2018 Italian local elections

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.

Parties and coalitions
Political force or alliance Constituent lists Leader
Centre-left coalition
 Democratic Party Maurizio Martina
Article One – MDP Roberto Speranza
Italy is Popular[2] Giuseppe De Mita
Italian Socialist Party[3] Riccardo Nencini
Centrists for Europe[4] Pier Ferdinando Casini
Federation of the Greens Angelo Bonelli
Centre-left civic lists none
Centre-right coalition
 Forza Italia Silvio Berlusconi
Northern League Matteo Salvini
Us with Italy Raffaele Fitto
Brothers of Italy Giorgia Meloni
Union of the Centre Lorenzo Cesa
Popular Construction[5] Francesco Saverio Romano
Centre-right civic lists none
Five Star Movement Luigi Di Maio

Results

Majority of each coalition in the 112 municipalities (comuni) with a population higher than 15,000:[6]

PartyPolitical leaningComuni
Centre-right coalitionCentre-right43
Centre-left coalitionCentre-left27
Five Star MovementBig tent[7]5
Independents and othersnone35

Party results

Party results in the main municipalities:[8]

Party %
Democratic Party 13.6%
Five Star Movement 11.5%
Northern 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
Cities Population Incumbent mayor Party Elected mayor Party
Ancona 100,861 Valeria Mancinelli Centre-left Valeria Mancinelli Centre-left
Avellino 54,515 Paolo Foti Centre-left Vincenzo Ciampi Five Star
Barletta 94,489 Pasquale Cascella Centre-left Cosimo Cannito Centre-right
Brescia 196,745 Emilio Del Bono Centre-left Emilio Del Bono Centre-left
Brindisi 87,534 Santi Giuffrè[9] none Riccardo Rossi Centre-left
Catania 311,763 Enzo Bianco Centre-left Salvo Pogliese Centre-right
Imperia 42,328 Carlo Capacci Centre-left Claudio Scajola Civic
Massa 68,946 Alessandro Volpi Centre-left Francesco Persiani Centre-right
Messina 234,758 Renato Accorinti Civic Cateno De Luca Civic
Pisa 90,408 Marco Filippeschi Centre-left Michele Conti Centre-right
Ragusa 73,631 Federico Piccitto Five Star Giuseppe Cassì Right-wing
Siena 53,772 Bruno Valentini Centre-left Luigi De Mossi Centre-right
Syracuse 121,933 Giancarlo Garozzo Centre-left Francesco Italia Civic
Sondrio 21,558 Alcide Molteni Centre-left Marco Scaramellini Centre-right
Teramo 54,436 Luigi Pizzi[10] none Gianguido D'Alberto Centre-left
Terni 111,317 Antonino Cufalo[11] none Leonardo Latini Centre-right
Trapani 68,370 Francesco Messineo[12] none Giacomo Tranchida Centre-left
Treviso 84,669 Giovanni Manildo Centre-left Mario Conte Centre-right
Udine 99,242 Carlo Giacomello Centre-left Pietro Fontanini Centre-right
Vicenza 111,980 Achille Variati Centre-left Francesco Rucco Centre-right
Viterbo 67,619 Leonardo Michelini Centre-left Giovanni Arena Centre-right

References
  1. Elezioni comunali – I comuni al voto
  2. Only in Avellino municipal election.
  3. Only in Brescia municipal election.
  4. Only in Ancona municipal election.
  5. Only in Sicily.
  6. Ballottaggi: vince il centrodestra
  7. M5S is considered populist and anti-corruption.
  8. "Bilancio del primo turno: chi ha vinto (e chi ha perso) le Comunali 2018?". www.youtrend.it. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  9. Special Commissioner replacing mayor Angela Carluccio (centrist) since 26 May 2017
  10. Special Commissioner replacing mayor Maurizio Brucchi (Forza Italia) since 4 December 2017
  11. Special Commissioner replacing mayor Leopoldo Di Girolamo (Democratic Party) since 22 February 2018
  12. Special Commissioner since July 2017
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