2021 Italian local elections explained
The 2021 Italian local elections were held on 3 and 4 October. Originally scheduled as usual between 15 April and 15 June with run-offs two weeks later,[1] the Government of Italy announced on 4 March that they were postponed to after the summer due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.[2] Elections took place in 1,293 out of 7,903 municipalities, 20 of which are provincial capitals. Mayors and city councils have been elected for the ordinary five-year terms, lasting till 2026.
Voting system
The voting system is used for all mayoral elections in Italy in the cities 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 during the first round, the top two candidates go to a second round after two weeks. The winning candidate obtains a majority bonus equal to 60% of seats. During the first round, if no candidate gets more than 50% of votes but a coalition of lists gets the majority of 50% of votes or if the mayor is elected in the first round but its coalition gets less than 40% of the valid votes, the majority bonus cannot be assigned to the coalition of the winning mayor candidate.
The election of the City Council is based on a direct choice for the candidate with a maximum of two preferential votes, each for a different gender, belonging to the same party list: the candidate with the majority of the preferences is elected. The number of the seats for each party is determined proportionally, using D'Hondt seat allocation. Only coalitions with more than 3% of votes are eligible to get any seats.[3]
Municipal elections
Mayoral election results
| Region | City | Population | Incumbent mayor | Elected mayor | 1st round | 2nd round | Seats | Source |
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| Votes | % | Votes | % |
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| Piedmont | Novara | 101,916 | | Alessandro Canelli (Lega) | bgcolor= | | Alessandro Canelli (Lega) | 28,204 | 69.59 | — | — | | https://elezionistorico.interno.gov.it/index.php?tpel=G&dtel=03/10/2021&tpa=I&tpe=C&lev0=0&levsut0=0&lev1=1&levsut1=1&lev2=52&levsut2=2&levsut3=3&ne1=1&ne2=52&es0=S&es1=S&es2=S&es3=N&ms=S&ne3=521000&lev3=1000 |
| Turin | 848,196 | bgcolor= | | Chiara Appendino (M5S) | bgcolor= | | Stefano Lo Russo (PD) | 140,200 | 43.86 | 168,997 | 59.23 | | https://elezionistorico.interno.gov.it/index.php?tpel=G&dtel=03/10/2021&tpa=I&tpe=C&lev0=0&levsut0=0&lev1=1&levsut1=1&lev2=81&levsut2=2&levsut3=3&ne1=1&ne2=81&es0=S&es1=S&es2=S&es3=N&ms=S&ne3=812620&lev3=2620 |
| Lombardy | Milan | 1,397,715 | bgcolor= | | Giuseppe Sala (Ind.) | bgcolor= | | Giuseppe Sala (Ind.) | 277,478 | 57.73 | — | — | | https://elezionistorico.interno.gov.it/index.php?tpel=G&dtel=03/10/2021&tpa=I&tpe=C&lev0=0&levsut0=0&lev1=3&levsut1=1&lev2=49&levsut2=2&levsut3=3&ne1=3&ne2=49&es0=S&es1=S&es2=S&es3=N&ms=S&ne3=491450&lev3=1450 |
| Varese | 79,712 | bgcolor= | | Davide Galimberti (PD) | bgcolor= | | Davide Galimberti (PD) | 15,693 | 48.00 | 16,741 | 53.20 | | https://elezionistorico.interno.gov.it/index.php?tpel=G&dtel=03/10/2021&tpa=I&tpe=C&lev0=0&levsut0=0&lev1=3&levsut1=1&lev2=86&levsut2=2&levsut3=3&ne1=3&ne2=86&es0=S&es1=S&es2=S&es3=N&ms=S&ne3=861160&lev3=1160 |
| Friuli-Venezia Giulia | Pordenone | 51,719 | bgcolor= | | Alessandro Ciriani (Ind.) | bgcolor= | | Alessandro Ciriani (Ind.) | 14,755 | 65.38 | — | — | | https://elezioni.regione.fvg.it/consultazioni/ELZ_COM/2021-10-03/pordenone |
| Trieste | 199,773 | bgcolor= | | Roberto Dipiazza (FI) | bgcolor= | | Roberto Dipiazza (FI) | 38,847 | 46.89 | 38,816 | 51.29 | | https://elezioni.regione.fvg.it/consultazioni/ELZ_COM/2021-10-03/trieste |
| Liguria | Savona | 58,566 | bgcolor= | | Ilaria Caprioglio (Ind.) | bgcolor= | | Marco Russo (Ind.) | 11,971 | 47.79 | 13,883 | 62.25 | | https://elezionistorico.interno.gov.it/index.php?tpel=G&dtel=03/10/2021&tpa=I&tpe=C&lev0=0&levsut0=0&lev1=7&levsut1=1&lev2=74&levsut2=2&levsut3=3&ne1=7&ne2=74&es0=S&es1=S&es2=S&es3=N&ms=S&ne3=740560&lev3=560 |
| Emilia-Romagna | Bologna | 394,463 | bgcolor= | | Virginio Merola (PD) | bgcolor= | | Matteo Lepore (PD) | 94,565 | 61.90 | — | — | | https://elezionistorico.interno.gov.it/index.php?tpel=G&dtel=03/10/2021&tpa=I&tpe=C&lev0=0&levsut0=0&lev1=8&levsut1=1&lev2=13&levsut2=2&levsut3=3&ne1=8&ne2=13&es0=S&es1=S&es2=S&es3=N&ms=S&ne3=130060&lev3=60 |
| Ravenna | 157,422 | bgcolor= | | Michele De Pascale (PD) | bgcolor= | | Michele De Pascale (PD) | 39,030 | 59.47 | — | — | | https://elezionistorico.interno.gov.it/index.php?tpel=G&dtel=03/10/2021&tpa=I&tpe=C&lev0=0&levsut0=0&lev1=8&levsut1=1&lev2=66&levsut2=2&levsut3=3&ne1=8&ne2=66&es0=S&es1=S&es2=S&es3=N&ms=S&ne3=660140&lev3=140 |
| Rimini | 148.688 | bgcolor= | | Andrea Gnassi (PD) | bgcolor= | | Jamil Sadegholvaad (PD) | 33,542 | 51.32 | — | — | | https://elezionistorico.interno.gov.it/index.php?tpel=G&dtel=03/10/2021&tpa=I&tpe=C&lev0=0&levsut0=0&lev1=8&levsut1=1&lev2=101&levsut2=2&levsut3=3&ne1=8&ne2=101&es0=S&es1=S&es2=S&es3=N&ms=S&ne3=1010140&lev3=140 |
| Tuscany | Grosseto | 81,488 | bgcolor= | | Antonfrancesco Vivarelli Colonna (Ind.) | bgcolor= | | Antonfrancesco Vivarelli Colonna (Ind.) | 21,235 | 56.20 | — | — | | https://elezionistorico.interno.gov.it/index.php?tpel=G&dtel=03/10/2021&tpa=I&tpe=C&lev0=0&levsut0=0&lev1=9&levsut1=1&lev2=36&levsut2=2&levsut3=3&ne1=9&ne2=36&es0=S&es1=S&es2=S&es3=N&ms=S&ne3=360100&lev3=100 |
| Lazio | Latina | 126,612 | bgcolor= | | Damiano Coletta (IiC) | bgcolor= | | Damiano Coletta (IiC) | 22,469 | 35.66 | 30,293 | 54.90 | | https://elezionistorico.interno.gov.it/index.php?tpel=G&dtel=03/10/2021&tpa=I&tpe=C&lev0=0&levsut0=0&lev1=12&levsut1=1&lev2=40&levsut2=2&levsut3=3&ne1=12&ne2=40&es0=S&es1=S&es2=S&es3=N&ms=S&ne3=400110&lev3=110 |
| 2,783,809 | bgcolor= | | Virginia Raggi (M5S) | bgcolor= | | Roberto Gualtieri (PD) | 299,976 | 27.03 | 565,352 | 60.15 | | https://elezionistorico.interno.gov.it/index.php?tpel=G&dtel=03/10/2021&tpa=I&tpe=C&lev0=0&levsut0=0&lev1=12&levsut1=1&lev2=70&levsut2=2&levsut3=3&ne1=12&ne2=70&es0=S&es1=S&es2=S&es3=N&ms=S&ne3=700900&lev3=900 |
| Molise | Isernia | 20,945 | | Giacomo D'Apollonio (FdI) | bgcolor= | | Piero Castrataro (Ind.) | 5,271 | 41.66 | 6,442 | 58.72 | | https://elezionistorico.interno.gov.it/index.php?tpel=G&dtel=03/10/2021&tpa=I&tpe=C&lev0=0&levsut0=0&lev1=14&levsut1=1&lev2=94&levsut2=2&levsut3=3&ne1=14&ne2=94&es0=S&es1=S&es2=S&es3=N&ms=S&ne3=940230&lev3=230 |
| Campania | Benevento | 57,456 | bgcolor= | | Clemente Mastella (NC) | | Clemente Mastella (NC) | 17,684 | 49.37 | 15,474 | 52.68 | | https://elezionistorico.interno.gov.it/index.php?tpel=G&dtel=03/10/2021&tpa=I&tpe=C&lev0=0&levsut0=0&lev1=15&levsut1=1&lev2=11&levsut2=2&levsut3=3&ne1=15&ne2=11&es0=S&es1=S&es2=S&es3=N&ms=S&ne3=110080&lev3=80 |
| Caserta | 73,614 | bgcolor= | | Carlo Marino (PD) | bgcolor= | | Carlo Marino (PD) | 14,394 | 35.34 | 15,196 | 53.65 | | https://elezionistorico.interno.gov.it/index.php?tpel=G&dtel=03/10/2021&tpa=I&tpe=C&lev0=0&levsut0=0&lev1=15&levsut1=1&lev2=20&levsut2=2&levsut3=3&ne1=15&ne2=20&es0=S&es1=S&es2=S&es3=N&ms=S&ne3=200220&lev3=220 |
| Naples | 940,940 | | Luigi de Magistris (DemA) | bgcolor= | | Gaetano Manfredi (Ind.) | 218,077 | 62.88 | — | — | | https://elezionistorico.interno.gov.it/index.php?tpel=G&dtel=03/10/2021&tpa=I&tpe=C&lev0=0&levsut0=0&lev1=15&levsut1=1&lev2=51&levsut2=2&levsut3=3&ne1=15&ne2=51&es0=S&es1=S&es2=S&es3=N&ms=S&ne3=510490&lev3=490 |
| Salerno | 130,240 | bgcolor= | | Vincenzo Napoli (PD) | bgcolor= | | Vincenzo Napoli (PD) | 39,323 | 57.40 | — | — | | https://elezionistorico.interno.gov.it/index.php?tpel=G&dtel=03/10/2021&tpa=I&tpe=C&lev0=0&levsut0=0&lev1=15&levsut1=1&lev2=72&levsut2=2&levsut3=3&ne1=15&ne2=72&es0=S&es1=S&es2=S&es3=N&ms=S&ne3=721160&lev3=1160 |
| Calabria | Cosenza | 65,209 | bgcolor= | | Mario Occhiuto (FI) | bgcolor= | | Franz Caruso (PSI) | 8,432 | 23.78 | 14,413 | 57.59 | | https://elezionistorico.interno.gov.it/index.php?tpel=G&dtel=03/10/2021&tpa=I&tpe=C&lev0=0&levsut0=0&lev1=18&levsut1=1&lev2=25&levsut2=2&levsut3=3&ne1=18&ne2=25&es0=S&es1=S&es2=S&es3=N&ms=S&ne3=250460&lev3=460 |
| Sardinia | Carbonia | 29,301 | bgcolor= | | Paola Massidda (M5S) | bgcolor= | | Pietro Morittu (PD) | 9,721 | 65.75 | — | — | | https://elezionistorico.interno.gov.it/index.php?tpel=G&dtel=10/10/2021&tpa=I&tpe=C&lev0=0&levsut0=0&lev1=20&levsut1=1&lev2=111&levsut2=2&levsut3=3&ne1=20&ne2=111&es0=S&es1=S&es2=S&es3=N&ms=S&ne3=1110090&lev3=90 | |
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Elezioni Amministrative 2021 . Tuttitalia.it . 7 March 2021 . it.
- News: Elezioni rinviate in autunno: voto amministrative tra il 15 settembre e il 15 ottobre . 7 March 2021 . . 4 March 2021 . it.
- Web site: Ministero dell'Interno – Approfondimento . Ministero dell'Interno . 7 March 2021 . Italian.
