2011 Italian local elections

The 2011 Italian local elections were held on 15–16 May, with a second round on 29–30 May. In Italy, direct elections were held in all 1,177 municipalities and 11 provinces: in each municipality (comune) were chosen mayor and members of the City Council, in each province were chosen president and members of the Provincial Council. Of the 1,177 municipalities, 30 were provincial capital municipalities and only 105 had a population higher than 15,000 inhabitants.

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In Sicily the elections were held on 29–30 May, with a second round on 12–13 June.

Citizens living in Italy who were 18 or over on election day were entitled to vote in the local council elections. The deadline for voters to register to vote in the 15–16 May elections was midday on Saturday 15 April 2011.

Voting System

The voting system is used for all mayoral elections in Italy, in the city with a population higher than 15,000. 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 at least 50% of votes, the top two candidates go to a second round after two weeks. This gives a result whereby the winning candidate may be able to claim majority support, although it is not guaranteed.

The election of the City Council is based on a direct choice for the candidate with a preference vote: the candidate with the majority of the preferences is elected. The number of the seats for each party is determined proportionally.

Municipal elections

Total voter turnout for the Municipal election on the first round was of 68.6%, on the second was of 60.1%.

Party results

Party votes in 29 provincial capital municipalities:

Party Votes %
Democratic Party 701,935 26.2
The People of Freedom 597,203 22.8
Northern League 150,194 5.6
Left Ecology Freedom 131,219 4.6
Union of the Centre 121,103 4.2
Italy of Values 113,217 4.0
Five Star Movement 100,998 3.8
Totals
with others		 2,840,585 100

City councils
City PD PdL LN SEL IdV UDC M5S Others
Turin 16 7 3 2 2 1 1 4
Novara 16 6 4 3 0 0 0 0
Milan 20 11 4 3 1 0 0 6
Varese 6 10 9 1 0 1 0 1
Rovigo 7 11 5 0 0 0 1 3
Trieste 15 6 0 3 2 0 0 6
Pordenone 22 6 3 0 0 0 0 5
Savona 10 6 1 1 1 2 1 7
Bologna 17 6 3 4 1 0 2 0
Ravenna 15 4 2 1 1 0 2 4
Rimini 16 7 1 0 1 0 2 2
Arezzo 16 6 1 1 1 0 1 1
Grosseto 12 5 0 1 1 2 0 7
Siena 15 5 0 1 1 1 0 7
Fermo 11 5 0 2 1 2 0 7
Latina 8 11 0 0 1 2 0 9
Naples 4 7 0 0 15 1 0 18
Salerno 10 4 0 1 0 1 0 14
Benevento 10 2 0 0 1 2 0 15
Caserta 3 8 0 0 0 3 0 15
Barletta 10 6 0 2 2 0 0 10
Catanzaro 1 4 0 1 0 2 0 23
Cosenza 2 4 0 1 1 5 0 16
Crotone 9 2 0 3 3 1 0 13
Reggio Calabria 3 8 0 0 0 3 0 18
Ragusa 5 5 0 0 2 3 0 15
Cagliari 13 5 0 5 2 2 0 11
Olbia 8 11 0 1 2 1 0 16
Iglesias 18 5 0 2 0 4 0 8

Mayoral election results in the regional capital cities

Turin

The election took place on 15–16 May.

The main candidates were the Michele Coppola, from Silvio Berlusconi's party People of Freedom, and the Piero Fassino, from Democratic Party. Fassino was chosen as the candidate for the center-left coalition on 26 February 2011 with the coalition primary elections.[1]

Michele Coppola was supported by a big center-right coalition, composed by The People of Freedom, Lega Nord, The Right and some civic lists. Piero Fassino was supported by Democratic Party, Left Ecology Freedom, Italy of Values and some civic lists.

Candidate Coalition First round
Votes %
Piero Fassino PD-Mod-SEL-IDV-others 255,242 56.66
Michele Coppola PDL-LN-others 122,982 27.30
Vittorio Bertola M5S 22,403 4.97
Alberto Musy UDC-FLI-others 21,896 4.86
Domenico Coppola No Euro-others 16,089 3.57
Iuri Gilberto Bossuto FDS-SC 6,755 1.50
Others - 5,107 1.13

Milan
Milan: supporters of center-left candidate Giuliano Pisapia celebrating his election on 30 May 2011.

The election took place in two rounds: the first on May 15–16 and the second on May 29–30.

The main candidates were the incumbent mayor Letizia Moratti, from Silvio Berlusconi's party People of Freedom, and the lawyer Giuliano Pisapia. Pisapia was chosen as the candidate for the center-left coalition on November 14, 2010 with the coalition primary elections.[2] On the contrary Letizia Moratti was confirmed by her party as the official candidate.

Letizia Moratti was supported by a big center-right coalition, composed by People of Freedom, Lega Nord and some 9 civic lists. Giuliano Pisapia was supported by Democratic Party, Left Ecology Freedom, Italy of Values, Communist Refoundation Party, Italian Radicals, Greens and some civic lists.

Pisapia won the second round and became the first elected mayor of Milan from a left-wing party. The candidate of Beppe Grillo's party Five Star Movement, Mattia Calise, who was only 20 years old, obtained near the 3.5% of the votes.


Candidate Coalition First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Giuliano Pisapia PD-SEL-FDS-IDV-LBP-FDV-others 315,862 48.05 365,657 55.11
Letizia Moratti PDL-LN-others 273,401 41.59 297,874 44.89
Mattia Calise M5S 21,228 3.23
Manfredi Palmeri NPI-UDC 16,015 2.69
Others - 8,235 1.28

Trieste

The election took place in two rounds: the first on May 15–16 and the second on May 29–30.

Candidate Coalition First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Roberto Cosolini PD-SEL-FDS-IDV-others 41,221 40.67 53,050 57.51
Roberto Antonione PDL-others 27,930 27.56 39,197 42.29
Franco Bandelli LD-FN-others 10,909 10.76
Massimiliano Fedriga LN 6,349 6.26
Paolo Menis M5S 6,094 6.01
Michele Lobianco FLI 3,337 3.29
Edoardo Sasco UDC 2,530 2.50
Uberto Fortuna Drossi Civic List 1,414 1.40
Maurizio Fogar Civic List 1,028 1.01
Others - 543 0.54

Bologna

The election took place on May 15–16, 2011.

The election took place before the end of the legislature because the incumbent mayor Flavio Delbono, who was investigated because of Cinziagate scandal, resigned.

For 15 months, Bologna was governed by a special commissioner (Anna Maria Cancellieri) and became the first city of Italy to be governed by a commissioner for so long time.

On May 16, Virginio Merola, from Democratic Party, won the election on the first round and defeating the candidate of Lega Nord Manes Bernardini. The turnout was only the 71%, a decrease compared to 2009 and 2004 elections. Beppe Grillo's Five Star Movement received nearly the 10% of the votes.

Candidate Coalition First round
Votes %
Virginio Merola PD-SEL-IDV-FDS 106,070 50.47
Manes Bernardini PDL-LN 63,799 30.35
Massimo Bugani M5S 19,969 9.50
Stefano Aldrovandi Civic List 10,679 5.08
Daniele Corticelli Civic List-others 6,442 3.06
Others - 3,226 1.54

Naples

The election took place in two rounds: the first on May 15–16 and the second on May 29–30.

The main candidates were the entrepreneur Gianni Lettieri, from Silvio Berlusconi's party People of Freedom, the prefect Mario Morcone, from Democratic Party, and the magistrate Luigi de Magistris of Italy of Values.

In March 2011, Morcone was chosen as the candidate center-left coalition with the coalition primary elections. However, Luigi de Magistris decided to run without the support of the center-left coalition; he was supported by his party, Communist Refoundation Party and some civic lists.

On the first round Lettieri was ahead with the 37% of the votes, but on the second round Luigi de Magistris won the election with the 65% of the votes.

In these election Democratic Party obtained the worst result since 1993, People of Freedom failed once again to conquer the city and Luigi de Magistris became the first elected mayor of Naples from a left-wing party.

Candidate Coalition First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Gianni Lettieri PDL-FS-NS-PID-PRI-LD-others 179,575 38.52 140,203 34.62
Luigi de Magistris IDV-FDS-others 128,303 27.52 264,730 65.37
Mario Morcone PD-SEL-others 89,280 19.15
Raimondo Pasquino UDC-FLI-API-Civic List 45,449 9.75
Clemente Mastella UDEUR 10,124 2.17
Roberto Fico M5S 6,441 1.38
Others - 7,002 1.51

Catanzaro

The election took place on May 15–16.

Candidate Coalition First round
Votes %
Michele Traversa PDL-UDC-ADC-UDEUR-SU-FT-NS-PRI-others 37,034 62.01
Salvatore Scalzo PD-SEL-FDS-others 19,441 32.55
Antonio Argirò Civic Lists 2,229 3.73
Others - 1,023 1.71

Cagliari

The election took place in two rounds: the first on May 15–16 and the second on May 29–30.

Candidate Coalition First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Massimo Zedda PD-SEL-IDV-FDS-RM-PSI-FDV-Civic List 42,271 45.15 50,055 59.43
Massimo Fantola PDL-RS-UDC-UDS-PSA-MPA-FP-others 34,176 34.71 41,860 40.57
Ignazio Artizzu FLI-others 4,188 4.47
Claudia Zuncheddu IRS-others 2,281 2.44
Emanuela Corda M5S 1,913 2.04
Others - 1,109 1.18

Provincial elections

Only 11 provinces were up for election. The elections was for a new provincial president and members of the Provincial Council. On the first round the total voter turnout was of 59.6%, on the second was of 45.2%. Below the results of each candidate and coalition on the first and second round.

Province Center-left % Center-right %
Vercelli 32.95 - 49.09 49.01 - 50.91
Mantua 41.81 - 58.27 41.09 - 42.73
Pavia 33.82 - 51.20 44.12 - 48.80
Treviso 32.87 57.46
Ravenna 62.06 26.69
Lucca 54.93 40.99
Macerata 43.11 - 54.55 42.76 - 45.45
Campobasso 30.89 54.26
Reggio Calabria 26.58 - 47.33 45.41 - 52.67

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