2016 Turin municipal election
Municipal elections were held in Turin, northern Italy, in May 2016. Chiara Appendino, the candidate of the Five Star Movement, was elected after defeating former mayor Piero Fassino in the runoff.
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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 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.
Parties and candidates
This is a list of the parties (and their respective leaders) which will participate in the election.[1]
| Political force or alliance | Constituent lists | Leader | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party (PD) | ||||
| Moderates (Mod) | ||||
| Five Star Movement (M5S) | ||||
| Lega Nord (LN) | ||||
| Brothers of Italy (FdI) | ||||
| Forza Italia (FI) | ||||
| Popular Area (AP) | ||||
| Italian Left (SI) | ||||
| Conservatives and Reformists (CoR) | ||||
| Rosso for Mayor (RS) | ||||
Opinion polling
Results
First round
According to the Italian electoral law of 1993 for Comuni', if a defeated candidate for mayor obtained over 3% of votes, he/she was automatically elected comunal councillor (Fassino, Morano, Napoli, Rosso and Airaudo). The candidate elected mayor voted ono communal council, but was not a member of it.
| Candidates & parties | Votes | % | Seats leaders |
Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piero Fassino | 160,023 | 41.83 | 1 | 10 | |
| Democratic Party | 106,832 | 29.78 | → | 8 | |
| Moderates | 21,309 | 5.94 | → | 1 | |
| For Fassino | 14,900 | 4.15 | → | 1 | |
| Left For The City | 7,253 | 2.02 | → | – | |
| Chiara Appendino | 118,273 | 30.92 | – | 24 | |
| Five Star Movement | 107,455 | 29.96 | → | 24 | |
| Alberto Morano | 32,103 | 8.39 | 1 | 1 | |
| Lega Nord | 20.730 | 5.77 | → | 1 | |
| Brothers of Italy | 5,249 | 1.46 | → | – | |
| Let's Work Together | 4,986 | 1.39 | → | – | |
| Osvaldo Napoli | 20,349 | 5.31 | 1 | – | |
| Forza Italia | 16,688 | 4.65 | → | – | |
| Save Oftalmico | 2,437 | 0.67 | → | – | |
| A Dream For Turin | 566 | 0.15 | → | – | |
| Roberto Rosso | 19,334 | 5.05 | 1 | – | |
| Rosso Mayor | 11,332 | 3.15 | → | – | |
| Union of the Centre | 5,074 | 1.41 | → | – | |
| Pensioners' Union | 11,568 | 0.43 | → | – | |
| Popular Federation | 421 | 0.11 | → | – | |
| Moderates in Revolution | 11,332 | 3.15 | → | – | |
| Giorgio Airaudo | 14,166 | 3.70 | 1 | – | |
| Turin in Common | 10,083 | 2.81 | → | – | |
| Turin Environment | 2,264 | 0.63 | → | – | |
| Pensioners, Disabled, Young Together | 1,088 | 0.30 | → | – | |
| Total | 382,503 | 100.00 | 4 | 36 | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior | |||||
According to the Italian electoral law of 1993 for Comuni', if a defeated candidate for mayor obtained over 3% of votes, he/she was automatically elected comunal councillor (Fassino, Morano, Napoli, Rosso and Airaudo). The candidate elected mayor voted ono communal council, but was not a member of it.
Second round
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiara Appendino | 202,764 | 54.56% | |
| Piero Fassino | 168,880 | 45.44% | |
| Total | 371,644 | 100.00 | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior | |||
See also
- Municipal elections in Turin
References
- A. Grandi (27 April 2016).Turin mayoral election redraws political boundaries between left and right. Il Sole 24 Ore.