2013 Italian local elections

The 2013 Italian local elections were held on different dates; most on 25–26 May, with a second round on 8–9 June. In Italy, direct elections were held in 720 municipalities: in each municipality (comune) were chosen mayor and members of the City Council. Of the 720 municipalities, 20 were provincial capitals and only 171 had a population higher than 15,000 inhabitants (10,000 for Sicily).

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In Friuli-Venezia Giulia the elections were held on 21–22 April with a second ballot on 4–5 May; all of 13 municipalities of the region voted for a new mayor and a new City Council concurrently with the Regional elections.[1]

In Sicily the elections were held on 8–9 June with a second ballot on 23–24 June.[2]

There weren't provincial elections around Italy because of their abolition (also in Sicily, since 2012), except for Friuli-Venezia Giulia: in this region citizens elected a new president and a new Provincial Council in Province of Udine.

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 92 municipalities (comuni) with a population higher than 15,000:

PartyPolitical leaning of partyComuni
Centre-left coalitionCentre-left54
Centre-left coalitionCentre-right14
Five Star MovementBig tent[3]2
Independents and othersnone22

Party results

Party votes in 21 provincial capital municipalities:

Party Votes
Democratic Party 440,392
The People of Freedom 294,689
Five Star Movement 186,047
Left Ecology Freedom 91,937
Union of the Centre 39,749
Civic Choice 22,558
Northern League 16,201

Mayoral election results
Cities Population Incumbent mayor Party Elected mayor Party
Avellino 54,697 Giuseppe Galasso Centre-left Paolo Foti Centre-left
Rome 2,865,151 Gianni Alemanno Centre-right Ignazio Marino Centre-left
Viterbo 63,597 Giulio Marini Centre-right Leonardo Michelini Centre-left
Imperia 42,667 Paolo Strescino Centre-right Carlo Capacci Centre-left
Brescia 192,794 Adriano Paroli Centre-right Emilio Del Bono Centre-left
Lodi 43,465 Lorenzo Guerini Centre-left Simone Uggetti Centre-left
Sondrio 21,641 Alcide Molteni Centre-left Alcide Molteni Centre-left
Ancona 102,997 Fiorello Gramillano Centre-left Valeria Mancinelli Centre-left
Isernia 22,150 Ugo De Vivo Centre-left Luigi Brasiello Centre-left
Barletta 94,459 Nicola Maffei Centre-left Pasquale Cascella Centre-left
Iglesias 27,493 Luigi Perseu Centre-right Emilio Agostino Gariazzo Centre-left
Massa 69,004 Roberto Pucci Centre-left Alessandro Volpi Centre-left
Pisa 88,627 Marco Filippeschi Centre-left Marco Filippeschi Centre-left
Siena 54,543 Franco Ceccuzzi Centre-left Bruno Valentini Centre-left
Treviso 82,807 Gian Paolo Gobbo Centre-right Giovanni Manildo Centre-left
Vicenza 115,927 Achille Variati Centre-left Achille Variati Centre-left
Catania 291,300 Raffaele Stancanelli Centre-right Enzo Bianco Centre-left
Syracuse 122,304 Roberto Visentin Centre-right Giancarlo Garrozzo Centre-left
Messina 242,700 Giuseppe Buzzanca Centre-right Renato Accorinti Civic
Ragusa 72,812 Nello Di Pasquale Centre-right Federico Piccitto Five Star

City councils
City PD PdL LN SEL M5S UDC Others
Brescia 15 4 2 2 1 0 6
Lodi 18 2 3 2 1 0 4
Sondrio 12 3 1 0 1 0 9
Treviso 18 1 2 2 1 1 5
Vicenza 11 3 2 0 2 1 13
Udine 14 5 1 2 4 0 12
Imperia 20 5 0 1 1 0 1
Massa 17 0 0 2 2 1 5
Pisa 15 3 0 2 2 0 5
Siena 17 2 0 2 1 0 4
Ancona 18 2 0 1 3 1 5
Rome 19 7 0 4 3 0 12
Viterbo 19 4 0 1 1 0 3
Isernia 13 3 0 1 0 2 12
Avellino 18 1 0 0 0 4 7
Barletta 13 3 0 4 1 0 9
Catania 27 7 0 0 0 0 11
Messina 23 7 0 0 0 6 4
Ragusa 3 1 0 0 18 1 6
Siracusa 24 9 0 0 0 0 7
Iglesias 12 2 0 2 0 0 7

Notes
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-04-30. Retrieved 2013-04-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. http://www.tuttitalia.it/elezioni-italiane/elezioni-amministrative-2013/
  3. M5S is considered populist, anti-corruption, environmentalist and Eurosceptic.
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