2021 Turin municipal election
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Municipal elections is due to be held in Turin no later than June 2021. The incumbent Mayor of Turin is Chiara Appendino of Five Star Movement, who won the 2016 Turin municipal election.
Electoral system
The voting system is used for all mayoral elections in Italy, in the cities with a population higher than 15,000 inhabitants. Under this system, voters express a direct choice for the mayor or an indirect choice voting for the party of the candidate's coalition. If no candidate receives 50% of votes during the first round, the top two candidates go to a second round after two weeks. The winning candidate obtains a majority bonus equal to 60% of seats. During the first round, if no candidate gets more than 50% of votes but a coalition of lists gets the majority of 50% of votes or if the mayor is elected in the first round but its coalition gets less than 40% of the valid votes, the majority bonus cannot be assigned to the coalition of the winning mayor candidate.
The election of the City Council is based on a direct choice for the candidate with a maximum of two preferential votes, each for a different gender, belonging to the same party list: the candidate with the majority of the preferences is elected. The number of the seats for each party is determined proportionally, using D'Hondt seat allocation. Only coalitions with more than 3% of votes are eligible to get any seats.[1]
Background
Centre-left primary election
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="Template:More Europe/meta/color" | | Igor Boni | +E | [2] | ||
| bgcolor="Template:Independent politician/meta/color" | | Luca Jahier | Ind | [3] | ||
| bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party (Italy)/meta/color" | | Enzo Lavolta | PD | [4] | ||
| bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party (Italy)/meta/color" | | Stefano Lo Russo | PD | [5] | ||
| bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party (Italy)/meta/color" | | Gianna Pentenero | PD | [6] | ||
| bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party (Italy)/meta/color" | | Mauro Salizzoni | PD | [7] | ||
| Total | |||||
Parties and candidates
This is a list of the parties (and their respective leaders) which will participate in the election.
| Political force or alliance | Constituent lists | Candidate | Notes | ||
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| rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Centre-right coalition (Italy)/meta/color;"| | bgcolor="Template:Lega Nord/meta/color" | | Lega | [8] | ||
| bgcolor="Template:Brothers of Italy/meta/color" | | Brothers of Italy (FdI) | ||||
| bgcolor="Template:Forza Italia (2013)/meta/color" | | Forza Italia (FI) | ||||
Opinion polls
Candidates
Hypothetical candidates
| Date | Polling firm/ Client |
Sample size | Generic M5S | Generic CSX | Damilano | Others | Undecided | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:Template:Five Star Movement/meta/color;"| | style="background:Template:Centre-left coalition (Italy)/meta/color;"| | style="background:Template:Centre-right coalition (Italy)/meta/color;"| |
Potential and declined candidates
Potential
Others
Declined
- Sergio Chiamparino, President of Piedmont (2014–2019) and Mayor of Turin (2001–2011)[9]
- Guido Saracco, Rector of Politecnico of Turin since 2018[10]
- Chiara Appendino, Mayor of Turin since 2016[11]
References
- ^ "Ministero dell'Interno – Approfondimento". Ministero dell'Interno (in Italian). Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- ^ "Igor Boni: «Il futuro sindaco? Dovrà dare speranza. E allearsi con Milano»" (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. 7 November 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "Luca Jahier: «Basta rassegnarsi al declino, per Torino c'è un posto in Europa»" (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "Pd, Enzo Lavolta formalizza la candidatura alle Primarie per la carica di sindaco di Torino" (in Italian). TorinoToday. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "Torino: primarie centrosinistra, si candida Lo Russo" (in Italian). ANSA. 16 October 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "Per Pentenero spunta l'ipotesi del ticket: «Ma sono in campo per fare la sindaca»" (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "Salizzoni non arretra davanti a Lo Russo: «Io resto in corsa, anche per le primarie»" (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "Salvini ufficializza Damilano candidato sindaco di Torino: "Imprenditore fuori dalla politica"" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 17 December 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "Chiamparino: «Io candidato? Non esiste»" (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "Guido Saracco rinuncia a candidarsi a sindaco di Torino per il centrosinistra" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "Appendino sciogliele riserve, non si ricandida" (in Italian). ANSA. 13 October 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.