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The 2014 Italian local elections were held on 25 May, with a second round on 8 June. In Italy, direct elections were held in 4,086 municipalities: in each municipality (comune) were chosen mayor and members of the City Council. Of the 4,086 municipalities, 29 were provincial capitals and 243 had a population higher than 15,000 inhabitants (10,000 for Sicily). [1]
Municipal councilors and mayors ordinarily serve a terms of five years.
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.
Majority of each coalition in 243 municipalities (comuni) with a population higher than 15,000:
| Coalition | Comuni | |
|---|---|---|
| Centre-left coalition | 164 | |
| Centre-right coalition | 41 | |
| Five Star Movement | 3 | |
| Independents and others | 35 | |
Party votes in 29 provincial capital municipalities:
| Party | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 737,879 | |
| Five Star Movement | 202,795 | |
| Forza Italia | 187,238 | |
| Left Ecology Freedom | 48,597 | |
| Brothers of Italy | 45,989 | |
| New Centre-Right | 33,388 | |
| Northern League | 31,401 | |
| City | PD | FI | LN | SEL | M5S | FdI | NCD | Others | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pescara | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||
| Teramo | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16 | ||||||||
| Potenza | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||
| Cesena | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Ferrara | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Forlì | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| Modena | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Reggio Emilia | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Bergamo | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| Cremona | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Pavia | 20 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ascoli Piceno | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||
| Pesaro | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Urbino | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||
| Campobasso | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||
| Biella | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Verbania | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Vercelli | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Bari | 16 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| Foggia | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 11 | ||||||||
| Sassari | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||
| Caltanissetta | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | ||||||||
| Florence | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Livorno | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| Prato | 20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Perugia | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| Terni | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Padua | 7 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
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