Italian local elections, 2015

31 May and 14 June 2015

1,603 city mayors and councils

	First party	Second party

Leader	Matteo Renzi	Silvio Berlusconi
Party	Democratic Party	Forza Italia
Leader since	15 December 2013	16 November 2013
Comuni	41^[1]	24^[1]

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

The voting system is used for all mayoral elections in Italy, in the city with a population higher than 15,000. 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 at least 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.

Results

Majority of each coalition in 120 comuni which have a population higher than 15,000 inhabitants:

	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		Elected mayor
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
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
Candidate		Coalition	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
Candidate		Coalition	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
Candidate		Coalition	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
Candidate		Coalition	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Felice Casson	PD-SEL-Greens
	Luigi Brugnaro	FI-NCD-UDC
	Angelo Bellati	Lega Nord
	Francesca Zaccariotto	FdI-others
	Davide Scano	M5S
	Others

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.

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See also: Elections in Abruzzo Aosta Valley Apulia Basilicata Calabria Campania Emilia–Romagna Friuli-Venezia Giulia Lazio Liguria Lombardy Marche Molise Piedmont Sardinia Sicily Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Tuscany Umbria Veneto

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