2018 Italian local elections

The 2018 Italian local elections were held on different dates; most on 10 June, with a second round on 24 June. In Italy, direct elections were held in 720 municipalities: in each comune were chosen mayor and members of the City Council. Of the 783 municipalities, 21 were provincial capitals and only 112 had a population higher than 15,000 inhabitants (10,000 for Sicily). ^[1]

In Friuli-Venezia Giulia the elections were held on 29 April with a second ballot on 13 May; while in Aosta Valley they were held on 20 May, and in Trentino Alto-Adige on 27 May.

Voting System

All mayoral elections in Italy in cities with a population higher than 15,000 use the same voting system. 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.

Municipal elections

Overall results

Majority of each coalition in the 112 municipalities (comuni) with a population higher than 15,000: ^[2]

Coalition		Comuni
	Centre-right coalition	43
	Centre-left coalition	27
	Five Star Movement	5
	Independents and others	35

By party

Party results in the main municipalities: ^[3]

Party		%
	Democratic Party	13.6%
	Five Star Movement	11.5%
	League	10.9%
	Forza Italia	6.0%
	Brothers of Italy	3.6%
	Free and Equal	0.9%
	Centre-right civic lists	13.6%
	Centre-left civic lists	12.4%

Mayoral election results

   Centre-left coalition

   Centre-right coalition

   Five Star Movement

   Civic lists

   Right-wing coalition

   Left-wing coalition

  Prefectural commissioner

Region	City	Population	Incumbent mayor		Elected mayor		1st round		2nd round		Seats	Source
							Votes	%	Votes	%
Lombardy	Brescia	196,745		Emilio Del Bono (PD)		Emilio Del Bono (PD)	44,237	53,86%	—	—	20 / 32
	Sondrio	21,558		Alcide Molteni (PD)		Marco Scaramellini (Ind.)	4,923	46.80%	5,437	60.37%	20 / 32
Veneto	Treviso	84.669		Giovanni Manildo (PD)		Mario Conte (LSP)	21,836	54.48%	—	—	20 / 32
	Vicenza	111.980		Achille Variati (PD)		Francesco Rucco (Ind.)	24,271	50.63%	—	—	20 / 32
Friuli-Venezia Giulia	Udine	99,242		Furio Honsell (Ind.)		Pietro Fontanini (LSP)	18,619	41.49%	18,830	50.37%	24 / 40
Liguria	Imperia	42.328		Carlo Capacci (Ind.)		Claudio Scajola (Ind.)	7,397	35.28%	8,136	52.05%	20 / 32
Tuscany	Massa	68.946		Alessandro Volpi (PD)		Francesco Persiani (LSP)	9,916	28.18%	17,830	56.62%	20 / 32
	Pisa	90.408		Marco Filippeschi (PD)		Michele Conti (Ind.)	13,795	33.36%	20,692	52.29%	20 / 32
	Siena	53.772		Bruno Valentini (PD)		Luigi De Mossi (Ind.)	6,400	24.23%	12,065	50.80%	20 / 32
Umbria	Terni	111.317		Antonino Cufalo [a]		Leonardo Latini (LSP)	25,531	49.22%	26,185	63.42%	20 / 32
Marche	Ancona	100,861		Valeria Mancinelli (PD)		Valeria Mancinelli (PD)	20,738	47.92%	21,152	62.78%	20 / 32
Lazio	Viterbo	67.619		Leonardo Michelini (Ind.)		Giovanni Arena (FI)	13,022	40.22%	12,377	51.09%	20 / 32
Abruzzo	Teramo	54,436		Luigi Pizzi [b]		Gianguido D'Alberto (Ind.)	6,492	21.13%	12,205	53.26%	20 / 32
Campania	Avellino	54.515		Paolo Foti (PD)		Vincenzo Ciampi (M5S)	6,535	20.22%	13,694	59.54%	5 / 32
Apulia	Barletta	94,489		Pasquale Cascella (PD)		Cosimo Cannito (Ind.)	26,587	53.03%	—	—	20 / 32
	Brindisi	87,534		Santi Giuffrè [c]		Riccardo Rossi (Ind.)	10,253	23.49%	16,658	56.61%	20 / 32
Sicily	Catania	311,763		Enzo Bianco (PD)		Salvo Pogliese (FI)	69,029	52.33%	—	—	23 / 35
	Messina	234,758		Renato Accorinti (Ind.)		Cateno De Luca (SV)	23,616	19.81%	47,835	65.28%	0 / 32
	Ragusa	73.631		Federico Piccitto (M5S)		Giuseppe Cassì (Ind.)	7,295	20.83%	13,492	53.07%	14 / 24
	Syracuse	121,933		Giancarlo Garozzo (PD)		Francesco Italia (Ind.)	10,626	19.62%	18,210	52.99%	9 / 32
	Trapani	68,370		Francesco Messineo [d]		Giacomo Tranchida (PD)	24,052	70.68%	—	—	19 / 24

1. Prefectural commissioner replacing mayor Leopoldo Di Girolamo (Democratic Party) since 22 February 2018
2. Prefectural commissioner replacing mayor Maurizio Brucchi (Forza Italia) since 4 December 2017
3. Prefectural commissioner replacing mayor Angela Carluccio (CoR) since 26 May 2017
4. Prefectural commissioner since July 2017, as the quorum was not reached at 2017 municipal election.

References

1. Elezioni comunali – I comuni al voto
2. Ballottaggi: vince il centrodestra
3. "Bilancio del primo turno: chi ha vinto (e chi ha perso) le Comunali 2018?". www.youtrend.it. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.