The 2021 Italian local elections were held on 3 and 4 October. Originally scheduled as usual between 15 April and 15 June with run-offs two weeks later,[1] the Government of Italy announced on 4 March that they were postponed to after the summer due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.[2] Elections took place in 1,293 out of 7,903 municipalities, 20 of which are provincial capitals. Mayors and city councils have been elected for the ordinary five-year terms, lasting till 2026.

Voting 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]

Municipal elections

Mayoral election results

  Centre-left coalition
  Centre-right coalition
  Five Star Movement
  Civic lists
  Centrist coalition
  Left-wing coalition
  Right-wing coalition
Region City Population Incumbent mayor Elected mayor 1st round 2nd round Seats Source
Votes  % Votes  %
Piedmont Novara 101,916 Alessandro Canelli (Lega) Alessandro Canelli (Lega) 28,204 69.59 — —
23 / 32
Turin 848,196 Chiara Appendino (M5S) Stefano Lo Russo (PD) 140,200 43.86 168,997 59.23
24 / 40
Lombardy Milan 1,397,715 Giuseppe Sala (Ind.) Giuseppe Sala (Ind.) 277,478 57.73 — —
31 / 48
Varese 79,712 Davide Galimberti (PD) Davide Galimberti (PD) 15,693 48.00 16,741 53.20
20 / 32
Friuli Venezia Giulia Pordenone 51,719 Alessandro Ciriani (Ind.) Alessandro Ciriani (Ind.) 14,755 65.38 — —
27 / 40
Trieste 199,773 Roberto Dipiazza (FI) Roberto Dipiazza (FI) 38,847 46.89 38,816 51.29
24 / 40
Liguria Savona 58,566 Ilaria Caprioglio (Ind.) Marco Russo (Ind.) 11,971 47.79 13,883 62.25
20 / 32
Emilia-Romagna Bologna 394,463 Virginio Merola (PD) Matteo Lepore (PD) 94,565 61.90 — —
25 / 36
Ravenna 157,422 Michele De Pascale (PD) Michele De Pascale (PD) 39,030 59.47 — —
22 / 32
Rimini 148.688 Andrea Gnassi (PD) Jamil Sadegholvaad (PD) 33,542 51.32 — —
20 / 32
Tuscany Grosseto 81,488 Antonfrancesco Vivarelli Colonna (Ind.) Antonfrancesco Vivarelli Colonna (Ind.) 21,235 56.20 — —
20 / 32
Lazio Latina 126,612 Damiano Coletta (IiC) Damiano Coletta (IiC) 22,469 35.66 30,293 54.90
12 / 32
Rome 2,783,809 Virginia Raggi (M5S) Roberto Gualtieri (PD) 299,976 27.03 565,352 60.15
29 / 48
Molise Isernia 20,945 Giacomo D'Apollonio (FdI) Piero Castrataro (Ind.) 5,271 41.66 6,442 58.72
20 / 32
Campania Benevento 57,456 Clemente Mastella (NC) Clemente Mastella (NC) 17,684 49.37 15,474 52.68
20 / 32
Caserta 73,614 Carlo Marino (PD) Carlo Marino (PD) 14,394 35.34 15,196 53.65
20 / 32
Naples 940,940 Luigi de Magistris (DemA) Gaetano Manfredi (Ind.) 218,077 62.88 — —
28 / 40
Salerno 130,240 Vincenzo Napoli (PD) Vincenzo Napoli (PD) 39,323 57.40 — —
22 / 32
Calabria Cosenza 65,209 Mario Occhiuto (FI) Franz Caruso (PSI) 8,432 23.78 14,413 57.59
20 / 32
Sardinia Carbonia 29,301 Paola Massidda (M5S) Pietro Morittu (PD) 9,721 65.75 — —
17 / 24

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Elezioni Amministrative 2021". Tuttitalia.it (in Italian). Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "Elezioni rinviate in autunno: voto amministrative tra il 15 settembre e il 15 ottobre" (in Italian). Il Sole 24 Ore. 4 March 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "Ministero dell'Interno – Approfondimento". Ministero dell'Interno (in Italian). Retrieved 7 March 2021.
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