2021 Milan municipal election
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Municipal elections will be held in Milan in 2021 to elect the Mayor of Milan and the 48 members of the City Council.
Councillors and presidents of the 9 administrative zones of the city will be also decided in these elections.
Incumbent Mayor Giuseppe Sala will run for a second term in office.[2]
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.[3]
Background
Centre-left coalition
On 7 December 2020, the incumbent mayor Giuseppe Sala announced that he had chosen to run for re-election in 2021 for a second term in office. Sala announced that he would present his electoral program and the lists of his coalition before the end of January,[4] ruling out a possible alliance with the Five Star Movement (M5S).[5] Sala also sought a reconciliation with Green Europe after the rupture following the cutting of the trees in the Bassini Park to make way for a new department of chemistry for the Politecnico di Milano. Spokeswoman Elena Grandi initially announced an autonomous candidacy with its own candidate for mayor, but ultimately they had a meeting with the outgoing mayor to discuss their support for his candidacy.[6]
Centre-right coalition
On 1 January 2021, Roberto Rasia Dal Polo, a milanese manager close to the League's leader Matteo Salvini, announced his disposability to become the centre-right coalition candidate for the mayoral election.[7] The coalition has not yet officially announced its mayoral candidate.
Parties and candidates
This is a partial list of the major parties (and their respective leaders) which will participate in the election.
Potential and declined candidates
Potential
- Gianluca Corrado[22]
Others
Declined
- Gabriele Albertini[23]
- Franco Baresi[24]
- Maurizio Dallocchio[25]
- Paolo Del Debbio[26]
- Maurizio Lupi[27]
- Alessandro Marangoni[28]
- Ferruccio Resta[29]
- Alberto Zangrillo[30]
References
- ^ According to the Italian Law, the first round of local elections in Italy must always be held on a Sunday between 15 April and 15 June. The second round must always be held after 14 days from first round.
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- ^ "Gabriele Albertini sul prossimo sindaco di Milano: "Il mio erede? Solo Silvio Berlusconi. Se avesse voglia..."" (in Italian). Libero (newspaper). 11 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
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- ^ "Sindaco di Milano, Del Debbio: "Non mi candido"" (in Italian). Adnkronos. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ "Elezioni Milano, Lupi: "Per il centrodestra cerchiamo il candidato, non sarò io. Rasia? Corre troppo"" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 21 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ "Comunali, Marangoni dice "no" al centrodestra" (in Italian). Il Giorno (newspaper). 28 October 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ ""Fare il sindaco non mi compete". Parla Ferruccio Resta (Politecnico di Milano)" (in Italian). Il Foglio. 1 July 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ "Zangrillo: "Non mi candido a sindaco, meglio Sala..."" (in Italian). Il Giorno (newspaper). 12 July 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2021.