2021 Naples municipal election

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2021 Naples municipal election
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←  2016 3 and 4 October 2021
 Majority partyMinority party
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Candidate Gaetano Manfredi Catello Maresca
Party Independent Independent
Alliance Centre-left Centre-right
Seats won287
Popular vote218,07775,891
Percentage62.9%21.9%
Mayor before election

Luigi de Magistris
DemA

Elected mayor

Gaetano Manfredi
Independent

The municipal elections in Naples took place on 3 and 4 October 2021. The incumbent Mayor of Naples was Luigi de Magistris of Democracy and Autonomy, who won the 2016 Naples municipal election.

Contents

Electoral system

The voting system is used for all mayoral elections in Italy, in the cities 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 during the first round, the top two candidates go to a second round after two weeks. The winning candidate obtains a majority bonus equal to 60% of seats. During the first round, if no candidate gets more than 50% of votes but a coalition of lists gets the majority of 50% of votes or if the mayor is elected in the first round but its coalition gets less than 40% of the valid votes, the majority bonus cannot be assigned to the coalition of the winning mayor candidate.

The election of the City Council is based on a direct choice for the candidate with a maximum of two preferential votes, each for a different gender, belonging to the same party list: the candidate with the majority of the preferences is elected. The number of the seats for each party is determined proportionally, using D'Hondt seat allocation. Only coalitions with more than 3% of votes are eligible to get any seats. [1]

Background

The center-left coalition did not nominate their candidate through a primary election, in order to avoid the same troubles that happened during the previous municipal primary election in Naples. [2] Through the municipal secretary of the Democratic Party Marco Sarracino, the coalition sought an alliance with the Five Star Movement and Italian Left. [3] [4]

Parties and candidates

This is a list of the parties (and their respective leaders) which participated in the election. [5]

Political force or allianceConstituent listsCandidate
Bassolino coalitionBassolino x Naples Antonio Bassolino
With Naples
Naples is Naples
Gay Party
Action
Clemente coalitionAlessandra Clemente for Mayor (incl. DemA, PRC, PCI, PdS)Alessandra Clemente
Naples 20 30
Power to the People
Centre-left coalition Democratic Party Gaetano Manfredi
Five Star Movement
Solidarity Naples Left (incl. Art.1, SI, PSI)
Us Campanians for the City
Democratic Centre
Green Europe
Moderates
Democratic Republicans
Manfredi List
Azzurri – We the South – Napoli Viva
Free Naples
For People and the Community
Now Naples
Centre-right coalition European Liberal PartyCatello Maresca
Brothers of Italy
Forza Italia
Cambiamo!
Us with Italy – AdC – Neapolitan Renaissance
Being Naples
Naples Capital (incl. PdF, LSA, SeF)
Neapolitan Pride
3V Movement Giovanni Moscarella
August 24th Movement Rosa Solombrino
Naples on the move – No alliancesMatteo Brambilla

Potential and declined candidates

Potential

Centre-left coalition

Centre-right coalition

Others

Declined

Centre-left coalition

Centre-right coalition

Opinion polls

Candidates

First round

DatePolling firm/
Client		Sample sizeClementeMarescaManfrediBassolinoOthersLead
4 October 2021Election result-5.621.962.98.21.525.7
13–15 Sep 2021 BiDiMedia 1,0359.122.548.017.52.525.5
12–15 Sep 2021 Noto 1,0007.028.044.018.03.016.0
6–11 Sep 2021 Ipsos 1,00011.029.545.511.03.016.0
8–10 Sep 2021 Winpoll 8009.721.147.417.34.526.3
7–10 Sep 2021 Quorum 8058.325.947.917.10.822.0
3–8 Sep 2021 YouTrend 8027.426.248.217.40.822.0
2 Sep 2021 Demopolis —6.029.046.015.04.017.0
10 Aug 2021 Opinio Italia —7.029.044.016.04.015.0
1 Jul 2021 Lab2101 —20.723.540.28.96.716.7
23 Jun 2021 Tecnè 1,0008.230.641.613.85.811.0
18–20 Jun 2021 Tecnè 8008.031.042.013.06.011.0
14–16 Jun 2021 Winpoll 80014.223.340.417.24.917.1
1–2 Jun 2021 Noto 2,0006.038.043.06.07.05.0

    Second round

    Manfredi vs. Maresca

    DatePolling firm/
    Client    		Sample size Manfredi MarescaLead
    13–15 Sep 2021 BiDiMedia 1,03566.034.032.0
    6–11 Sep 2021 Ipsos 1,00063.037.026.0
    8–10 Sep 2021 Winpoll 80063.536.527.0
    7–10 Sep 2021 Quorum 80569.930.139.8
    3–8 Sep 2021 YouTrend 80269.230.838.4
    1 Jul 2021 Lab2101 —55.244.810.4
    14–16 Jun 2021 Winpoll 80062.637.425.2

    Manfredi vs. Bassolino

    DatePolling firm/
    Client    		Sample size Manfredi Bassolino Lead
    13–15 Sep 2021 BiDiMedia 1,03553.047.06.0
    8–10 Sep 2021 Winpoll 80057.242.814.4
    1 Jul 2021 Lab2101 —72.827.245.6
    14–16 Jun 2021 Winpoll 80056.343.712.6

    Manfredi vs. Clemente

    DatePolling firm/
    Client    		Sample size Manfredi ClementeLead
    13–15 Sep 2021 BiDiMedia 1,03568.032.036.0
    8–10 Sep 2021 Winpoll 80067.831.236.6
    1 Jul 2021 Lab2101 —51.248.82.4

    Bassolino vs. Maresca

    DatePolling firm/
    Client    		Sample size Bassolino MarescaLead
    1 Jul 2021 Lab2101 —45.154.99.8
    14–16 Jun 2021 Winpoll 80052.247.84.4

    Bassolino vs. Clemente

    DatePolling firm/
    Client    		Sample size Bassolino ClementeLead
    1 Jul 2021 Lab2101 —38.861.222.4

    Clemente vs. Maresca

    DatePolling firm/
    Client    		Sample sizeClementeMarescaLead
    1 Jul 2021 Lab2101 —55.344.710.6

    Parties

    DatePolling firmSample size Left-wing Centre-left Centre-right Centre OthersUndecidedLead
    DemA Other PD M5S EV IV Art.1-SI Other FI FdI Lega Other A Other
    13–15 Sep 2021 BiDiMedia 1,0354.54.814.413.81.84.4—15.43.47.62.68.72.213.33.122.00.6
    6–11 Sep 2021 Ipsos 1,0006.55.317.418.613.35.37.13.514.28.00.8—1.2
    8–10 Sep 2021 Winpoll 80010.918.715.52.69.75.67.42.96.33.212.74.534.03.2
    3–8 Sep 2021 YouTrend 8025.315.428.010.53.97.86.45.311.36.254.512.6
    23 Jun 2021 Tecnè 1,0008.117.815.89.67.712.26.73.911.66.145.42.0
    14–16 Jun 2021 Winpoll [ permanent dead link ]80013.519.016.22.21.72.00.57.310.96.7—1.014.84.240.05.7
    5 June 2016 Election result -7.632.211.69.7DNPDNPDNP12.09.61.2DNP15.0DNP1.0-1.9

    Results

    Summary of the 2021 Naples City Council election results
    Mayoral candidatesVotes %Leaders
    seats    		PartiesVotes %Seats
    Gaetano Manfredi 218,08762.88– Democratic Party 39,90412.206
    Manfredi List32,4519.925
    Five Star Movement 31,8059.735
    Azzurri – We the South – Naples Alive 17,7915.442
    Free Naples15,0534.602
    Us Campanians 13,1644.032
    Solidary Naples12,5963.852
    Now Naples12,3073.761
    Green Europe 10,4963.211
    Democratic Centre 9,8003.001
    Moderates 8,4082.571
    People and Community6,0061.840
    Democratic Republicans 5,6461.760
    Total215,42765.8828
    Catello Maresca75,89121.881 Forza Italia 21,6916.633
    Brothers of Italy 14,4044.411
    Maresca for Mayor9,1752.811
    Naples Capital (PdF – LSA – Others)8,4942.601
    Cambiamo! 8,2912.541
    Us with Italy – Alliance of the Centre 3,0660.940
    Neapolitan Pride2,6050.800
    European Liberal Party5720.170
    Total68,29820.897
    Antonio Bassolino 28,4518.201Bassolino for Naples13,5624.151
    With Naples4,0971.250
    Action 1,4830.450
    Naples is Naples1,4140.430
    Gay Party 9300.280
    Total21,4866.571
    Alessandra Clemente19,3385.581Alessandra Clemente for Mayor10,5643.231
    Power to the People 4,3581.330
    Naples 20302,4500.750
    Total17,3725.311
    Matteo Brambilla2,1620.62–Naples on the Move1,9600.700
    Giovanni Moscarella1,8100.52– 3V Movement 1,5160.460
    Rossella Solombrino1,0780.31– August 24th Movement 9210.280
    Total346,807100.003326,990100.0037
    Total valid votes346,80794.66
    Blank or invalid ballots19,5675.34
    Turnout366,37447.17
    Eligible voters776,751100.00
    Source: Ministry of the Interior Archived 2021-10-16 at the Wayback Machine

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