The aforementioned decision was deemed unconstitutional, and, in the end, a law was passed that extended the terms of the local officials up to 30 November 2020, and allowed the elections to be called by the Parliament, rather than by the Government, no later than that day.

On 8 July 2020, the Parliament of Romania adopted a law setting the date of the elections on 27 September 2020.

[2] Using a first past the post system, the following offices will be contested:[3] 2020 Local Election in Bucharest

The former PMP mayor of Sadova, Eugen Safta, who had just gotten re-elected, suffered a heart attack and died.

[4] Ion Aliman, the PSD mayor of Deveselu, was re-elected for a third term,[5] despite having had died of COVID-19 10 days earlier.