2015 Italian local elections

The 2015 Italian local elections were to be held on 31 May, with a second round on 14 June, concurrently with the Regional elections. In Italy, direct elections were held in 1,063 municipalities: in each municipality (comune) were chosen mayor and members of the City Council. Of the 1,603 municipalities, 15 were provincial capitals and 120 had a population higher than 15,000 inhabitants.[1]

In Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol and Aosta Valley the elections were held on 10 May with a second ballot on 24 May.

Municipal councilors and mayors ordinarily serve a terms of five years.

Voting System

All mayoral elections in Italy in cities with a population higher than 15,000 use the same system.

Under this system voters express a direct choice for the mayor or an indirect choice voting for one of the parties of the candidate's coalition.

If no candidate receives a majority of votes, the top two candidates go to a second round two weeks later. The coalition of the elected mayor is guaranteed a majority of seats in the council with the attribution of extra seats, but the majority bonus system is not adopted by the cities of Trentino-Alto Adige. If a Mayor resigns, dies or is ousted from office after more than half the municipal councillors stepped down, an early municipal election (for the Mayor and for all municipal councillors) is called.

The City Council is elected at the same time as the mayor. Voters can vote for a list of candidates and can express up to 2 preferences for candidates of said list. In case of two preferences, they must be given to candidates of both genders. Seats are the attributed to parties proportionally, and for each party list the candidates with the highest number of preferences are elected.

Results

Majority of each coalition in 120 municipalities (comuni) with a population higher than 15,000:

Party		Political leaning	Comuni
	Centre-left coalition	Centre-left	41
	Centre-right coalition	Centre-right	24
	Five Star Movement	Big tent[2]	5
	Independents and others	none	45

• Centre-left coalition: Trento, Bolzano, Aosta, Riva del Garda, San Giovanni in Fiore, Siderno, Cardito, Ercolano, San Giorgio a Cremano, Zagarolo, Senigallia, Moncalieri, Manfredonia, Pedara, Agrigento, Bollate, Lecco, Mantua, Segrate, Somma Lombardo, Cava de' Tirreni, Frattamaggiore, Marigliano, Mugnano di Napoli, San Nicola la Strada, Faenza, Albano Laziale, Colleferro, Macerata, Valenza, Trani, Casamassima, Mola di Bari, San Vito dei Normanni, Quartu Sant'Elena, Marsala, Bronte, Carini, Ispica, Milazzo, San Giovanni la Punta.
• Centre-right coalition: Laives, Pomigliano d'Arco, Vibo Valentia, Bondeno, Fondi, Parabiago, Samarate, Capurso, Ceglie Messapica, Andria, Chieti, Matera, Gioia Tauro, Lamezia Terme, Caivano, Carovigno, Oria, Sestu, Arezzo, Pietrasanta, Viareggio, Enna, Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, Licata.
• Five Star Movement: Quarto, Porto Torres, Venaria Reale, Gela, Augusta.
• Independent and others: Merano, Rovereto, Grumo Nevano, Orta di Atella, Sorrento, Mascali, Mussomeli, Nicosia, Raffadali, Trabia, Sanluri, Tempio Pausania, Angri, Bacoli, Casalnuovo di Napoli, Casavatore, Eboli, Giugliano in Campania, Terzigno, Ceccano, Fermo, Altamura, Cerignola, Latiano, Mesagne, Modugno, Nuoro, Silius, Ribera, Tremestieri Etneo.

Mayoral election results

Cities	Population	Incumbent mayor	Party		Elected mayor	Party
Aosta	35,031	Bruno Giordano		Centre-right	Fulvio Centoz		Centre-left
Bolzano	106,075	Luigi Spagnolli		Centre-left	Luigi Spagnolli		Centre-left
Trento	117,311	Alessandro Andreatta		Centre-left	Alessandro Andreatta		Centre-left
Venice	264,919	Vittorio Zappalorto[3]		none	Luigi Brugnaro		Centre-right
Mantua	48,684	Nicola Sodano		Centre-right	Mattia Palazzi		Centre-left
Lecco	48,174	Virginio Brivio		Centre-left	Virginio Brivio		Centre-left
Rovigo	50,590	Claudio Ventrice[4]		none	Massimo Bergamin		Centre-right
Chieti	52,218	Umberto Di Primio		Centre-right	Umberto Di Primio		Centre-right
Matera	60,505	Salvatore Adduce		Centre-left	Raffaello De Ruggieri		Centre-right
Andria	100,459	Nicola Giorgino		Centre-right	Nicola Giorgino		Centre-right
Trani	55,810	Maria Rita Iaculli[5]		none	Amedeo Bottaro		Centre-left
Vibo Valentia	33,609	Nicola D'Agostino		Centre-right	Elio Costa		Centre-right
Enna	28,280	Paolo Garofalo		Centre-left	Maurizio Dipietro		Civic
Nuoro	37,358	Alessandro Bianchi		Centre-left	Andrea Soddu		Civic
Macerata	41,625	Romano Carancini		Centre-left	Romano Carancini		Centre-left
Fermo	37,834	Vittorio Saladino[6]		none	Paolo Calcinaro		Civic
Arezzo	99,392	Stefano Gasperini[7]		Centre-left	Alessandro Ghinelli		Centre-right
Agrigento	60,075	Luciana Giammanco[8]		none	Calogero Firetto		Centre-left

City councils

City		PD		FI		LN		SEL		M5S		FdI		NCD		Others
Trento	19		1		5		0		2		0		3		6
Bolzano	12		2		5		3		4		1		0		18
Aosta	5		0		2		1		2		0		0		17
Venice	7		3		1		0		2		0		2		17
Mantua	18		5		2		2		1		0		0		0
Lecco	20		1		4		0		0		0		3		0
Rovigo	4		6		9		0		1		0		4		2
Arezzo	8		13		5		1		1		2		0		0
Macerata	16		3		0		2		2		2		2		0
Fermo	3		2		0		1		1		0		0		20
Chieti	7		12		0		0		1		0		8		0
Trani	17		1		0		2		1		1		3		2
Andria	6		17		1		2		4		0		2		0
Matera	10		2		0		0		0		0		1		17
Vibo Valentia	10		0		0		0		0		0		0		20
Agrigento	7		7		0		0		2		0		14		0

Notes

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 2014-07-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. M5S is considered populist, anti-corruption, environmentalist and Eurosceptic.
3. Special Commissioner replacing mayor Giorgio Orsoni (Democratic Party) since June 2014.
4. Special Commissioner replacing mayor Bruno Piva (Forza Italia) since July 2014.
5. Special Commissioner replacing mayor Luigi Nicola Riserbato (Apulia First of All) since January 2015.
6. Special Commissioner replacing mayor Nella Brambatti (Democratic Party) since February 2015.
7. Deputy mayor replacing mayor Giuseppe Fanfani (Democratic Party) since September 2014.
8. Special Commissioner replacing mayor Marco Zambuto (Union of the Centre) since July 2014.