2016 Italian local elections
The 2016 Italian local elections were held on 5 June, with a run-off, where necessary if a candidate for Mayor obtained less than 50 percent of votes in the first round, held on 19 June.[1]
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In Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol the elections were held on 8 May (second round on 22 May),[2] in Aosta Valley on 15 May.[3] Municipal councilors and mayors ordinarily serve a term 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 two 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 the candidates with the highest number of preferences are elected.
Parties and coalitions
Opinion polling
Results
Majority of each coalition in 149 municipalities (comuni) with a population higher than 15,000:
Party | Political leaning | Comuni | |
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Centre-right coalition | Centre-right | 37 | |
Centre-left coalition | Centre-left | 23 | |
Five Star Movement | Big tent[7] | 21 | |
Left-wing coalition | Left-wing | 5 |
Notes: almost all political parties and coalitions in local (municipal and regional) elections usually run with the support of some minor allied list active in local politics forming coalitions under the same nominee as the mayoral candidate, only M5S ran in all elections with a single list (that is the list of M5S under the M5S nominee as the mayoral candidate without forming coalitions with minor local lists or other national parties). Civic (lista civica) is a local list.
Party results
Party votes in the main 132 municipalities:[8]
Party | votes | % | |
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Democratic Party | 949,510 | 18.8% | |
Five Star Movement | 878,828 | 17.4% | |
Italian Left and allied | 407,915 | 8.1% | |
Forza Italia | 366,456 | 7.2% | |
Northern League | 260,511 | 5.2% | |
Brothers of Italy | 230,554 | 4.6% | |
New Centre-Right – Union of the Centre | 103,020 | 2.0% | |
Other centre-left lists | 610,548 | 12.1% | |
Other centre-right lists | 466,483 | 9.2% | |
Other right-wing lists | 140,477 | 2.8% | |
Other left-wing lists | 102,496 | 2.0% | |
Other centrist lists | 96,435 | 1.9% | |
Others | 444,442 | 8.8% |
Coalition results
Coalition results in the main municipalities:
Party | Votes | % | |
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Centre-left coalition | 1,736,776 | 32.2% | |
Centre-right coalition | 1,155,106 | 21.4% | |
Five Star Movement | 989,610 | 18.4% | |
Left-wing coalition | 459,445 | 8.5% | |
Right-wing coalition | 446,880 | 8.3% | |
Centrist coalition | 119,688 | 2.2% | |
Others | 478,055 | 8.9% |
Mayoral election results
References and notes
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Normativa e istruzioni". Web.archive.org. 2016-04-18. Archived from the original on April 18, 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-25.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
- "Regione Valle d'Aosta". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on April 18, 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-25.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
- Only in some elections.
- Only in Naples municipal election.
- Only in Milan municipal election.
- M5S is considered populist, anti-corruption, environmentalist and Eurosceptic.
- "Amministrative 2016: tutti i numeri (1)". www.youtrend.it. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
- Special Commissioner replacing mayor Luigi Spagnolli (Democratic Party) since November 2015.
- Special Commissioner replacing mayor Cosimo Consales (Democratic Party) since February 2016.
- Special Commissioner replacing mayor Pio Del Gaudio (Forza Italia) since June 2015.
- Special Commissioner replacing mayor Mario Occhiuto since February 2016.
- Special Commissioner replacing mayor Luigi Brasiello (Democratic Party) since September 2015.
- Special Commissioner replacing mayor Giovanni Di Giorgi (Brothers of Italy) since June 2015.
- Special Commissioner replacing mayor Ignazio Marino (Democratic Party) since November 2015.
- Deputy Mayor who obtained the official title and the administrative power of Interim Mayor in June 2015 when mayor Vincenzo De Luca was elected President of Campania.