Italian local elections, 2015
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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 1063 comuni: in each comune were chosen mayor and members of the City Council. Of the 1603 comuni, 15 were capoluoghi and 120 had a population higher than 15,000 inhabitants.[2]
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 after two weeks. The coalition of the elected mayor is guaranteed a majority of seats in the council with the attribution of extra seats.
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.
Results
Majority of each coalition in 120 comuni which have a population higher than 15,000 inhabitants:
Party | Political leaning of party | Comuni | |
---|---|---|---|
Democratic Party and allies | Center-left | 41 | |
Forza Italia and allies | Center-right | 24 | |
Five Star Movement | Big tent[3] | 5 | |
Independents and others | none | 45 |
- Democratic Party and center-left allies: 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.
- Forza Italia and center-right allies: 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.
Party Votes
Party votes in 20 capoluoghi:
Party | Votes | |
---|---|---|
Democratic Party | ||
Five Star Movement | ||
Forza Italia | ||
Left Ecology Freedom | ||
Brothers of Italy | ||
New Centre-Right | ||
Lega Nord |
Mayoral results
Cities | Population | Incumbent mayor | Party | Elected mayor | Party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aosta | 35,031 | Bruno Giordano | UV | Fulvio Centoz | PD | ||
Bolzano | 106,075 | Luigi Spagnolli | PD | Luigi Spagnolli | PD | ||
Trento | 117,311 | Alessandro Andreatta | PD | Alessandro Andreatta | PD | ||
Venice | 264,919 | Vittorio Zappalorto[4] | none | Luigi Brugnaro | Ind | ||
Mantua | 48,684 | Mario Sodano | FI | Mattia Palazzi | PD | ||
Lecco | 48,174 | Virginio Brivio | PD | Virginio Brivio | PD | ||
Rovigo | 50,590 | Claudio Ventrice[5] | none | Massimo Bergamin | LN | ||
Chieti | 52,218 | Umberto Di Primio | FI | Umberto Di Primio | FI | ||
Matera | 60,505 | Salvatore Adduce | PD | Raffaello De Ruggieri | Ind | ||
Andria | 100,459 | Nicola Giorgino | FI | Nicola Giorgino | FI | ||
Trani | 55,810 | Maria Rita Iaculli[6] | none | Amedeo Bottaro | PD | ||
Vibo Valentia | 33,609 | Nicola D'Agostino | FI | Elio Costa | FI | ||
Enna | 28,280 | Paolo Garofalo | PD | Maurizio Dipietro | Ind | ||
Nuoro | 37,358 | Alessandro Bianchi | PD | Andrea Soddu | Ind | ||
Macerata | 41,625 | Romano Carancini | PD | Romano Carancini | PD | ||
Fermo | 37,834 | Vittorio Saladino[7] | none | Paolo Calcinaro | Ind | ||
Arezzo | 99,392 | Stefano Gasperini | PD | Alessandro Ghinelli | FI | ||
Sanluri | 8,556 | Alessandro Collu | Ind | Alberto Urpi | Ind | ||
Tempio Pausania | 14,367 | Romeo Frediani | PD | Andrea Mario Biancareddu | Ind | ||
Agrigento | 60,075 | Luciana Giammanco[8] | none | Calogero Firetto | UDC |
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 | ||||||||
Results in the capital cities
Trento
Incumbent mayor: Alessandro Andreatta (PD), elected in 2010
Candidate | Coalition | First round | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | |||
Alessandro Andreatta | PD-PATT | 26,420 | 53.70 | |
Claudio Cia | FI-LN-FdI | 15,266 | 31.03 | |
Paolo Negroni | M5S | 4,123 | 8.38 | |
Antonia Romano | SEL-PRC | 2,229 | 4.53 | |
Paolo Primon | Independent | 1,164 | 2.37 | |
Eligible voters | 93,941 | 100.0 | ||
Did not vote | 40,144 | 39.9 | ||
Voted | 53,797 | 60.1 | ||
Blank or invalid ballots | 2,227 | 4.3 | ||
Total valid votes | 49,202 | 95.7 |
Bolzano
Incumbent mayor: Luigi Spagnolli (PD), elected in 2005 and re-elected 2010
Candidate | Coalition | First round | Second round | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||||||||
Luigi Spagnolli | PD-SVP | 17,983 | 41.58 | 17,630 | 57.70 | ||||||||
Alessandro Urzì | FI-others | 5,508 | 12.74 | 12,926 | 42.30 | ||||||||
Carlo Vettori | Lega Nord | 4,613 | 10.67 | ||||||||||
Cecilia Stefanelli | SEL-PRC-Greens | 4,521 | 10.45 | ||||||||||
Rudi Rieder | M5S | 4,119 | 9.52 | ||||||||||
Giovanni Ivan Benussi | CasaPound List | 2,952 | 6.83 | ||||||||||
Others | - | 3,550 | 8.21 | ||||||||||
Eligible voters | 78,460 | 100.00 | 78,460 | 100.0 | |||||||||
Did not vote | 27,171 | 34.2 | 46,531 | 59.3 | |||||||||
Voted | 51,289 | 65.8 | 31,929 | 40.7 | |||||||||
Blank or invalid ballots | 2,071 | 4.6 | 1,373 | 4.3 | |||||||||
Total valid votes | 49,246 | 95.4 | 30,556 | 95.7 |
Aosta
Incumbent mayor: Bruno Giordano (UV), elected in 2010
Candidate | Coalition | First round | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | |||
Fulvio Centoz | PD-VdA Left-UV-SA | 8,935 | 54.18 | |
Loris Sartore | ALPE | 2,094 | 12.70 | |
Nicoletta Spelgatti | Lega Nord | 1,719 | 10.42 | |
Luca Giuseppe Lotto | M5S | 1,577 | 9.56 | |
Oreste Alexandre Andrione | UVP | 1,141 | 6.92 | |
Carola Carpinello | SEL-PRC | 608 | 3.69 | |
Luca Lattanzi | FI | 417 | 2.53 | |
Eligible voters | 28,661 | 100.0 | ||
Did not vote | 11,108 | 38.7 | ||
Voted | 17,553 | 61.3 | ||
Blank or invalid ballots | 820 | 4.7 | ||
Total valid votes | 16,773 | 95.3 |
Venice
Incumbent mayor: Vittorio Zappalorto (as Special Commissioner)
previously Giorgio Orsoni (PD), elected in 2010
Candidate | Coalition | First round | Second round | ||||||||||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||||||||
Felice Casson | PD-SEL-Greens | 46,298 | 38.01 | 47,838 | 46.79 | ||||||||
Luigi Brugnaro | FI-NCD-UDC | 34,790 | 28.56 | 54,405 | 53.21 | ||||||||
Davide Scano | M5S | 15,348 | 12.60 | ||||||||||
Angelo Bellati | Lega Nord | 14,482 | 11.89 | ||||||||||
Francesca Zaccariotto | FdI-others | 8,292 | 6.80 | ||||||||||
Others | 2,567 | 2.08 | |||||||||||
Eligible voters | 100.00 | ||||||||||||
Did not vote | |||||||||||||
Voted | |||||||||||||
Blank or invalid ballots | |||||||||||||
Total valid votes |
Notes
- 1 2 Only in 243 comuni with a population higher than 15,000 inhabitans (10,000 for Sicily).
- ↑ http://www.interno.gov.it/mininterno/export/sites/default/it/temi/elezioni/
- ↑ M5S is considered populist, anti-corruption, environmentalist and Eurosceptic.
- ↑ Special Commissioner since June 2014.
- ↑ Special Commissioner since July 2014.
- ↑ Special Commissioner since January 2015.
- ↑ Special Commissioner since February 2015.
- ↑ Special Commissioner since July 2014.