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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
| 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
|
[1] | ||
| Turin | 848,196 | Chiara Appendino ( M5S) | Stefano Lo Russo ( PD) | 140,200 | 43.86 | 168,997 | 59.23 | 24 / 40
|
[2] | |||
Lombardy
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Milan | 1,397,715 | Giuseppe Sala ( Ind.) | Giuseppe Sala ( Ind.) | 277,478 | 57.73 | — | — | 31 / 48
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[3] | ||
| Varese | 79,712 | Davide Galimberti ( PD) | Davide Galimberti ( PD) | 15,693 | 48.00 | 16,741 | 53.20 | 20 / 32
|
[4] | |||
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
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Pordenone | 51,719 | Alessandro Ciriani ( Ind.) | Alessandro Ciriani ( Ind.) | 14,755 | 65.38 | — | — | 27 / 40
|
[5] | ||
| Trieste | 199,773 | Roberto Dipiazza ( FI) | Roberto Dipiazza ( FI) | 38,847 | 46.89 | 38,816 | 51.29 | 24 / 40
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[6] | |||
Liguria
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Savona | 58,566 | Ilaria Caprioglio ( Ind.) | Marco Russo ( Ind.) | 11,971 | 47.79 | 13,883 | 62.25 | 20 / 32
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[7] | ||
Emilia-Romagna
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Bologna | 394,463 | Virginio Merola ( PD) | Matteo Lepore ( PD) | 94,565 | 61.90 | — | — | 25 / 36
|
[8] | ||
| Ravenna | 157,422 | Michele De Pascale ( PD) | Michele De Pascale ( PD) | 39,030 | 59.47 | — | — | 22 / 32
|
[9] | |||
| Rimini | 148.688 | Andrea Gnassi ( PD) | Jamil Sadegholvaad ( PD) | 33,542 | 51.32 | — | — | 20 / 32
|
[10] | |||
Tuscany
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Grosseto | 81,488 | Antonfrancesco Vivarelli Colonna ( Ind.) | Antonfrancesco Vivarelli Colonna ( Ind.) | 21,235 | 56.20 | — | — | 20 / 32
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[11] | ||
Lazio
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Latina | 126,612 | Damiano Coletta ( IiC) | Damiano Coletta ( IiC) | 22,469 | 35.66 | 30,293 | 54.90 | 12 / 32
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[12] | ||
| Rome | 2,783,809 | Virginia Raggi ( M5S) | Roberto Gualtieri ( PD) | 299,976 | 27.03 | 565,352 | 60.15 | 29 / 48
|
[13] | |||
Molise
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Isernia | 20,945 | Giacomo D'Apollonio ( FdI) | Piero Castrataro ( Ind.) | 5,271 | 41.66 | 6,442 | 58.72 | 20 / 32
|
[14] | ||
Campania
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Benevento | 57,456 | Clemente Mastella ( NC) | Clemente Mastella ( NC) | 17,684 | 49.37 | 15,474 | 52.68 | 20 / 32
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[15] | ||
| Caserta | 73,614 | Carlo Marino ( PD) | Carlo Marino ( PD) | 14,394 | 35.34 | 15,196 | 53.65 | 20 / 32
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[16] | |||
| Naples | 940,940 | Luigi de Magistris ( DemA) | Gaetano Manfredi ( Ind.) | 218,077 | 62.88 | — | — | 28 / 40
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[17] | |||
| Salerno | 130,240 | Vincenzo Napoli ( PD) | Vincenzo Napoli ( PD) | 39,323 | 57.40 | — | — | 22 / 32
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[18] | |||
Calabria
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Cosenza | 65,209 | Mario Occhiuto ( FI) | Franz Caruso ( PSI) | 8,432 | 23.78 | 14,413 | 57.59 | 20 / 32
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[19] | ||
Sardinia
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Carbonia | 29,301 | Paola Massidda ( M5S) | Pietro Morittu ( PD) | 9,721 | 65.75 | — | — | 17 / 24
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[20] | ||
See also
- 2021 Rome municipal election
- 2021 Milan municipal election
- 2021 Naples municipal election
- 2021 Turin municipal election
- 2021 Bologna municipal election
References
- ^ "Elezioni Amministrative 2021". Tuttitalia.it (in Italian). Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Ministero dell'Interno – Approfondimento". Ministero dell'Interno (in Italian). Retrieved 7 March 2021.
