The Mayor of Campobasso is an elected politician who, along with the Campobasso's City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of

Campobasso Campobasso (, ; nap, label= Campobassan, Cambuàsce ) is a city and ''comune'' in southern Italy, the capital of the region of Molise and of the province of Campobasso. It is located in the high basin of the Biferno river, surrounded by Sann ...

Molise Molise (, , ; nap, label=Neapolitan language, Neapolitan, Mulise) is a Regions of Italy, region of Southern Italy. Until 1963, it formed part of the region of Abruzzi e Molise, alongside the region of Abruzzo. The split, which did not become effe ...

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. The current acting Mayor is Paola Felice, a member of the

Five Star Movement The Five Star Movement ( it, Movimento 5 Stelle , M5S) is a political party in Italy. Its leader and president is Giuseppe Conte, Prime Minister of Italy from 2018 until 2021. The M5S was founded on 4 October 2009 by Beppe Grillo, a comedian an ...

, who took office on 8 September 2023 after the resignation of Mayor

Roberto Gravina Roberto Gravina (born 8 July 1977 in Rome) is an Italian politician. He ran for Mayor of Campobasso with the Five Star Movement at the 2019 local elections and he was elected at the second round on 9 June. He took office on 11 June 2019. See a ...

, elected regional councilor.

Overview

According to the Italian Constitution, the Mayor of Campobasso is member of the City Council. The Mayor is elected by the population of Campobasso, who also elect the members of the City Council, controlling the Mayor's policy guidelines and is able to enforce his resignation by a

motion of no confidence A motion of no confidence, also variously called a vote of no confidence, no-confidence motion, motion of confidence, or vote of confidence, is a statement or vote about whether a person in a position of responsibility like in government or mana ...

. The Mayor is entitled to appoint and release the members of his government. Since 1994 the Mayor is elected directly by

's electorate: in all mayoral elections in

in cities with a population higher than 15,000 the 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. 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.

Italian Republic (since 1946)

City Council election (1946-1995)

From 1946 to 1995, the Mayor of Campobasso was elected by the City's Council.

Direct election (since 1995)

Since 1995, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Campobasso is chosen by direct election.

Timeline

References

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Politics of Molise Campobasso