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Death didn’t stop Ion Aliman in his bid for a third term as mayor of Deveselu, a village of around 3,000 people in southern Romania. Aliman won the local election by a landslide, with 64% of votes cast, despite dying 10 days before the vote, on 17 September, from COVID-19 complications, writes Cristian Gherasim.

According to electoral officials, his name was already printed on the voting ballots and couldn’t be changed before voting took place.

The deputy-mayor, Nicolae Dobre, is not surprised by the surreal outcome saying that the former mayor did everything for the community, he deserved this victory and that people didn’t trust other candidates.

Following the results, people gathered on Monday at the grave of the newly elected mayor to light candles and pay their respects on the day Ion Aliman would have turned 57.

The grave site election celebration was shared on social media, as dozens of villagers turned up for the occasion.

The procedure now requires that local council members appoint a deputy-mayor who takes over the duties of the mayor until new elections take place. The incumbent deputy-mayor, Nicolae Dobre, announced his intention to run.

Mr. Aliman’s victory is not a big reason to celebrate though for his former party, as the Social Democrats lost key municipalities and counties in these local elections. Center-right parties made significant gains in former social democrat strongholds, running both separately and as an alliance depending on the region.

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Deveselu is known for housing one of the key components of the NATO defence system, employing Aegis Ballistic Missiles, able to intercept and defend against short to intermediate-range missile attacks.

Romania has so far reported more than 125,000 coronavirus cases and 4,800 deaths, with daily infection rates on the rise. Prior to election week, Romania recorded 1,767 new Covid-19 infections over a 24-hour span, the highest number since late February, when the pandemic started in the south-eastern European nation.

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