The mayor of Campobasso is an elected politician who, along with the Campobasso's city council, is accountable for the strategic government of Campobasso in Molise, Italy.

The current mayor is Marialuisa Forte, a centre-left independent, who took office on 25 June 2024.A Campobasso Marialuisa Forte è sindaca col 50,9%

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. The mayor is entitled to appoint and release the members of his government.

Since 1994 the mayor is elected directly by Campobasso's electorate: in all mayoral elections in Italy 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 Council.   Mayor Term start Term end Party 1Ferruccio Impallomeni19461947PDL 2Alessandro De Gaglia19471953DC 3Angelo Martino19531954Ind (2)Alessandro De Gaglia19541960DC 4Alessio Rizzi19601962Ind 5Carlo Vitale19621970DC 6Franco Nucciarone19701974DC 7Umberto Porzio19741975Ind 8Nunzio Ruta19751980DC 9Antonio Macchiarola19801980DC 10Gerardo Litterio19801990DC 11Vittorio Rizzi19901992DC 12Vincenzo Di Grezia19921995DC

Direct election (since 1995) Since 1995, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Campobasso is chosen by direct election, originally every four, then every five years.

  Mayor Term start Term end PartyCoalition Election Augusto Massa8 May 199514 June 1999PDSDSPDSPPIPdDPRC199514 June 199914 June 2004DSPPIPdCISDIPRC1999 Giuseppe Di Fabio14 June 20048 June 2009PDDSDLPRCSDI2004 Luigi Di Bartolomeo8 June 200929 May 2014PdLPdLMpAUDC2009 Antonio Battista29 May 201411 June 2019PDPDIdVUDC2014 17Roberto Gravina11 June 201928 September 2023M5SM5S2019 18Marialuisa Forte25 June 2024IncumbentIndPDM5SAVS2024 Notes

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