2016 Naples municipal election

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2016 Naples municipal election
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 20115 and 19 June 2016 2021  
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Candidate Luigi de Magistris Gianni Lettieri
Party DemA Forza Italia
Popular vote172,71096,961
Percentage42.82%24.04%
Popular vote (2nd)185,90792,174
Percentage (2nd)66.85%33.15%

Mayor before election

Luigi de Magistris
Independent

Elected mayor

Luigi de Magistris

Municipal elections were held in Naples on 5 June 2016.

Contents

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 participated in the election.

Political force or allianceConstituent listsLeader
Left-wing coalition Democracy and Autonomy (DeMa) Luigi de Magistris
Naples in Common to the Left (incl. SEL, PRC, PCdI, AET, Pos)
Federation of the Greens (FdV)
Italy of Values (IdV)
Civic lists
Centre-left coalition Democratic Party (PD) Valeria Valente
Popular Naples (NP)
Citizens for Naples (CpN)
Union of the Centre (UdC)
Italian Socialist Party (PSI)
Liberal Popular Alliance – Autonomies (ALA)
Italian Republican PartyItalian Liberal Party (PRI–PLI)
Five Star Movement Five Star Movement (M5S)Matteo Brambilla
Centre-right coalition Forza Italia (FI)Gianni Lettieri
Civic lists
Right-wing coalition Brothers of Italy (FdI)Marcello Taglialatela
Naples Our Land (NTN)

Opinion polling

Results

Summary of the 2016 Naples City Council election results
CandidatesI roundII roundLeaders
seats
PartiesVotes %Seats
Votes %Votes %
Luigi de Magistris 172,71042.82185,90766.85De Magistris for Mayor51,89613.7910
Democracy and Autonomy 28,5877.605
Naples in Common to the Left19,9455.304
The City with de Magistris13,4133.562
Federation of the Greens 11,3413.012
Ce Simme Sfasteriati5,9581.581
Democratic Republicans 4,2761.14
Italy of Values 4,2481.13
Common Good with de Magistris3,2430.86
Mo! Autonomist Naples3,1790.84
Meridionalists1,8580.49
Party of the South 1,7960.48
Gianni Lettieri96,96124.0492,17433.151 Forza Italia 36,1459.613
Lettieri for Mayor28,8697.672
Naples for Capital12,3743.291
Making the City6,5411.74
Young People on the Run3,9291.04
Italy 20.501,7780.47
Pensioners of Europe7630.20
Christian Revolution 7610.20
Joint Enterprise7050.19
Construction and State4960.13
Valeria Valente 85,22521.131 Democratic Party 43,79011.645
Popular Naples 7,5212.001
Citizens for Naples 6,8911.83
#NapoliVale6,6491.77
Democratic Centre 6,3941.70
Liberal Popular Alliance – Autonomies 5,3611.42
Union of the Centre 4,1041.09
Moderates 3,3330.89
National Elaboratory2,5650.68
Italian Socialist Party 1,6770.45
Italian Liberal PartyItalian Republican Party 7010.19
Matteo Brambilla38,8639.641 Five Star Movement 36,3599.661
Marcello Taglialatela 5,1861.29 Brothers of Italy 4,8291.28
Naples Our Land 2820.07
Luigi Mercogliano1,4890.37 The People of the Family 1,4160.38
Martina Alboreto1,2070.30Brothers of the Italian People1,0210.27
Nunzia Amura1,0820.27 Communist Party 7650.20
Paolo Prudente3310.08 Workers' Communist Party 2910.08
Domenico Esposito2570.06Life Quality2130.06
Total403,311100.00278,081100.003376,263100.0037
Source: Ministry of the Interior

According to the Italian electoral law 1993 for the municipalities, if a defeated candidate for mayor obtained over 3% of the votes, the mayoral candidate is automatically elected communal councillor (Lettieri, Valente and Brambilla); the elected mayor is not a member of municipal council, but De Magistris votes in the municipal council.

Popular vote
DMS
13.79%
PD
11.63%
M5S
9.66%
FI
9.60%
PN
7.67%
DemA
7.59%
NCS
5.30%
The City
3.56%
NC
3.28%
FdV
3.01%
Mayor (1st round)
De Magistris
42.82%
Lettieri
24.04%
Valente
21.13%
Brambilla
9.63%
Taglialatela
1.28%
Mayor (2nd round)
De Magistris
66.85%
Lettieri
33.15%

See also

References