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/Südtirol 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
| Region | City | Population | Incumbent mayor | Elected mayor | 1st round | 2nd round | Seats | Source | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||||||||
| Lombardy | Brescia | 196,745 | bgcolor=| | Emilio Del Bono (PD) | bgcolor=| | Emilio Del Bono (PD) | 44,237 | 53,86% | — | — | [1] | |
| Sondrio | 21,558 | bgcolor=| | Alcide Molteni (PD) | bgcolor=| | Marco Scaramellini (Ind.) | 4,923 | 46.80% | 5,437 | 60.37% | [2] | ||
| Veneto | Treviso | 84.669 | bgcolor=| | Giovanni Manildo (PD) | bgcolor=| | Mario Conte (LSP) | 21,836 | 54.48% | — | — | [3] | |
| Vicenza | 111.980 | bgcolor=| | Achille Variati (PD) | bgcolor=| | Francesco Rucco (Ind.) | 24,271 | 50.63% | — | — | [4] | ||
| Friuli-Venezia Giulia | Udine | 99,242 | bgcolor=| | Furio Honsell (Ind.) | bgcolor=| | Pietro Fontanini (LSP) | 18,619 | 41.49% | 18,830 | 50.37% | [5] | |
| Liguria | Imperia | 42.328 | bgcolor=| | Carlo Capacci (Ind.) | bgcolor=| | Claudio Scajola (Ind.) | 7,397 | 35.28% | 8,136 | 52.05% | [6] | |
| Tuscany | Massa | 68.946 | bgcolor=| | Alessandro Volpi (PD) | bgcolor=| | Francesco Persiani (LSP) | 9,916 | 28.18% | 17,830 | 56.62% | [7] | |
| Pisa | 90.408 | bgcolor=| | Marco Filippeschi (PD) | bgcolor=| | Michele Conti (Ind.) | 13,795 | 33.36% | 20,692 | 52.29% | [8] | ||
| Siena | 53.772 | bgcolor=| | Bruno Valentini (PD) | bgcolor=| | Luigi De Mossi (Ind.) | 6,400 | 24.23% | 12,065 | 50.80% | [9] | ||
| Umbria | Terni | 111.317 | bgcolor=| | Antonino Cufalo[a] | bgcolor=| | Leonardo Latini (LSP) | 25,531 | 49.22% | 26,185 | 63.42% | [10] | |
| Marche | Ancona | 100,861 | bgcolor=| | Valeria Mancinelli (PD) | bgcolor=| | Valeria Mancinelli (PD) | 20,738 | 47.92% | 21,152 | 62.78% | [11] | |
| Lazio | Viterbo | 67.619 | bgcolor=| | Leonardo Michelini (Ind.) | bgcolor=| | Giovanni Arena (FI) | 13,022 | 40.22% | 12,377 | 51.09% | [12] | |
| Abruzzo | Teramo | 54,436 | bgcolor=| | Luigi Pizzi[b] | bgcolor=| | Gianguido D'Alberto (Ind.) | 6,492 | 21.13% | 12,205 | 53.26% | [13] | |
| Campania | Avellino | 54.515 | bgcolor=| | Paolo Foti (PD) | bgcolor=| | Vincenzo Ciampi ([[|M5S]]) | 6,535 | 20.22% | 13,694 | 59.54% | [14] | |
| Apulia | Barletta | 94,489 | bgcolor=| | Pasquale Cascella (PD) | bgcolor=| | Cosimo Cannito (Ind.) | 26,587 | 53.03% | — | — | [15] | |
| Brindisi | 87,534 | bgcolor=| | Santi Giuffrè[c] | bgcolor=| | Riccardo Rossi (Ind.) | 10,253 | 23.49% | 16,658 | 56.61% | [16] | ||
| Sicily | Catania | 311,763 | bgcolor=| | Enzo Bianco (PD) | bgcolor=| | Salvo Pogliese (FI) | 69,029 | 52.33% | — | — | [17] | |
| Messina | 234,758 | Renato Accorinti (Ind.) | bgcolor=| | Cateno De Luca (SV) | 23,616 | 19.81% | 47,835 | 65.28% | [18] | |||
| Ragusa | 73.631 | bgcolor=| | Federico Piccitto ([[|M5S]]) | Giuseppe Cassì (Ind.) | 7,295 | 20.83% | 13,492 | 53.07% | [19] | |||
| Syracuse | 121,933 | bgcolor=| | Giancarlo Garozzo (PD) | bgcolor=| | Francesco Italia (Ind.) | 10,626 | 19.62% | 18,210 | 52.99% | |||
| Trapani | 68,370 | bgcolor=| | Francesco Messineo[d] | bgcolor=| | Giacomo Tranchida (PD) | 24,052 | 70.68% | — | — | [20] | ||
- ^ Prefectural commissioner replacing mayor Leopoldo Di Girolamo (Democratic Party) since 22 February 2018
- ^ Prefectural commissioner replacing mayor Maurizio Brucchi (Forza Italia) since 4 December 2017
- ^ Prefectural commissioner replacing mayor Angela Carluccio (CoR) since 26 May 2017
- ^ Prefectural commissioner since July 2017, as the quorum was not reached at 2017 municipal election.
References
- ^ Elezioni comunali – I comuni al voto
- ^ Ballottaggi: vince il centrodestra
- ^ "Bilancio del primo turno: chi ha vinto (e chi ha perso) le Comunali 2018?". www.youtrend.it. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.