Italian local elections, 2018

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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 comuni: in each comune were chosen mayor and members of the City Council. Of the 783 comuni, 21 were capoluoghi and only 112 had a population higher than 15,000 inhabitants (10,000 for Sicily). [1]

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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.

Results

Majority of each coalition in the 112 comuni which have a population higher than 15,000 inhabitants:: [2] [3]

PartyPolitical leaning of partyComuni
Centre-right coalition Centre-right 43
Centre-left coalition Centre-left 27
Five Star Movement Big tent [4] 5
Independents and othersnone35

Mayoral results

CitiesPopulationIncumbent mayor Party Elected mayor Party
Ancona 100,861Valeria Mancinelli Centre-left Valeria Mancinelli Centre-left
Avellino 54,515Paolo Foti Centre-left Vincenzo Ciampi Five Star
Barletta 94,489Pasquale Cascella Centre-left Cosimo Cannito Centre-right
Brescia 196,745 Emilio Del Bono Centre-left Emilio Del Bono Centre-left
Brindisi 87,534Santi Giuffrè [5] noneRiccardo Rossi Centre-left
Catania 311,763 Enzo Bianco Centre-left Salvo Pogliese Centre-right
Imperia 42,328Carlo Capacci Centre-left Claudio Scajola Civic
Massa 68,946Alessandro Volpi Centre-left Francesco Persiani Centre-right
Messina 234,758Renato Accorinti Civic Cateno De Luca Civic
Pisa 90,408Marco Filippeschi Centre-left Michele Conti Centre-right
Ragusa 73,631Federico Piccitto Five Star Giuseppe Cassì Right-wing
Siena 53,772Bruno Valentini Centre-left Luigi De Mossi Centre-right
Syracuse 121,933Giancarlo Garrozzo Centre-left Francesco Italia Civic
Sondrio 21,558Alcide Molteni Centre-left Marco Scaramellini Centre-right
Teramo 54,436Luigi Pizzi [6] noneGianguido D'Alberto Centre-left
Terni 111,317Antonino Cufalo [7] noneLeonardo Latini Centre-right
Trapani 68,370Francesco Messineo [8] noneGiacomo Tranchida Centre-left
Treviso 84,669Giovanni Manildo Centre-left Mario Conte Centre-right
Udine 99,242Carlo Giacomello Centre-left Pietro Fontanini Centre-right
Vicenza 111,980 Achille Variati Centre-left Francesco Rucco Centre-right
Viterbo 67,619Leonardo Michelini Centre-left Giovanni Arena Centre-right

References

  1. ↑ Elezioni comunali – I comuni al voto
  2. ↑ YouTrend – Twitter
  3. ↑ Ballottaggi: vince il centrodestra
  4. ↑ M5S is considered populist, anti-corruption, environmentalist and Eurosceptic.
  5. ↑ Special Commissioner since May 2017
  6. ↑ Special Commissioner since December 2017
  7. ↑ Special Commissioner since February 2018
  8. ↑ Special Commissioner since July 2017
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