2016 Turin municipal election

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2016 Turin municipal election
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 20115 and 19 June 2016 2021  
  Chiara Appendino 2.jpg Piero Fassino - Trento 2013.JPG
Candidate Chiara Appendino Piero Fassino
Party Five Star Movement Democratic Party
Alliance Centre-left
Popular vote118,273160,023
Percentage30.92%41.83%
Popular vote (2nd)202,764168,880
Percentage (2nd)54.56%45.44%

Mayor before election

Piero Fassino
Democratic Party

Elected Mayor

Chiara Appendino
Five Star Movement

Municipal elections were held in Turin, northern Italy, in May 2016. Chiara Appendino, the candidate of the Five Star Movement, was elected after defeating former mayor Piero Fassino in the runoff.

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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 will participate in the election. [1]

Political force or allianceConstituent listsLeader
Left-wing coalitionTurin in common (incl. SEL, PRC, PCdI, AET and FaS)Giorgio Airaudo
Turin environment (PossibleGreen Italia)
Civic list
Centre-left coalition Democratic Party (PD) Piero Fassino
Moderates
Civic lists
Five Star Movement Five Star Movement (M5S) Chiara Appendino
Centrist coalitionRosso for Mayor (incl. CoR)Roberto Rosso
Union of the CentrePopular Area (UDC–AP)
Democratic Alliance (AD)
Moderates in Revolution (MIR)
Centre-right coalition Forza Italia (FI)Osvaldo Napoli
Civic lists
Right-wing coalition Northern League (LN)Alberto Morano
Brothers of Italy (FdI)

Opinion polling

Results

Summary of the 5–19 June 2016 Turin City Council election results
CandidatesI roundII roundLeaders
seats
PartiesVotes %Seats
Votes %Votes %
Chiara Appendino 118,27330.92202,76454.56 Five Star Movement 107,68030.0124
Piero Fassino 160,02341.84168,88045.441 Democratic Party 106,81829.778
Moderates 21,3075.941
Fassino list14,8984.151
Left for the City7,2532.02
Alberto Morano32,1038.391 Northern League 20,7695.791
Brothers of Italy 5,2591.47
Morano list4,9831.39
Osvaldo Napoli 20,3495.321 Forza Italia 16,6844.65
Let's save the Ophthalmic2.4350.68
A Dream for Turin5670.16
Roberto Rosso 19,3345.051Rosso list11,3393.16
Union of the CentrePopular Area 5,1141.43
Pensioners' Union1,5680.44
Democratic Alliance4090.11
Moderates in Revolution 3210.09
Giorgio Airaudo 14,1663.701Turin in common10,1152.82
Turin environment (PossibleGreen Italia)2,2440.63
Pensioners and Disabled1,0770.30
Gianluca Noccetti5,2511.37 Piedmont Padanian League 2,9370.82
4-Legged Friends1,3210.37
Forza Toro4840.13
Unemployed. Precarious and Exiled3630.10
Motorist list980.03
Marco Rizzo 3,3230.87 Communist Party 3,1920.89
Marco Racca2,0820.54 CasaPound 1,9850.55
Vitantonio Colucci2,0320.53 The People of Family 1,9960.56
Mario Cornelio Levi1,3370.35 Italy of Values 1,3270.37
Anna Battista9800.26It's enough!9270.26
Pier Carlo Devoti9150.24The Square1.0890.30
Roberto Usseglio6900.18 New Force 6720.19
Alessio Ariotto6280.16 Workers' Communist Party 6150.17
Lorenzo Varaldo5840.15Abrogation!5460.15
Guglielmo Del Pero4330.11We are Turin4130.12
Total382,503100.00371,644100.005358,805100.0035
Source: Ministry of the Interior

According to the Italian electoral law of 1993 for the Municipalities, if a defeated candidate for mayor obtains over 3% of votes, the mayoral candidate is automatically elected communal councillor (on this case: Fassino, Morano, Napoli, Rosso and Airaudo). The candidate elected mayor votes on communal council, but is not a member of it.

Popular vote
M5S
29.96%
PD
29.78%
M
5.94%
LN
5.77%
FI
4.65%
PF
4.15%
RS
3.40%
TC
2.81%
Mayor (1st round)
Fassino
41.83%
Appendino
30.92%
Morano
8.39%
Napoli
5.31%
Rosso
5.05%
Airaudo
3.70%
Mayor (2nd round)
Appendino
54.56%
Fassino
45.44%

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