2016 Italian local elections
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The 2016 Italian local elections were held on 5 June, with a run-off, where necessary if a candidate for Mayor obtained less than 50 percent of votes in the first round, held on 19 June.[1]
In Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol the elections were held on 8 May (second round on 22 May),[2] in Aosta Valley on 15 May.[3] Municipal councilors and mayors ordinarily serve a term of five years.
Voting system
All mayoral elections in Italy in cities with a population higher than 15,000 use the same system.[4]
Under this system voters express a direct choice for the mayor or an indirect choice voting for one of the parties of the candidate's coalition. If no candidate receives a majority of votes, the top two candidates go to a second round two weeks later. The coalition of the elected mayor is guaranteed a majority of seats in the council with the attribution of extra seats, but the majority bonus system is not adopted by the cities of Trentino-Alto Adige. If a Mayor resigns, dies or is ousted from office after more than half the municipal councillors stepped down, an early municipal election[4] (for the Mayor and for all municipal councillors) is called.
The City Council is elected at the same time as the mayor. Voters can vote for a list of candidates and can express up to two preferences for candidates of said list.[4] In case of two preferences, they must be given to candidates of both genders. Seats are the attributed to parties proportionally, and for each party the candidates with the highest number of preferences are elected.
Parties and coalitions
Opinion polling
Results
Majority of each coalition in 120 comuni which have a population higher than 15,000 inhabitants:
| Party | Political leaning | Comuni | |
|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="Template:Centre-right coalition/meta/color" | | Centre-right coalition | Centre-right | 37 |
| bgcolor="Template:Centre-left coalition/meta/color" | | Centre-left coalition | Centre-left | 23 |
| bgcolor="Template:Five Star Movement/meta/color" | | Five Star Movement (M5S) | Big tent[9] | 21 |
| Left-wing coalition | Left-wing | 5 | |
Notes: almost all political parties and coalitions in local (municipal and regional) elections usually run with the support of some minor allied list active in local politics forming coalitions under the same nominee as the mayoral candidate, only M5S ran in all elections with a single list (that is the list of M5S under the M5S nominee as the mayoral candidate without forming coalitions with minor local lists or other national parties). Civic (lista civica) is a local list.
Mayoral results
| Cities | Population | Incumbent mayor | Party | Elected mayor | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benevento | 63,489 | Fausto Pepe | Centre-left | Clemente Mastella | Centre-right | ||
| Bologna | 386,386 | Virginio Merola | Centre-left | Virginio Merola | Centre-left | ||
| Bolzano | 102,575 | Michele Penta[10] | none | Renzo Caramaschi | Centre-left | ||
| Brindisi | 88,355 | Cesare Castelli[11] | none | Angela Carluccio | Centre-right | ||
| Cagliari | 154,400 | Massimo Zedda | Centre-left | Massimo Zedda | Centre-left | ||
| Carbonia | 28,882 | Giuseppe Casti | Centre-left | Paola Massidda | Five Star | ||
| Caserta | 79,640 | Maria Grazia Nicolò[12] | none | Carlo Marino | Centre-left | ||
| Cosenza | 67,679 | Angelo Carbone[13] | none | Mario Occhiuto | Centre-right | ||
| Crotone | 58,881 | Peppino Vallone | Centre-left | Ugo Pugliese | Centre-left | ||
| Grosseto | 78,630 | Emilio Bonifazi | Centre-left | Antonfrancesco Vivarelli Colonna | Centre-right | ||
| Isernia | 22,025 | Vittorio Saladino[14] | none | Giacomo D'Apollonio | Centre-right | ||
| Latina | 117,892 | Giacomo Barbato[15] | none | Damiano Coletta | Civic | ||
| Milan | 1,343,163 | Giuliano Pisapia | Centre-left | Giuseppe Sala | Centre-left | ||
| Naples | 980,716 | Luigi de Magistris | Left-wing | Luigi de Magistris | Left-wing | ||
| Novara | 104,388 | Andrea Ballarè | Centre-left | Alessandro Canelli | Centre-right | ||
| Olbia | 53,307 | Gianni Giovannelli | Centre-left | Settimo Nizzi | Centre-right | ||
| Pordenone | 50,583 | Claudio Pedrotti | Centre-left | Alessandro Ciriani | Civic | ||
| Ravenna | 153,740 | Fabrizio Matteucci | Centre-left | Michele De Pascale | Centre-left | ||
| Rimini | 147,793 | Andrea Gnassi | Centre-left | Andrea Gnassi | Centre-left | ||
| Rome | 2,864,348 | Francesco Paolo Tronca[16] | none | Virginia Raggi | Five Star | ||
| Salerno | 140,608 | Vincenzo Napoli[17] | Centre-left | Vincenzo Napoli | Centre-left | ||
| Savona | 60,661 | Federico Berruti | Centre-left | Ilaria Caprioglio | Civic | ||
| Turin | 892,649 | Piero Fassino | Centre-left | Chiara Appendino | Five Star | ||
| Trieste | 204,590 | Roberto Cosolini | Centre-left | Roberto Dipiazza | Centre-right | ||
| Varese | 79,793 | Attilio Fontana | Centre-right | Davide Galimberti | Centre-left | ||
References and notes
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
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{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Regione Valle d'Aosta". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on April 18, 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c For more news, Italian electoral law of 1993 for Comuni
- ^ Only in some elections.
- ^ Only in some elections.
- ^ Only in Naples municipal election.
- ^ Only in Milan municipal election.
- ^ M5S is considered populist, anti-corruption, environmentalist and Eurosceptic.
- ^ Special Commissioner since November 2015.
- ^ Special Commissioner since February 2016.
- ^ Special Commissioner since June 2015.
- ^ Special Commissioner since February 2016.
- ^ Special Commissioner since September 2015.
- ^ Special Commissioner since June 2015.
- ^ Special Commissioner since November 2015.
- ^ Deputy Mayor who obtained the official title and the administrative power of Interim Mayor in June 2015 when Mayor Vincenzo De Luca was elected as new Regional President of Campania.
