2013 Rome municipal election

Municipal elections were held in Rome on 26–27 May 2013 to elect the Mayor of Rome and 48 members of the City Council.

2013 Rome mayoral election
26–27 May 2013
and 9–10 June 2013
Turnout52.8% (first round)
45.0% (second round)
 
Candidate Ignazio Marino Gianni Alemanno
Party Democratic Party People of Freedom
Popular vote 512,720 364,337
Percentage 42.6% 30.3%
Popular vote (2nd) 664,490 374,883
Percentage (2nd) 63.9% 36.1%
Mayor before election

Gianni Alemanno

 Elected Mayor

Ignazio Marino

The outgoing Mayor Gianni Alemanno (PdL) stood in the election for a second term. The centre-left coalition candidate, heart surgeon Ignazio Marino (PD), was chosen by a multi-party primary election on 7 April 2013.

Unlike the 2008 municipal election, the number of municipi of the city had been cut down from 19 to 15, the same as the number of the members of the City Council, reduced from 60 to 48.

Background

Despite Alemanno had repeatedly stated its intention to hold primary elections to choose the candidate of the centre-right coalition, on 2 September 2012 he announced his intention to run for a second term as Mayor of Rome.[1]

On the contrary, the centre-left coalition decided to hold the primary election on 7 April 2013 to decide its mayoral candidate.[2] There were 6 main candidates: five from Democratic Party and one from Left Ecology Freedom.[3]

Among the most popular candidates there were Ignazio Marino, heart surgeon and senator, who was candidate in the 2009 Democratic Party leadership election; David Sassoli, journalist and MEP since 2009; and Paolo Gentiloni, former Minister of Communication in the Prodi II Cabinet. On 7 April Marino won the election and became the official candidate of the centre-left coalition.

Candidates votes (%)
Ignazio Marino 51
David Sassoli 28
Paolo Gentiloni 14
Patrizia Prestipino 2
Gemma Azumi 2
Mattia Di Tommaso 1

Voting System

The voting system is used for all mayoral elections in Italy, in the city 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 the 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.

For municipi the voting system is the same, not referred to the mayor but to the president of the municipio.

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.

Results
Candidate Party Coalition First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Ignazio Marino PD PD-SEL-CD-FdV-PSI 512,720 42.61 664,490 63.93
Gianni Alemanno PdL PdL-FdI-LD 364,337 30.28 374,883 36.07
Marcello De Vito M5S 149,665 12.44
Alfio Marchini Ind 114,169 9.49
Others 62,444 5.18
Eligible voters 2,359,119 100.00 2,359,119 100.00
Voted 1,245,927 52.8 1,062,892 45.0
Blank or invalid ballots 42,592 23,519
Total valid votes 1,203,335 1,039,373

Summary of the 2013 Rome City Council election results

 
Parties and coalitions Votes % Seats
Democratic Party (Partito Democratico) PD 267,60526.3%19
Marino List (Lista Marino) LM 75,4947.4%5
Left Ecology Freedom (Sinistra Ecologia Libertà) SEL 63,7286.2%4
Democratic Centre (Centro Democratico) CD 14,7351.5%1
Others 12,1521.2%0
Marino coalition (Centre-left) 433,71442.6%29
The People of Freedom (Il Popolo della Libertà) PdL 195,74919.2%8
Brothers of Italy (Fratelli d'Italia) FdI 60,3755.9%2
Alemanno List (Lista Alemanno) LA 50,2394.9%2
Others 16,9091.7%0
Alemanno coalition (Centre-right) 323,27231.7%12
Five Star Movement (Movimento Cinque Stelle) M5S 130,63512.8%4
Marchini List (Lista Marchini) LM 79,6077.8%3
Others 51,6835.1%0
Total 1,018,211100%48
Votes cast / turnout 1,245,92752.8%
Registered voters 2,359,119
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Municipi election

Reduced from 19 to 15 in March 2013, municipi are governed by a president and a council of four members who are elected by its residents every five years. The municipi frequently cross the boundaries of the traditional, non-administrative divisions of the city.

In this election all 15 municipi were won by the center-left coalition, composed by Democratic Party and Left Ecology Freedom.

Table below shows the results for each municipio with the percentage for each coalition on the first round:

Municipio Centre-left Centre-right Elected President Party
XII 50.2 27.1 Cristina Maltese PD

Table below shows the results for each municipio with the percentage for each coalition on the second round:

Municipio Centre-left Centre-right Elected President Party
I 65.8 34.2 Sabrina Alfonsi PD
II 62.4 37.6 Giuseppe Gerace PD
III 64.4 35.6 Paolo Emilio Marchionne PD
IV 66.6 33.4 Emiliano Sciascia PD
V 66.7 33.3 Gianmarco Palmieri PD
VI 60.7 39.3 Marco Scipioni PD
VII 67.7 32.3 Susana Ana Maria Fantino SEL
VIII 69.7 30.3 Andrea Catarci SEL
IX 61.2 38.8 Andrea Santoro PD
X 64.6 35.4 Andrea Tassone PD
XI 65.7 34.3 Maurizio Veloccia PD
XIII 55.3 44.7 Valentino Mancinelli PD
XIV 61.4 38.6 Valerio Barletta PD
XV 50.8 49.2 Daniele Torquati PD

Source: Municipality of Rome - Electoral Service

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References
  1. "Alemanno zittisce Repubblica e si ricandida al Campidoglio". Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-08-07. Retrieved 2013-08-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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