The 2016 Italian local elections were held on 5 June, with a run-off, where necessary if a candidate for Mayor obtained less than 50 percent of votes in the first round, held on 19 June.

In Trentino-Alto Adige the elections were held on 8 May (second round on 22 May), in Aosta Valley on 15 May. Municipal councilors and mayors ordinarily serve a term of five years.

Voting system All mayoral elections in Italy in cities with a population higher than 15,000 use the same system.

Under this system voters express a direct choice for the mayor or an indirect choice voting for one of the parties of the candidate's coalition. If no candidate receives a majority of votes, the top two candidates go to a second round two weeks later. The coalition of the elected mayor is guaranteed a majority of seats in the council with the attribution of extra seats, but the majority bonus system is not adopted by the cities of Trentino-Alto Adige. If a Mayor resigns, dies or is ousted from office after more than half the municipal councillors stepped down, an early municipal election (for the Mayor and for all municipal councillors) is called.

The City Council is elected at the same time as the mayor. Voters can vote for a list of candidates and can express up to two preferences for candidates of said list. In case of two preferences, they must be given to candidates of both genders. Seats are the attributed to parties proportionally, and for each party the candidates with the highest number of preferences are elected.

Opinion polling

Results Overall results Majority of each coalition in 149 municipalities (comuni) with a population higher than 15,000: Coalition Comuni Centre-right coalition 37 Centre-left coalition 23 Five Star Movement 21 Left-wing coalition 5 Notes: almost all political parties and coalitions in local (municipal and regional) elections usually run with the support of some minor allied list active in local politics forming coalitions under the same nominee as the mayoral candidate, only M5S ran in all elections with a single list (that is the M5S list with its mayoral candidate without forming coalitions with minor local lists or other national parties). A civic list (lista civica) is a local list.

By party Party votes in the main 132 municipalities: Partyvotes% Democratic Party949,51018.8% Five Star Movement878,82817.4% Italian Left and allies407,9158.1% Forza Italia366,4567.2% Northern League260,5115.2% Brothers of Italy230,5544.6% New Centre-Right – Union of the Centre103,0202.0% Other centre-left lists610,54812.1% Other centre-right lists466,4839.2% Other right-wing lists140,4772.8% Other left-wing lists102,4962.0% Other centrist lists96,4351.9% Others 444,4428.8%

By coalition Coalition results in the main municipalities: CoalitionVotes% Centre-left coalition1,736,77632.2% Centre-right coalition1,155,10621.4% Five Star Movement989,61018.4% Left-wing coalition459,4458.5% Right-wing coalition446,8808.3% Centrist coalition119,6882.2% Others478,0558.9%

Mayoral election results

Region City Population Incumbent mayor Elected mayor 1st round 2nd round Seats Source Votes % Votes % Piedmont Novara 104,388 Andrea Ballarè (PD) Alessandro Canelli (LN) 15,258 32.77% 23,155 57.77% Turin 892,649 Piero Fassino (PD) Chiara Appendino (M5S) 118,273 30.92% 202,764 54.56% Lombardy Milan 1,343,163 Giuliano Pisapia (Ind.) Giuseppe Sala (Ind.) 224,156 41.69% 264,481 51.70% Varese 79,793 Attilio Fontana (LN) Davide Galimberti (PD) 14,881 41.95% 16,814 51.84% Trentino-Alto Adige Bolzano 102,575 Michele PentaPrefectural commissioner replacing mayor Luigi Spagnolli (PD) since November 2015. Renzo Caramaschi (PD) 9,507 22.32% 17,028 55.27% Friuli-Venezia Giulia Pordenone 50,583 Claudio Pedrotti (Ind.) Alessandro Ciriani (Ind.) 11,381 45.48% 12,292 58.81% Trieste 204,590 Roberto Cosolini (PD) Roberto Dipiazza (FI) 39,493 40.80% 44,845 52.63% Liguria Savona 60,661 Federico Berruti (PD) Ilaria Caprioglio (Ind.) 8,038 26.61% 12,482 52.85% Emilia-Romagna Bologna 386,386 Virginio Merola (PD) Virginio Merola (PD) 68,772 39.48% 83,907 54.64% Ravenna 153,740 Fabrizio Matteucci (PD) Michele De Pascale (PD) 34,077 46.50% 34,058 53.32% Rimini 147,793 Andrea Gnassi (PD) Andrea Gnassi (PD) 37,391 56.99% — — Tuscany Grosseto 78,630 Emilio Bonifazi (PD) Antonfrancesco Vivarelli Colonna (Ind.) 16,777 39.50% 19,511 54.88% Lazio Latina 117,892 Giacomo BarbatoPrefectural commissioner replacing mayor Giovanni Di Giorgi (FdI) since June 2015. Damiano Coletta (Ind.) 15,701 22.11% 46,163 75.05% Rome 2,864,348 Francesco Paolo TroncaPrefectural commissioner replacing mayor Ignazio Marino (PD) since November 2015. Virginia Raggi (M5S) 461,190 35.26% 770,564 67.15% Molise Isernia 22,025 Vittorio SaladinoPrefectural commissioner replacing mayor Luigi Brasiello (PD) since September 2015. Giacomo D'Apollonio (FdI) 3,350 25.14% 5,626 59.00% Campania Benevento 63,489 Fausto Pepe (PD) Clemente Mastella (FI) 13,266 33.66% 18,037 62.88% Caserta 79,640 Maria Grazia NicolòPrefectural commissioner replacing mayor Pio Del Gaudio (FI) since June 2015. Carlo Marino (PD) 19,590 45.11% 13,598 62.74% Naples 980,716 Luigi de Magistris (Ind.) Luigi de Magistris (Ind.) 172,710 42.82% 185,907 66.85% Salerno 140,608 Vincenzo Napoli (PD)Mayor ad interim after Vincenzo De Luca (PD) was elected President of Campania in June 2015. Vincenzo Napoli (PD) 53,218 70.49% — — Apulia Brindisi 88,355 Cesare CastelliPrefectural commissioner replacing mayor Cosimo Consales (PD) since February 2016. Angela Carluccio (CoR) 11,872 24.61% 14,798 51.13% Calabria Cosenza 67,679 Angelo CarbonePrefectural commissioner replacing mayor Mario Occhiuto (centre-right independent) since February 2016. Mario Occhiuto (Ind.) 24,332 58.95% — — Crotone 58,881 Peppino Vallone (PD) Ugo Pugliese (UDC) 9,054 26.23% 12,860 59.57% Sardinia Cagliari 154,400 Massimo Zedda (SEL) Massimo Zedda (SEL) 39,900 50.86% — — Carbonia 28,882 Giuseppe Casti (PD) Paola Massidda (M5S) 3,688 21.95% 9,219 61.60% Olbia 53,307 Gianni Giovannelli (Ind.) Settimo Nizzi (FI) 8,330 27.62% 12,698 50.71%

See also 2016 Bologna municipal election 2016 Milan municipal election 2016 Naples municipal election 2016 Rome municipal election 2016 Turin municipal election

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