight for Bucharest mayor and the introduction of the uninominal voting for County Council presidencies impose some conclusions.

For the first time Social Democrats (PSD) have the same number of votes as another party, Democrat Liberals (PD-L) not an alliance.

Data so far indicates that Social Democrats and Democrat Liberals seem to gain, each, the same number of votes. For the first time since 1990 the Social Democratic domination is dismantled by a single party and there is no need for an alliance.

Right wing parties continue to dominate over the left spectrum: 47,12% to 28,42%

According to the available data so far, the total number of votes gained by the right wing parties, Liberals (PNL) and Democrat Liberals (PD-L) is 47,12% as compared to the 28,42% received by the Social Democrats (PSD).

When it comes to the number of County Council presidency seats gained, things look quite the same: Democrat Liberals and Liberal have gained, together 22 seats while Social Democrats only 14.

The Democrat's fusion with the Liberal Democrats was a mistake

If we are to compare this year's local elections with the European Parliamentary elections in 2007, Democrats(PD) received 28,55% of the votes while the Liberal Democrat Party (PLD) received 7,78%. Thus, the two received, together a total score of 36,33% which is more than the 28,20% they gained now, after they formed the Democrat Liberal Party.

Democrat Liberals, a broken balloon

Even if, compared to the 2004 local elections Democrat Liberals almost doubled its electoral capital, we cannot speak of a victory: in the European Parliamentary elections, Democrat Liberals were credited with 40% in the official pollsters but it only received 28% of the votes and continued to decrease