The 2021 Italian local elections were held on 3 and 4 October. Originally scheduled as usual between 15 April and 15 June with run-offs two weeks later, the
Government of Italy
The government of Italy is in the form of a democratic republic, and was established by a constitution in 1948. It consists of legislative, executive, and judicial subdivisions, as well as a Head of State, or President.
The Italian Constituti ...
announced on 4 March that they were postponed to after the summer due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
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. Elections took place in 1,293 out of 7,903
municipalities
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
, 20 of which are
provincial capitals. Mayors and city councils have been elected for the ordinary five-year terms, lasting till 2026.
Voting 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.
Results
Mayoral election results
See also
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2021 Rome municipal election
Municipal elections took place in Rome, Italy, on 3 and 4 October 2021, with a runoff round on 17 and 18 October 2021. Open for election were the post of Mayor of Rome and the 49 seats of the City Council of Rome, as well as the presidents and co ...
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2021 Milan municipal election
Municipal elections took place in Milan, Italy, on 3 and 4 October 2021 to elect the Mayor and the 48 members of the City Council, as well as the nine presidents and 270 councillors of the nine administrative zones (''municipi'') in which the m ...
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2021 Naples municipal election
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.
Electoral system
The voting system is used for ...
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2021 Turin municipal election
The 2021 Turin municipal election took place in Turin, Italy, on 3 and 4 October 2021, to elect the Mayor of Turin, mayor and the 38 members of the Turin city council. Since no mayoral candidate won a majority of votes on the first round, a Two-r ...
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2021 Bologna municipal election
The municipal elections in Bologna took place on 3 and 4 October 2021. The incumbent Mayor of Bologna was Virginio Merola of Democratic Party, who won the 2016 Bologna municipal election. The centre-left candidate Matteo Lepore won in a land ...
References
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